| ! Party ! Leader ! Total votes ! Percentage of ballots cast ! Seats won ! Gain/Loss |
| | Social Democrats (Socialdemokratiet) (A) | Anker Jrgensen | 1,062,561 | 31.6 | 56 | -3 |
| | Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti) (C) | Poul Schlter | 788,224 | 23.4 | 42 | +16 |
| | Liberal Party (Liberale Parti, also referred to as Venstre) (V) | Henning Christophersen | 405,737 | 12.1 | 22 | +2 |
| | Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti) (F) | Gert Petersen | 387,122 | 11.5 | 21 | - |
| | Radical Left (Det Radikale Venstre, also called the Danish Social Liberal Party) (B) | Niels Helveg Petersen | 184,642 | 5.5 | 10 | +1 |
| | Centre Democrats (Centrum-Demokraterne) (D) | Erhard Jakobsen | 154,553 | 4.6 | 8 | -7 |
| | Progress Party (Fremskridtspartiet) (Z) | Mogens Glistrup | 120,461 | 3.6 | 6 | -10 |
| | Christian People's Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) (Q) | Christian Christensen | 91,623 | 2.7 | 5 | +1 |
| | Left Socialists (Venstresocialisterne) (Y) | | 89,356 | 2.7 | 5 | - |
| | Justice Party (Danmarks Retsforbund, also called the Single Tax Party) (E) | | 50,381 | 1.5 | 0 | - |
| | Denmark's Communist Party (Danmarks Kommunistiske Parti) (K) | | 23,085 | 0.7 | 0 | - |
| | Socialist Labour Party (Socialistisk Arbejderparti) (I) | | 2,151 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| | Marxist-Leninist Party (Marxistisk-Leninistisk Parti) (L) | | 978 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| colspan="2" | Voter turnout | colspan="5" | 88.4% |
| colspan="2" | Source | colspan="5" | Folketinget.dk |