1978 Danish local elections
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Local elections were held in Denmark on 7 March 1978. 4759 municipal council members were elected to the 1 April 1978 – 31 December 1981 term of office in the 275 municipalities, as well as members of the 14 counties of Denmark. The municipal and county councils began their term of office 1 April 1978 and it ended 31 December 1981. This was the last election that followed the old financial year 1 April – 31 March in the public sector. From 1 January 1979 the financial year in the public sector followed the calendar year 1 January – 31 December.
Results of regional elections
[edit]The results of the regional elections:[1]
County Councils
[edit]Party | Seats |
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Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) (A) | 144 |
Liberals (Venstre) (V) | 90 |
Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti) (C) | 52 |
Progress Party (Fremskridtspartiet) (Z) | 30 |
Social Liberal Party (Det Radikale Venstre) (B) | 23 |
Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti) (F) | 12 |
Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) (K) | 7 |
Christian Democrats (Kristeligt Folkeparti) (Q) | 5 |
Left Socialists (Venstresocialisterne) (Y) | 3 |
Justice Party of Denmark (Retsforbundet) (E) | 2 |
Centre Democrats (Centrum-Demokraterne) (M) | 1 |
Schleswig Party (Slesvigsk Parti) (S) | 1 |
Others | 0 |
Total | 370 |
Municipal Councils
[edit]Party | Seats |
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Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) (A) | 1704 |
Liberals (Venstre) (V) | 1155 |
Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti) (C) | 508 |
Progress Party (Fremskridtspartiet) (Z) | 348 |
Social Liberal Party (Det Radikale Venstre) (B) | 192 |
Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti) (F) | 80 |
Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) (K) | 52 |
Christian Democrats (Kristeligt Folkeparti) (Q) | 28 |
Left Socialists (Venstresocialisterne) (Y) | 21 |
Schleswig Party (Slesvigsk Parti) (S) | 14 |
Centre Democrats (Centrum-Demokraterne) (M) | 13 |
Justice Party of Denmark (Retsforbundet) (E) | 5 |
Others | 639 |
Total | 4759 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Publikation - Statistisk Årbog 1989 - Kap. 1: Befolkning og valg". dst.dk. Archived from the original on 2020-08-28.