1973 Danish general election

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1973 Danish general election
Kingdom of Denmark
← 1971 4 December 1973 1975 →
All 179 seats in the Folketing
90 seats needed for a majority
Turnout88.3%
Party Leader % Seats +/–
Social Democrats Anker Jørgensen 25.6% 46 -24
Progress Mogens Glistrup 15.9% 28 New
Venstre Poul Hartling 12.3% 22 -8
Social Liberals Hilmar Baunsgaard 11.2% 20 -7
Conservative Erik Ninn-Hansen 9.2% 16 -15
Centre Democrats 7.8% 14 New
SF Sigurd Ømann 6.0% 11 -6
KrF Jacob Christensen 4.0% 7 +7
Communists Knud Jespersen 3.6% 6 +6
Justice 2.9% 5 +5
Elected in the Faroe Islands
Social Democratic Atli Dam 28.6% 1 0
Republican 25.1% 1 New
Elected in Greenland
Independent – 100% 2 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Folketing1973.svg
Prime Minister before Prime Minister-elect
Anker Jørgensen
Social Democrats		 Poul Hartling
Venstre

General elections were held in Denmark on 4 December 1973 and in the Faroe Islands on 13 December.[1][2] It has since been referred to as the Landslide Election (Danish: Jordskredsvalget),[3] as five new or previously unrepresented parties won seats, and more than half the members of the parliament were replaced. The Social Democratic Party, which had led a minority government until this election, lost a third of their seats. After the election Poul Hartling, the leader of the liberal Venstre, formed the smallest minority government in Denmark's history with only 22 seats, supported by the Progress Party, the Conservative People's Party, the Social Liberal Party, the Centre Democrats and the Christian People's Party.

Voter turnout was 88.7% in Denmark proper, 54.6% in the Faroe Islands and 66.0% in Greenland.[4]

Parties[]

The USSR covertly funded the Communist Party of Denmark.[5]

Results[]

1973 Danish Folketing.svg
Denmark
Party Votes % Seats +/–
Social Democratic Party 783,145 25.6 46 –24
Progress Party 485,289 15.9 28 New
Venstre 374,283 12.3 22 –8
Danish Social Liberal Party 343,117 11.2 20 –7
Conservative People's Party 279,391 9.2 16 –15
Centre Democrats 236,784 7.8 14 New
Socialist People's Party 183,522 6.0 11 –6
Christian People's Party 123,573 4.0 7 +7
Communist Party of Denmark 110,715 3.6 6 +6
Justice Party of Denmark 87,904 2.9 5 +5
Left Socialists 44,843 1.5 0 0
Independents 637 0.0 0 0
Invalid/blank votes 17,050 – – –
Total 3,070,253 100 175 0
Faroe Islands
Social Democratic Party 3,772 28.6 1 0
Republican Party 3,312 25.1 1 New
People's Party 2,690 20.4 0 –1
Union Party 2,533 19.2 0 0
Self-Government Party 553 4.2 0 0
Progress Party 258 2.0 0 0
Independents 72 0.5 0 0
Invalid/blank votes 47 – – –
Total 13,237 100 2 0
Greenland
Independents 15,869 100 2 0
Invalid/blank votes 512 – – –
Total 16,381 100 2 0
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
Popular vote
A
 
 25.65%
Z
 
 15.89%
V
 
 12.26%
B
 
 11.24%
C
 
 9.15%
M
 
 7.76%
F
 
 6.01%
Q
 
 4.05%
K
 
 3.63%
E
 
 2.88%
Y
 
 1.47%
Others
 
 0.02%

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p524 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Denmark Inter-Parliamentary Union
  3. ^ Jespersen, KJV A History of Denmark
  4. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p544
  5. ^ Levin, Dov H. (2016-09-19). "Partisan electoral interventions by the great powers: Introducing the PEIG Dataset". Conflict Management and Peace Science. 36 (1): 88–106. doi:10.1177/0738894216661190. ISSN 0738-8942.

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