Danish general election, 1973

Danish general election, 1973

4 December 1973

All 179 seats to the Folketing 90 seats were needed for a majority Turnout 88.3%   First party Second party   Leader Anker Jørgensen Mogens Glistrup Party Social Democrats Progress Last election 70 seats, 37.3% New Seats won 46 28 Seat change 24 28 Popular vote 783,145 485,289 Percentage 25.6% 15.9%

Prime Minister before election Anker Jørgensen Social Democrats Prime Minister-elect 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]

Results

Denmark
Party	Votes	+/–	%	Seats	+/–
Social Democratic Party	783,145	25.6	-11.7	46	–24
Progress Party	485,289	15.9	+15.9	28	New
Venstre	374,283	12.3	-3.3	22	–8
Danish Social Liberal Party	343,117	11.2	-3.1	20	–7
Conservative People's Party	279,391	9.2	-7.5	16	–15
Centre Democrats	236,784	7.8	+7.8	14	New
Socialist People's Party	183,522	6.0	-3.1	11	–6
Christian People's Party	123,573	4.0	+2	7	+7
Communist Party of Denmark	110,715	3.6	+2.2	6	+6
Justice Party of Denmark	87,904	2.9	+1.2	5	+5
Left Socialists	44,843	1.5	-0.1	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%

References

1. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (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