1964 Danish general election
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All 179 seats in the Folketing 90 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 85.51% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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General elections were held in Denmark on 22 September 1964.[1] The Social Democratic Party remained the largest in the Folketing, with 76 of the 179 seats. Voter turnout was 86% in Denmark proper, 50% in the Faroe Islands and 49% in Greenland.[2] They were the first elections with the new electoral threshold of 2%.
Results
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Denmark proper | |||||
Social Democrats | 1,103,667 | 41.94 | 76 | 0 | |
Venstre | 547,770 | 20.82 | 38 | 0 | |
Conservative People's Party | 527,798 | 20.06 | 36 | +4 | |
Socialist People's Party | 151,697 | 5.76 | 10 | –1 | |
Danish Social Liberal Party | 139,702 | 5.31 | 10 | –1 | |
Independent Party | 65,756 | 2.50 | 5 | –1 | |
Justice Party of Denmark | 34,258 | 1.30 | 0 | 0 | |
Communist Party of Denmark | 32,390 | 1.23 | 0 | 0 | |
Danish Unity | 9,747 | 0.37 | 0 | New | |
Schleswig Party | 9,274 | 0.35 | 0 | –1 | |
Peace Politics People's Party | 9,070 | 0.34 | 0 | New | |
Independents | 255 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 2,631,384 | 100.00 | 175 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 2,631,384 | 99.64 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 9,472 | 0.36 | |||
Total votes | 2,640,856 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 3,088,269 | 85.51 | |||
Faroe Islands | |||||
Social Democratic Party | 4,133 | 39.34 | 1 | 0 | |
Union Party | 3,121 | 29.70 | 0 | –1 | |
People's Party | 2,622 | 24.95 | 1 | +1 | |
Progress Party | 631 | 6.01 | 0 | New | |
Total | 10,507 | 100.00 | 2 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 10,507 | 99.47 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 56 | 0.53 | |||
Total votes | 10,563 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 21,040 | 50.20 | |||
Greenland | |||||
Independents | 8,332 | 100.00 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 8,332 | 100.00 | 2 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 8,332 | 98.85 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 97 | 1.15 | |||
Total votes | 8,429 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 17,238 | 48.90 | |||
Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
References
- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p524 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, pp542-543
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