1964 Danish general election

1964 Danish general election
Danish Realm
← 1960 22 September 1964 1966 →

All 179 seats in the Folketing
90 seats needed for a majority
Turnout85.51%
Party Leader % Seats +/–
Social Democrats Jens Otto Krag 41.94 76 0
Venstre Erik Eriksen 20.82 38 0
Conservatives Poul Sørensen 20.06 36 +4
SF Aksel Larsen 5.76 10 −1
Social Liberals Karl Skytte 5.31 10 −1
Independents Iver Poulsen 2.50 5 −1
Elected in the Faroe Islands
Social Democratic Peter Mohr Dam 39.34 1 0
People's Hákun Djurhuus 29.70 1 +1
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
Jens Otto Krag
Social Democrats

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

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Denmark proper
Social Democrats1,103,66741.94760
Venstre547,77020.82380
Conservative People's Party527,79820.0636+4
Socialist People's Party151,6975.7610–1
Danish Social Liberal Party139,7025.3110–1
Independent Party65,7562.505–1
Justice Party of Denmark34,2581.3000
Communist Party of Denmark32,3901.2300
Danish Unity9,7470.370New
Schleswig Party9,2740.350–1
Peace Politics People's Party9,0700.340New
Independents2550.0100
Total2,631,384100.001750
Valid votes2,631,38499.64
Invalid/blank votes9,4720.36
Total votes2,640,856100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,088,26985.51
Faroe Islands
Social Democratic Party4,13339.3410
Union Party3,12129.700–1
People's Party2,62224.951+1
Progress Party6316.010New
Total10,507100.0020
Valid votes10,50799.47
Invalid/blank votes560.53
Total votes10,563100.00
Registered voters/turnout21,04050.20
Greenland
Independents8,332100.0020
Total8,332100.0020
Valid votes8,33298.85
Invalid/blank votes971.15
Total votes8,429100.00
Registered voters/turnout17,23848.90
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p524 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, pp542-543
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