| ! Party ! Leader ! Total votes ! Percentage of ballots cast ! Seats won ! Gain/Loss |
| | Social Democrats (Socialdemokratiet) (A) | Anker Jrgensen | 1,026,726 | 32.9 | 59 | -9 |
| | Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti) (C) | Poul Schlter | 451,478 | 14.5 | 26 | +4 |
| | Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti) (F) | Gert Petersen | 353,373 | 11.3 | 21 | +10 |
| | Liberal Party (Liberale Parti, also referred to as Venstre) (V) | Henning Christophersen | 353,280 | 11.3 | 20 | -2 |
| | Progress Party (Fremskridtspartiet) (Z) | Mogens Glistrup | 278,383 | 8.9 | 16 | -4 |
| | Centre Democrats (Centrum-Demokraterne) (D) | Erhard Jakobsen | 258,522 | 8.3 | 15 | +9 |
| | Radical Left (Det Radikale Venstre, also called the Danish Social Liberal Party) (B) | Niels Helveg Petersen | 160,053 | 5.1 | 9 | -1 |
| | Left Socialists (Venstresocialisterne) (Y) | | 82,711 | 2.7 | 5 | -1 |
| | Christian People's Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) (Q) | Christian Christensen | 72,174 | 2.3 | 4 | -1 |
| | Justice Party (Danmarks Retsforbund, also called the Single Tax Party) (E) | | 45,174 | 1.4 | 0 | -5 |
| | Denmark's Communist Party (Danmarks Kommunistiske Parti) (K) | | 34,625 | 1.1 | 0 | - |
| | Communist Labour Party (Kommunistisk Arbejderparti) (R) | | 4,223 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| | Socialist Labour Party (Socialistisk Arbejderparti) (I) | | 2,034 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| colspan="2" | Voter turnout | colspan="5" | 83.2% |
| colspan="2" | Source | colspan="5" | Folketinget.dk |