Danish general election, 1975
Danish general election, 1975
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All 179 seats to the Folketing
90 seats were needed for a majority |
| Turnout |
87.8% |
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First party |
Second party |
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| Leader |
Anker Jørgensen |
Poul Hartling |
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| Party |
Social Democrats |
Venstre |
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| Last election |
46 seats, 25.6% |
22 seats, 12.3% |
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| Seats won |
53 |
42 |
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| Seat change |
 7 |
20 |
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| Popular vote |
913,155 |
711,298 |
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| Percentage |
29.9% |
23.3% |
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General elections were held in Denmark on 9 January 1975.[1] The result was a victory for the Social Democratic Party, who won 53 of the 179 seats. Voter turnout was 88.2% in Denmark proper, 56.1% in the Faroe Islands and 68.7% in Greenland.[2]
Results
| Denmark |
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| Party |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
+/– |
| Social Democratic Party | 913,155 | 29.9 | 53 | +7 |
| Venstre | 711,298 | 23.3 | 42 | +20 |
| Progress Party | 414,219 | 13.6 | 24 | –4 |
| Danish Social Liberal Party | 216,553 | 7.1 | 13 | –7 |
| Conservative People's Party | 168,164 | 5.5 | 10 | –6 |
| Christian People's Party | 162,734 | 5.3 | 9 | +2 |
| Socialist People's Party | 150,963 | 5.0 | 9 | –2 |
| Communist Party of Denmark | 127,837 | 4.2 | 7 | +1 |
| Centre Democrats | 66,316 | 2.2 | 4 | –10 |
| Left Socialists | 63,579 | 2.1 | 4 | +4 |
| Justice Party of Denmark | 54,095 | 1.8 | 0 | –5 |
| Independents | 539 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 18,850 | – | – | – |
| Total | 3,068,302 | 100 | 175 | 0 |
| Faroe Islands |
| Social Democratic Party | 4,112 | 29.7 | 1 | 0 |
| Republican Party | 3,563 | 25.7 | 1 | 0 |
| Union Party | 3,219 | 23.2 | 0 | 0 |
| People's Party | 2,957 | 21.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 43 | – | – | – |
| Total | 13,808 | 100 | 2 | 0 |
| Greenland |
| Independents | 16,649 | 100 | 2 | 0 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 421 | – | – | – |
| Total | 17,070 | 100 | 2 | 0 |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
| Popular vote |
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| A |
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29.94% |
| V |
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23.33% |
| Z |
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13.58% |
| B |
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7.10% |
| C |
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5.51% |
| Q |
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5.34% |
| F |
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4.95% |
| K |
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4.19% |
| M |
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2.17% |
| Y |
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2.08% |
| E |
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1.77% |
| Others |
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0.02% |
References
- ↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p524 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p544
