1960 Danish general election

1960 Danish general election

← 1957 15 November 1960 1964 →
All 179 seats in the Folketing 90 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	85.5%
Party Leader % Seats +/– Social Democrats Viggo Kampmann 42.1% 76 +6 Venstre Erik Eriksen 21.1% 38 -7 Conservative 17.9% 32 +2 SF Aksel Larsen 6.1% 11 New Social Liberals Jørgen Jørgensen 5.8% 11 -3 Independents 3.3% 6 New Schleswig 0.4% 1 0 Elected in the Faroe Islands Social Democratic Peter Mohr Dam 34.2% 1 +1 Union Johan Poulsen 22.0% 1 +1 Elected in Greenland Independent – 100% 2 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister-elect Viggo Kampmann Social Democrats 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] They were the last elections in which the electoral threshold for the Danish seats was 60,000 votes. The following year the electoral law was amended to make it 2% of the vote.

Results[]

Denmark
Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Social Democratic Party	1,023,794	42.1	76	+6
Venstre	512,041	21.1	38	–7
Conservative People's Party	435,764	17.9	32	+2
Socialist People's Party	149,440	6.1	11	New
Danish Social Liberal Party	140,979	5.8	11	–3
Independent Party	81,134	3.3	6	+6
Justice Party of Denmark	52,330	2.2	0	–9
Communist Party of Denmark	27,298	1.1	0	–6
Schleswig Party	9,058	0.4	1	0
Independents	109	0.0	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	7,989	–	–	–
Total	2,439,936	100	175	0
Faroe Islands
Social Democratic Party	3,712	34.2	1	+1
Union Party	2,391	22.0	1	1
People's Party	2,158	19.9	0	–1
Independents	2,583	23.8	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	55	–	–	–
Total	10,899	100	2	0
Greenland
Independents	8,489	100	2	0
Invalid/blank votes	71	–	–	–
Total	8,560	100	2	0
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

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