| ! Party ! Leader ! Total votes ! Percentage of ballots cast ! Seats won ! Gain/Loss |
| | Social Democrats (Socialdemokratiet) (A) | Anker Jrgensen | 1,150,355 | 37.0 | 65 | +12 |
| | Progress Party (Fremskridtspartiet) (Z) | Mogens Glistrup | 453,792 | 14.6 | 26 | +2 |
| | Liberal Party (Liberale Parti, also referred to as Venstre) (V) | Poul Hartling | 371,728 | 12.0 | 21 | -21 |
| | Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti) (C) | Poul Schlter | 263,262 | 8.5 | 15 | +5 |
| | Centre Democrats (Centrum-Demokraterne) (D) | Erhard Jakobsen | 200,347 | 6.4 | 11 | +7 |
| | Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti) (F) | Gert Petersen | 120,357 | 3.9 | 7 | -2 |
| | Denmark's Communist Party (Danmarks Kommunistiske Parti) (K) | | 114,022 | 3.7 | 7 | - |
| | Radical Left (Det Radikale Venstre, also called the Danish Social Liberal Party) (B) | Svend Haugaard | 113,330 | 3.6 | 6 | -7 |
| | Christian People's Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) (Q) | Jens Mller | 106,082 | 3.4 | 6 | -3 |
| | Justice Party (Danmarks Retsforbund, also called the Single Tax Party) (E) | | 102,149 | 3.3 | 6 | +6 |
| | Left Socialists (Venstresocialisterne) (Y) | | 83,667 | 2.7 | 5 | +1 |
| | Senior Citizen's Party (Pensionistpartiet) (P) | | 26,889 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 |
| colspan="2" | Voter turnout | colspan="5" | 88.7% |
| colspan="2" | Source | colspan="5" | Folketinget.dk |