1968 Danish general election

Danish general election, 1968

23 January 1968
All 179 seats to the Folketing 90 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout	88.9%
First party Second party   Leader Jens Otto Krag Poul Sørensen Party Social Democrats Conservatives Last election 69 seats, 38.2% 34 seats, 18.7% Seats won 62 37 Seat change 7 3 Popular vote 974,833 581,051 Percentage 34.2% 20.4%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Poul Hartling Hilmar Baunsgaard Party Venstre Social Liberals Last election 35 seats, 19.3% 13 seats, 7.3% Seats won 34 27 Seat change 1 14 Popular vote 530,167 427,304 Percentage 18.6% 15.0%
Prime Minister before election Jens Otto Krag Social Democrats Prime Minister-elect Hilmar Baunsgaard Social Liberals

General elections were held in Denmark on 23 January 1968. The Social Democratic Party remained the largest in the Folketing, with 62 of the 179 seats. Voter turnout was 89.3% in Denmark proper, 56.6% in the Faroe Islands and 56.3% in Greenland.

Results

Denmark
Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Social Democratic Party	974,833	34.2	62	–7
Conservative People's Party	581,051	20.4	37	+3
Venstre	530,167	18.6	34	–1
Danish Social Liberal Party	427,304	15.0	27	+14
Socialist People's Party	174,553	6.1	11	–9
Left Socialists	57,184	2.0	4	New
Liberal Centre	37,407	1.3	0	–4
Communist Party of Denmark	29,706	1.0	0	0
Justice Party of Denmark	21,124	0.7	0	0
Independent Party	14,360	0.5	0	0
Schleswig Party	6,831	0.2	0	New
Independents	127	0.0	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	10,158	–	–	–
Total	2,864,805	100	175	0
Faroe Islands
People's Party	4,294	34.4	1	0
Social Democratic Party	4,051	32.5	1	0
Union Party	3,242	26.0	0	0
Progress Party	889	7.1	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	40	–	–	–
Total	12,516	100	2	0
Greenland
Independents	11,164	100	2	0
Invalid/blank votes	519	–	–	–
Total	11,683	100	2	0
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Popular vote A   34.15% C   20.35% D   18.57% B   14.97% F   6.11% Y   2.00% L   1.31% K   1.04% E   0.74% U   0.50% Others   0.24%