1978 Danish local elections
# 1978 Danish local elections

Local elections were held in Denmark on 7 March 1978. 4759 municipal council members were elected to the 1 April 1978 – 31 December 1981 term of office in the 275 municipalities, as well as members of the 14 counties of Denmark. The municipal and county councils began their term of office 1 April 1978 and it ended 31 December 1981. This was the last election that followed the old financial year 1 April – 31 March in the public sector. From 1 January 1979 the financial year in the public sector followed the calendar year 1 January – 31 December.

## Results of regional elections

The results of the regional elections:

### County Councils

| Party | Seats |
| - | - |
| Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) (A) | 144 |
| Liberals (Venstre) (V) | 90 |
| Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti) (C) | 52 |
| Progress Party (Fremskridtspartiet) (Z) | 30 |
| Social Liberal Party (Det Radikale Venstre) (B) | 23 |
| Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti) (F) | 12 |
| Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) (K) | 7 |
| Christian Democrats (Kristeligt Folkeparti) (Q) | 5 |
| Left Socialists (Venstresocialisterne) (Y) | 3 |
| Justice Party of Denmark (Retsforbundet) (E) | 2 |
| Centre Democrats (Centrum-Demokraterne) (M) | 1 |
| Schleswig Party (Slesvigsk Parti) (S) | 1 |
| Others | 0 |
| Total | 370 |

### Municipal Councils

| Party | Seats |
| - | - |
| Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) (A) | 1704 |
| Liberals (Venstre) (V) | 1155 |
| Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti) (C) | 508 |
| Progress Party (Fremskridtspartiet) (Z) | 348 |
| Social Liberal Party (Det Radikale Venstre) (B) | 192 |
| Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti) (F) | 80 |
| Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) (K) | 52 |
| Christian Democrats (Kristeligt Folkeparti) (Q) | 28 |
| Left Socialists (Venstresocialisterne) (Y) | 21 |
| Schleswig Party (Slesvigsk Parti) (S) | 14 |
| Centre Democrats (Centrum-Demokraterne) (M) | 13 |
| Justice Party of Denmark (Retsforbundet) (E) | 5 |
| Others | 639 |
| Total | 4759 |
