Danish general election, 1966

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Danish general election, 1966

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All 179 seats to the Folketing
90 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout 88.2%

  First party Second party Third party
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Leader Jens Otto Krag Poul Hartling Poul Sørensen
Party Social Democrats Venstre Conservative People's
Last election 76 seats, 41.9% 38 seats, 20.8% 36 seats, 20.1%
Seats won 69 35 34
Seat changeDecrease2.svg7Decrease2.svg3Decrease2.svg2
Popular vote 1,068,911 539,027 522,028
Percentage 38.2% 19.3% 18.7%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
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Leader Aksel Larsen Karl Skytte Bent Noack
Party Socialist People's Social Liberals Liberal Centre
Last election 10 seats, 5.8% 10 seats, 5.3%New
Seats won 20 13 4
Seat changeIncrease2.svg10Increase2.svg3Increase2.svg4
Popular vote 304,437 203,858 69,180
Percentage 10.9% 7.3% 2.5%
Prime Minister before election

Jens Otto Krag
Social Democrats

Prime Minister-elect

Jens Otto Krag
Social Democrats

General elections were held in Denmark on 22 November 1966, [1] although in Greenland the elections were held on 6 December 1966. The Social Democratic Party remained the largest in the Folketing, with 69 of the 179 seats. Voter turnout was 88.6% in Denmark proper, 48.8% in the Faroe Islands and 59.0% in Greenland (where only one of the two constituencies was contested as the other had only one candidate who was elected unopposed). [2]

Denmark constitutional monarchy in Europe

Denmark, officially the Kingdom of Denmark, is a Nordic country and the southernmost of the Scandinavian nations. Denmark lies southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and is bordered to the south by Germany. The Kingdom of Denmark also comprises two autonomous constituent countries in the North Atlantic Ocean: the Faroe Islands and Greenland. Denmark proper consists of a peninsula, Jutland, and an archipelago of 443 named islands, with the largest being Zealand, Funen and the North Jutlandic Island. The islands are characterised by flat, arable land and sandy coasts, low elevation and a temperate climate. Denmark has a total area of 42,924 km2 (16,573 sq mi), land area of 42,394 km2 (16,368 sq mi), and the total area including Greenland and the Faroe Islands is 2,210,579 km2 (853,509 sq mi), and a population of 5.8 million.

The Social Democrats, officially Social Democracy, is a social-democratic political party in Denmark. It was the major coalition partner in government from the 2011 parliamentary election, with then-party leader Helle Thorning-Schmidt as Prime Minister. After the 2015 parliamentary election, the party is no longer in government, though it regained the position as the largest party in the Danish parliament, the Folketing, with 47 of 179 seats. Helle Thorning-Schmidt withdrew as party leader on the night of the election as a direct consequence of the loss of government control, and she was succeeded on 28 June 2015 by the former vice leader, Mette Frederiksen.

Folketing Parliament of Denmark

The Folketing, also known as the Danish Parliament in English, is the unicameral national parliament (legislature) of Denmark. Established in 1849, until 1953 the Folketing was the lower house of a bicameral parliament, called the Rigsdag; the upper house was Landstinget. It meets in Christiansborg Palace, on the islet of Slotsholmen in central Copenhagen.

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Results

Denmark
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Social Democratic Party 1,068,91138.269–7
Venstre 539,02719.335–3
Conservative People's Party 522,02818.734–2
Socialist People's Party 304,43710.920+10
Danish Social Liberal Party 203,8587.313+3
Liberal Centre 69,1802.54New
Independent Party 44,9941.60–5
Communist Party of Denmark 21,5530.800
Justice Party of Denmark 19,9050.700
Independents1140.000
Invalid/blank votes8,297–––
Total2,802,3041001750
Faroe Islands
Social Democratic Party 3,86436.610
People's Party 3,54933.61+1
Union Party 3,15629.90–1
Invalid/blank votes52–––
Total10,62110020
Greenland
Independents6,52210020
Invalid/blank votes138–––
Total6,66010020
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
Popular vote
A
 
38.26%
D
 
19.29%
C
 
18.68%
F
 
10.90%
B
 
7.30%
L
 
2.48%
U
 
1.61%
K
 
0.77%
E
 
0.71%
Others
 
0.00%

By constitutency

CandidatePartyVotes%Notes
Greenland (Northern Constituency)
Knud Hertling IndependentUncontestedElected
Greenland (Southern Constituency)
Nikolaj Rosing Independent3,67756.3Elected
Ulrik RosingInuit Party1,36720.9
Erling HøeghIndependent1,29119.8
Jørgen OlsenIndependent2003.1
Invalid/blank votes130–
Total6,665100
Source: Atuagagdliutit [3]

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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. ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, pp542-543
  3. ↑ Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten 9 December 1966, p. 3
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