Danish general election, 1960
Danish general election, 1960
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All 179 seats to the Folketing
90 seats were needed for a majority |
| Turnout |
85.5% |
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First party |
Second party |
Third party |
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| Leader |
Viggo Kampmann |
Erik Eriksen |
Poul Sørensen |
| Party |
Social Democrats |
Venstre |
Conservative People's |
| Last election |
70 seats, 39.4% |
45 seats, 25.1% |
30 seats, 16.6% |
| Seats won |
76 |
38 |
32 |
| Seat change |
 6 |
 7 |
2 |
| Popular vote |
1,023,794 |
512,041 |
435,764 |
| Percentage |
42.1% |
21.1% |
17.9% |
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Fourth party |
Fifth party |
Sixth party |
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| Leader |
Aksel Larsen |
Jørgen Jørgensen |
? |
| Party |
Socialist People's |
Social Liberals |
Independents |
| Last election |
New |
14 seats, 7.8% |
New |
| Seats won |
11 |
11 |
6 |
| Seat change |
11 |
3 |
6 |
| Popular vote |
149,440 |
140,979 |
81,134 |
| Percentage |
6.1% |
5.8% |
3.3% |
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Seventh party |
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| Leader |
? |
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| Party |
Schleswig |
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| Last election |
1 seat, 0.4% |
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| Seats won |
1 |
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| Seat change |
 0 |
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| Popular vote |
9,058 |
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| Percentage |
0.4% |
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General elections were held in Denmark on 15 November 1960.[1] The Social Democratic Party remained the largest in the Folketing, with 76 of the 179 seats. Voter turnout was 85.8% in Denmark proper, 57.1% in the Faroe Islands and 65.8% in Greenland.[2]
Results
| Denmark |
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| Party |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
+/– |
| Social Democratic Party | 1,023,794 | 42.1 | 76 | +6 |
| Venstre | 512,041 | 21.1 | 38 | –7 |
| Conservative People's Party | 435,764 | 17.9 | 32 | +2 |
| Socialist People's Party | 149,440 | 6.1 | 11 | New |
| Danish Social Liberal Party | 140,979 | 5.8 | 11 | –3 |
| Independent Party | 81,134 | 3.3 | 6 | +6 |
| Justice Party of Denmark | 52,330 | 2.2 | 0 | –9 |
| Communist Party of Denmark | 27,298 | 1.1 | 0 | –6 |
| Schleswig Party | 9,058 | 0.4 | 1 | 0 |
| Independents | 109 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 7,989 | – | – | – |
| Total | 2,439,936 | 100 | 175 | 0 |
| Faroe Islands |
| Social Democratic Party | 3,712 | 34.2 | 1 | +1 |
| Union Party | 2,391 | 22.0 | 1 | 1 |
| People's Party | 2,158 | 19.9 | 0 | –1 |
| Independents | 2,583 | 23.8 | 0 | New |
| Invalid/blank votes | 55 | – | – | – |
| Total | 10,899 | 100 | 2 | 0 |
| Greenland |
| Independents | 8,489 | 100 | 2 | 0 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 71 | – | – | – |
| Total | 8,560 | 100 | 2 | 0 |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
| Popular vote |
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| A |
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42.10% |
| D |
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21.05% |
| C |
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17.92% |
| F |
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6.14% |
| B |
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5.80% |
| U |
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3.34% |
| E |
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2.15% |
| K |
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1.12% |
| Others |
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0.38% |
References
- ↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p524 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p542
