1968 Danish general election

General elections were held in Denmark on 23 January 1968.[1] The Social Democratic Party remained the largest in the Folketing, with 62 of the 179 seats. Voter turnout was 89.3% in Denmark proper, 56.6% in the Faroe Islands and 56.3% in Greenland.[2] They were the last elections in which the old counties were used as constituencies.

1968 Danish general election
23 January 1968
All 179 seats in the Folketing
90 seats needed for a majority
Turnout88.9%
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
Social Democrats Jens Otto Krag 34.2% 62 -7
Conservative Poul Sørensen 20.4% 37 +3
Venstre Poul Hartling 18.6% 34 -1
Social Liberals Hilmar Baunsgaard 15.0% 27 +14
SF Aksel Larsen 6.1% 11 -9
Left Socialists Collective leadership 2.0% 4 New
Elected in the Faroe Islands
People's Hákun Djurhuus 34.4% 1 0
Social Democratic Peter Mohr Dam 32.5% 1 0
Elected in Greenland
Independent – 100% 2 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister-elect
Jens Otto Krag
Social Democrats		 Hilmar Baunsgaard
Social Liberals

Results
Denmark
Party Votes % Seats +/–
Social Democratic Party974,83334.262–7
Conservative People's Party581,05120.437+3
Venstre530,16718.634–1
Danish Social Liberal Party427,30415.027+14
Socialist People's Party174,5536.111–9
Left Socialists57,1842.04New
Liberal Centre37,4071.30–4
Communist Party of Denmark29,7061.000
Justice Party of Denmark21,1240.700
Independent Party14,3600.500
Schleswig Party6,8310.20New
Independents1270.000
Invalid/blank votes10,158–––
Total2,864,8051001750
Faroe Islands
People's Party4,29434.410
Social Democratic Party4,05132.510
Union Party3,24226.000
Progress Party8897.10New
Invalid/blank votes40–––
Total12,51610020
Greenland
Independents11,16410020
Invalid/blank votes519–––
Total11,68310020
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
Popular vote
A
 
 34.15%
C
 
 20.35%
D
 
 18.57%
B
 
 14.97%
F
 
 6.11%
Y
 
 2.00%
L
 
 1.31%
K
 
 1.04%
E
 
 0.74%
U
 
 0.50%
Others
 
 0.24%

References
  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p524 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p543
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