1973 Danish general election

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1973 Danish general election
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All 179 seats in the Folketing
90 seats needed for a majority
Turnout88.32%
PartyLeaderVote %Seats+/–
Social Democrats Anker Jørgensen 25.6546−24
Progress Mogens Glistrup 15.8928New
Venstre Poul Hartling 12.2622−8
Social Liberals Hilmar Baunsgaard 11.2420−7
Conservatives Erik Ninn-Hansen 9.1516−15
Centre Democrats Erhard Jakobsen 7.7614New
SF Sigurd Ømann 6.0111−6
KrF Jacob Christensen 4.057+7
Communists Knud Jespersen 3.636+6
Justice Ib Christensen 2.885+5
Elected in the Faroe Islands
Social Democratic Atli Dam 28.6010
Republican Signar Hansen 25.111New
Elected in Greenland
Independents –10020
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Prime Minister beforePrime Minister-elect
Anker Jørgensen
Social Democrats 		Poul Hartling
Venstre
Ballot paper Ballot paper of 1973 Danish parliament election.jpg
Ballot paper

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.

Contents

Voter turnout was 89% in Denmark proper, 55% in the Faroe Islands and 66% in Greenland. [4]

Parties

Two parties, the Christian People's Party and the Progress Party, campaigned against a grant awarded by the government-run Danish Film Institute for The Many Faces of Jesus , a proposed pornographic film about Jesus. [5]

The USSR covertly funded the Communist Party of Denmark. [6]

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Denmark proper
Social Democrats 783,14525.6546–24
Progress Party 485,28915.8928New
Venstre 374,28312.2622–8
Danish Social Liberal Party 343,11711.2420–7
Conservative People's Party 279,3919.1516–15
Centre Democrats 236,7847.7614New
Socialist People's Party 183,5226.0111–6
Christian People's Party 123,5734.057+7
Communist Party of Denmark 110,7153.636+6
Justice Party of Denmark 87,9042.885+5
Left Socialists 44,8431.4700
Independents6370.0200
Total3,053,203100.001750
Valid votes3,053,20399.44
Invalid/blank votes17,0500.56
Total votes3,070,253100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,460,73788.72
Faroe Islands
Social Democratic Party 3,77228.6010
Republican Party 3,31225.111New
People's Party 2,69020.390–1
Union Party 2,53319.2000
Self-Government 5534.1900
Progress Party 2581.9600
Independents720.5500
Total13,190100.0020
Valid votes13,19099.64
Invalid/blank votes470.36
Total votes13,237100.00
Registered voters/turnout24,25954.57
Greenland
Independents15,869100.0020
Total15,869100.0020
Valid votes15,86996.87
Invalid/blank votes5123.13
Total votes16,381100.00
Registered voters/turnout24,83865.95
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

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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. ↑ Dean, Wayne (1989-12-02). "Danish Blue: The Jesus Sex Film Scandal". The Sydney Morning Herald . p. 79. Archived from the original on 2023-12-16. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
  6. ↑ 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. S2CID   157114479.
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