General elections were held in Denmark on 8 September 1987.^[1] Although the Social Democratic Party remained the largest in the Folketing with 54 of the 179 seats, the Conservative People's Party-led coalition government was able to continue. Voter turnout was 87% in Denmark proper, 69% in the Faroe Islands and 45% in Greenland.^[2]

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1987 Danish general election

← 1984 8 September 1987 1988 →
All 179 seats in the Folketing 90 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	86.74%
Party Leader % Seats +/– Social Democrats Anker Jørgensen 29.32 54 −2 Conservatives Poul Schlüter 20.84 38 −4 SF Gert Petersen 14.58 27 +6 Venstre Uffe Ellemann-Jensen 10.54 19 −3 Social Liberals Niels Helveg Petersen 6.22 11 +1 Centre Democrats Erhard Jakobsen 4.79 9 +1 Progress Johannes Sørensen 4.77 9 +3 KrF Christian Christensen 2.37 4 −1 Common Course Preben Møller Hansen 2.16 4 New Elected in the Faroe Islands People's Jógvan Sundstein 28.84 1 0 Social Democratic Atli Dam 24.68 1 +1 Elected in Greenland Siumut Jonathan Motzfeldt 43.28 1 0 Atassut Otto Steenholdt 41.30 1 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Most voted-for party by nomination district and constituency Most voted-for party by municipality Distribution of constituency and levelling seats Prime Minister before Prime Minister-elect Poul Schlüter Conservatives Poul Schlüter Conservatives

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• List of members of the Folketing, 1987–1988