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1964 Danish general election

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Danish general election, 1964

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All 179 seats to the Folketing
90 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout85.1%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Jens Otto Krag Erik Eriksen Poul Sørensen
Party Social Democrats Venstre Conservatives
Last election 76 seats, 42.1% 38 seats, 21.1% 32 seats, 17.9%
Seats won 76 38 36
Seat change Steady0 Steady0 Increase4
Popular vote 1,103,667 547,770 527,798
Percentage 41.9% 20.8% 20.1%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Aksel Larsen Karl Skytte ?
Party SF Social Liberals Independents
Last election 11 seats, 6.1% 11 seats, 5.8% 6 seats, 3.3
Seats won 10 10 5
Seat change Decrease1 Decrease1 Decrease1
Popular vote 151,697 139,702 65,756
Percentage 5.8% 5.3% 2.5%

Prime Minister before election

Jens Otto Krag
Social Democrats

Prime Minister-elect

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 85.5% in Denmark proper, 50.2% in the Faroe Islands and 48.9% in Greenland.[2]

Results

Denmark
Party Votes % Seats +/–
Social Democratic Party 1,103,667 41.9 76 0
Venstre 547,770 20.8 38 0
Conservative People's Party 527,798 20.1 36 +4
Socialist People's Party 151,697 5.8 10 –1
Danish Social Liberal Party 139,702 5.3 10 –1
Independent Party 65,756 2.5 5 –1
Justice Party of Denmark 34,258 1.3 0 0
Communist Party of Denmark 32,390 1.2 0 0
Danish Unity 9,747 0.4 0 New
Schleswig Party 9,274 0.4 0 –1
Peace Politics People's Party 9,070 0.3 0 New
Independents 255 0.0 0 0
Invalid/blank votes 9,472
Total 2,640,856 100 175 0
Faroe Islands
Social Democratic Party 4,133 39.3 1 0
Union Party 3,121 29.7 0 –1
People's Party 2,622 25.0 1 +1
Progress Party 631 6.0 0 New
Invalid/blank votes 56
Total 10,563 100 2 0
Greenland
Independents 8,332 100 2 0
Invalid/blank votes 97
Total 8,429 100 2 0
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
Popular vote
A
41.94%
D
20.82%
C
20.06%
F
5.76%
B
5.31%
U
2.50%
E
1.30%
K
1.23%
R
0.37%
Others
0.71%

References

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