Danish general election, 1960

Danish general election, 1960
Denmark
15 November 1960

All 179 seats to the Folketing
90 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout 85.5%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Viggo Kampmann Erik Eriksen Poul Sørensen
Party Social Democrats Venstre Conservative People's
Last election 70 seats, 39.4% 45 seats, 25.1% 30 seats, 16.6%
Seats won 76 38 32
Seat change Increase6 Decrease7 Increase2
Popular vote 1,023,794 512,041 435,764
Percentage 42.1% 21.1% 17.9%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Aksel Larsen Jørgen Jørgensen ?
Party Socialist People's Social Liberals Independents
Last election New 14 seats, 7.8% New
Seats won 11 11 6
Seat change Increase11 Decrease3 Increase6
Popular vote 149,440 140,979 81,134
Percentage 6.1% 5.8% 3.3%

  Seventh party
 
Leader ?
Party Schleswig
Last election 1 seat, 0.4%
Seats won 1
Seat change Steady0
Popular vote 9,058
Percentage 0.4%

Prime Minister before election

Viggo Kampmann
Social Democrats

Prime Minister-elect

Viggo Kampmann
Social Democrats

General elections were held in Denmark on 15 November 1960.[1] The Social Democratic Party remained the largest in the Folketing, with 76 of the 179 seats. Voter turnout was 85.8% in Denmark proper, 57.1% in the Faroe Islands and 65.8% in Greenland.[2]

Results

Denmark
Party Votes % Seats +/–
Social Democratic Party1,023,79442.176+6
Venstre512,04121.138–7
Conservative People's Party435,76417.932+2
Socialist People's Party149,4406.111New
Danish Social Liberal Party140,9795.811–3
Independent Party81,1343.36+6
Justice Party of Denmark52,3302.20–9
Communist Party of Denmark27,2981.10–6
Schleswig Party9,0580.410
Independents1090.000
Invalid/blank votes7,989
Total2,439,9361001750
Faroe Islands
Social Democratic Party3,71234.21+1
Union Party2,39122.011
People's Party2,15819.90–1
Independents2,58323.80New
Invalid/blank votes55
Total10,89910020
Greenland
Independents8,48910020
Invalid/blank votes71
Total8,56010020
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
Popular vote
A
 
42.10%
D
 
21.05%
C
 
17.92%
F
 
6.14%
B
 
5.80%
U
 
3.34%
E
 
2.15%
K
 
1.12%
Others
 
0.38%

References

  1. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p524 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p542


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