1987 Danish general election

General elections were held in Denmark on 8 September 1987.<ref name=DN>Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p. 525 Template:ISBN</ref> The Social Democratic Party remained the largest in the Folketing with 54 of the 179 seats. The Conservative People's Party-led coalition government lost its majority, but since the parties on the left did not have a majority to form their own government, the incumbent government was able to continue as a minority coalition government.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> Voter turnout was 87% in Denmark proper, 69% in the Faroe Islands and 45% in Greenland.<ref name=NS>Nohlen & Stöver, p547</ref>

See also

• List of members of the Folketing, 1987–1988