| ! Party ! Leader ! Total votes ! Percentage of ballots cast ! Seats won ! Gain/Loss |
| | Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) (A) | Svend Auken | 992,682 | 29.8 | 55 | +1 |
| | Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti) (C) | Poul Schlter | 642,048 | 19.3 | 35 | -3 |
| | Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti) (F) | Gert Petersen | 433,261 | 13.0 | 24 | -3 |
| | Liberal Party (Liberale Parti, also referred to as Venstre) (V) | Uffe Ellemann-Jensen | 394,190 | 11.8 | 22 | +3 |
| | Progress Party (Fremskridtspartiet) (Z) | Pia Kjrsgaard | 298,132 | 9.0 | 16 | +7 |
| | Radical Left (Det Radikale Venstre, also called the Danish Social Liberal Party) (B) | Niels Helveg Petersen | 185,707 | 5.6 | 10 | -1 |
| | Centre Democrats (Centrum-Demokraterne) (D) | Erhard Jakobsen | 155,464 | 4.7 | 9 | - |
| | Christian People's Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) (Q) | | 68,047 | 2.0 | 4 | - |
| | Common Course (Flles Kurs) (P) | | 62,263 | 1.9 | 0 | -4 |
| | Greens (De Grnne) (G) | | 44,960 | 1.4 | 0 | - |
| | Denmark's Communist Party (Danmarks Kommunistiske Parti) (K) | | 27,439 | 0.8 | 0 | - |
| | Left Socialists (Venstresocialisterne) (Y) | | 20,303 | 0.6 | 0 | - |
| colspan="2" | Voter turnout | colspan="5" | 85.7% |
| colspan="2" | Source | colspan="5" | Folketinget.dk |