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1968 Danish general election

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1968 Danish general election
Danish Realm
← 1966 23 January 1968 1971 →

All 179 seats in the Folketing
90 seats needed for a majority
Turnout89.28%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/-
Social Democrats Jens Otto Krag 34.15 62 −7
Conservatives Poul Sørensen 20.35 37 +3
Venstre Poul Hartling 18.57 34 −1
Social Liberals Hilmar Baunsgaard 14.97 27 +14
SF Aksel Larsen 6.11 11 −9
Left Socialists Collective leadership 2.00 4 New
Elected in the Faroe Islands
People's Hákun Djurhuus 34.42 1 0
Social Democratic Peter Mohr Dam 32.47 1 0
Elected in Greenland
Independents 100 2 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister-elect
Jens Otto Krag
Social Democrats
Hilmar Baunsgaard
Social Liberals

General elections were held in Denmark on 23 January 1968.[1] The Social Democratic Party remained the largest in the Folketing, with 62 of the 179 seats. Voter turnout was 89% in Denmark proper, 57% in the Faroe Islands and 56% in Greenland.[2] They were the last elections in which the old counties were used as constituencies.

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Denmark proper
Social Democrats974,83334.1562–7
Conservative People's Party581,05120.3537+3
Venstre530,16718.5734–1
Danish Social Liberal Party427,30414.9727+14
Socialist People's Party174,5536.1111–9
Left Socialists57,1842.004New
Liberal Centre37,4071.310–4
Communist Party of Denmark29,7061.0400
Justice Party of Denmark21,1240.7400
Independent Party14,3600.5000
Schleswig Party6,8310.240New
Independents1270.0000
Total2,854,647100.001750
Valid votes2,854,64799.65
Invalid/blank votes10,1580.35
Total votes2,864,805100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,208,64689.28
Faroe Islands
People's Party4,29434.4210
Social Democratic Party4,05132.4710
Union Party3,24225.9900
Progress Party8897.130New
Total12,476100.0020
Valid votes12,47699.68
Invalid/blank votes400.32
Total votes12,516100.00
Registered voters/turnout22,12256.58
Greenland
Independents11,164100.0020
Total11,164100.0020
Valid votes11,16495.56
Invalid/blank votes5194.44
Total votes11,683100.00
Registered voters/turnout20,76656.26
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

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  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p524 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p543