Danish general election, 1960

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Danish general election, 1960

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All 179 seats to the Folketing
90 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout 85.5%

  First party Second party Third party
  Viggo Kampmann.jpg Erik Eriksen.jpg Blank.png
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 changeIncrease2.svg6Decrease2.svg7Increase2.svg2
Popular vote 1,023,794 512,041 435,764
Percentage 42.1% 21.1% 17.9%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
  Aksel Larsen c 1959.jpg
Leader Aksel Larsen Jørgen Jørgensen ?
Party Socialist People's Social Liberals Independents
Last electionNew 14 seats, 7.8%New
Seats won 11 11 6
Seat changeIncrease2.svg11Decrease2.svg3Increase2.svg6
Popular vote 149,440 140,979 81,134
Percentage 6.1% 5.8% 3.3%
  Seventh party
 
Leader ?
Party Schleswig
Last election 1 seat, 0.4%
Seats won 1
Seat changeSteady2.svg0
Popular vote 9,058
Percentage 0.4%
Prime Minister before election

Viggo Kampmann
Social Democrats

Prime Minister-elect

Viggo Kampmann
Social Democrats

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]

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.

Results

Denmark
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Social Democratic Party 1,023,79442.176+6
Venstre 512,04121.138–7
Conservative People's Party 435,76417.932+2
Socialist People's Party 149,4406.111New
Danish Social Liberal Party 140,9795.811–3
Independent Party 81,1343.36+6
Justice Party of Denmark 52,3302.20–9
Communist Party of Denmark 27,2981.10–6
Schleswig Party 9,0580.410
Independents1090.000
Invalid/blank votes7,989–––
Total2,439,9361001750
Faroe Islands
Social Democratic Party 3,71234.21+1
Union Party 2,39122.011
People's Party 2,15819.90–1
Independents2,58323.80New
Invalid/blank votes55–––
Total10,89910020
Greenland
Independents8,48910020
Invalid/blank votes71–––
Total8,56010020
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
Popular vote
A
 
42.10%
D
 
21.05%
C
 
17.92%
F
 
6.14%
B
 
5.80%
U
 
3.34%
E
 
2.15%
K
 
1.12%
Others
 
0.38%

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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, p542
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