Danish general election, 1960
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All 179 seats to the Folketing
90 seats were needed for a majority |
| Turnout |
85.5% |
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First party |
Second party |
Third party |
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| 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 |
 6 |
 7 |
2 |
| Popular vote |
1,023,794 |
512,041 |
435,764 |
| Percentage |
42.1% |
21.1% |
17.9% |
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Fourth party |
Fifth party |
Sixth party |
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| 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 |
11 |
3 |
6 |
| Popular vote |
149,440 |
140,979 |
81,134 |
| Percentage |
6.1% |
5.8% |
3.3% |
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Seventh party |
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| Leader |
? |
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| Party |
Schleswig |
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| Last election |
1 seat, 0.4% |
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| Seats won |
1 |
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| Seat change |
 0 |
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| Popular vote |
9,058 |
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| Percentage |
0.4% |
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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 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 |
| Popular vote |
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| A |
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42.10% |
| D |
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21.05% |
| C |
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17.92% |
| F |
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6.14% |
| B |
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5.80% |
| U |
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3.34% |
| E |
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2.15% |
| K |
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1.12% |
| Others |
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0.38% |
References
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