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The Danish parliamentary election of 1973 was held on 1973-12-04. It has since been referred to as the Landslide Election, because 5 new parties got elected, and more than half the members of the parliament were replaced.
|
Party |
Leader |
Total votes |
Percentage of ballots cast |
Seats won |
Gain/Loss |
 |
Social Democratic Party (Socialdemokratiet) (A) |
Anker Jørgensen |
783,145 |
25.6 |
46 |
-24 |
 |
Progress Party (Fremskridtspartiet) (Z) |
Mogens Glistrup |
485,289 |
15.9 |
28 |
New |
 |
Venstre (Liberals) (V) |
Poul Hartling |
374,283 |
12.3 |
22 |
-8 |
 |
Danish Social Liberal Party (Det Radikale Venstre) (B) |
Hilmar Baunsgaard |
343,717 |
11.2 |
20 |
-7 |
 |
Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti) (C) |
Erik Ninn-Hansen |
279,391 |
9.2 |
16 |
-15 |
 |
Centre Democrats (Centrum-Demokraterne) (M) |
Erhard Jakobsen |
236,784 |
7.8 |
14 |
New |
 |
Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti) (F) |
Sigurd Ømann |
183,522 |
6.0 |
11 |
-6 |
 |
Christian People's Party (Kristeligt Folkeparti) (Q) |
Jacob Christensen |
123,573 |
4.0 |
7 |
+7 |
|
Communist Party (Danmarks Kommunistiske Parti) (K) |
|
110,715 |
3.6 |
6 |
+6 |
|
Justice Party (Danmarks Retsforbund) (E) |
|
87,904 |
2.9 |
5 |
+5 |
|
Left Socialists (Venstresocialisterne) (Y) |
|
44,843 |
1.5 |
0 |
- |
| Voter turnout |
88.7% |
| Source |
Folketinget.dk |
