| ! Party ! Leader ! Total votes ! Percentage of ballots cast ! Seats won ! Gain/Loss |
| | Social Democrats (Socialdemokratiet) (A) | Anker Jrgensen | 913,155 | 29.9 | 53 | +7 |
| | Liberal Party (Liberale Parti, also referred to as Venstre) (V) | Poul Hartling | 711,298 | 23.3 | 42 | +20 |
| | Progress Party (Fremskridtspartiet) (Z) | Mogens Glistrup | 414,219 | 14.6 | 24 | -4 |
| | Radical Left (Det Radikale Venstre, also called the Danish Social Liberal Party) (B) | Svend Haugaard | 216,553 | 7.1 | 13 | -7 |
| | Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti) (C) | Poul Schlter | 168,164 | 5.5 | 10 | -6 |
| | Christian People's Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) (Q) | Jens Mller | 162,734 | 5.3 | 9 | +2 |
| | Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti) (F) | Gert Petersen | 150,963 | 5.0 | 9 | -2 |
| | Denmark's Communist Party (Danmarks Kommunistiske Parti) (K) | | 127,837 | 4.2 | 7 | +1 |
| | Centre Democrats (Centrum-Demokraterne) (D) | Erhard Jakobsen | 66,316 | 2.2 | 4 | -10 |
| | Left Socialists (Venstresocialisterne) (Y) | | 63,579 | 2.1 | 4 | +4 |
| | Justice Party (Danmarks Retsforbund, also called the Single Tax Party) (E) | | 50,095 | 1.8 | 0 | -5 |
| colspan="2" | Voter turnout | colspan="5" | 88.2% |
| colspan="2" | Source | colspan="5" | Folketinget.dk |