Danish general election, 1975

Danish general election, 1975

9 January 1975

All 179 seats to the Folketing 90 seats were needed for a majority Turnout 87.8%   First party Second party   Leader Anker Jørgensen Poul Hartling Party Social Democrats Venstre Last election 46 seats, 25.6% 22 seats, 12.3% Seats won 53 42 Seat change 7 20 Popular vote 913,155 711,298 Percentage 29.9% 23.3%

Prime Minister before election Poul Hartling Venstre Prime Minister-elect Anker Jørgensen Social Democrats

General elections were held in Denmark on 9 January 1975.^[1] The result was a victory for the Social Democratic Party, who won 53 of the 179 seats. Voter turnout was 88.2% in Denmark proper, 56.1% in the Faroe Islands and 68.7% in Greenland.^[2]

Results

Denmark
Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Social Democratic Party	913,155	29.9	53	+7
Venstre	711,298	23.3	42	+20
Progress Party	414,219	13.6	24	–4
Danish Social Liberal Party	216,553	7.1	13	–7
Conservative People's Party	168,164	5.5	10	–6
Christian People's Party	162,734	5.3	9	+2
Socialist People's Party	150,963	5.0	9	–2
Communist Party of Denmark	127,837	4.2	7	+1
Centre Democrats	66,316	2.2	4	–10
Left Socialists	63,579	2.1	4	+4
Justice Party of Denmark	54,095	1.8	0	–5
Independents	539	0.0	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	18,850	–	–	–
Total	3,068,302	100	175	0
Faroe Islands
Social Democratic Party	4,112	29.7	1	0
Republican Party	3,563	25.7	1	0
Union Party	3,219	23.2	0	0
People's Party	2,957	21.3	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	43	–	–	–
Total	13,808	100	2	0
Greenland
Independents	16,649	100	2	0
Invalid/blank votes	421	–	–	–
Total	17,070	100	2	0
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Popular vote
A			29.94%
V			23.33%
Z			13.58%
B			7.10%
C			5.51%
Q			5.34%
F			4.95%
K			4.19%
M			2.17%
Y			2.08%
E			1.77%
Others			0.02%

References

1. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p524 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
2. Nohlen & Stöver, p544