Danish general election, 1964

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Danish general election, 1964

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All 179 seats to the Folketing
90 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout 85.1%

  First party Second party Third party
  Jens Otto Krag 01.jpg Erik Eriksen.jpg Blank.png
Leader Jens Otto Krag Erik Eriksen Poul Sørensen
Party Social Democrats Venstre Conservative People's
Last election 76 seats, 42.1% 38 seats, 21.1% 32 seats, 17.9%
Seats won 76 38 36
Seat changeSteady2.svg0Steady2.svg0Increase2.svg4
Popular vote 1,103,667 547,770 527,798
Percentage 41.9% 20.8% 20.1%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
  Aksel Larsen c 1959.jpg
Leader Aksel Larsen Karl Skytte ?
Party Socialist People's Social Liberals Independents
Last election 11 seats, 6.1% 11 seats, 5.8% 6 seats, 3.3
Seats won 10 10 5
Seat changeDecrease2.svg1Decrease2.svg1Decrease2.svg1
Popular vote 151,697 139,702 65,756
Percentage 5.8% 5.3% 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 September 1964. [1] The Social Democratic Party remained the largest in the Folketing, with 76 of the 179 seats. Voter turnout was 85.5% in Denmark proper, 50.2% in the Faroe Islands and 48.9% 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 1,103,66741.9760
Venstre 547,77020.8380
Conservative People's Party 527,79820.136+4
Socialist People's Party 151,6975.810–1
Danish Social Liberal Party 139,7025.310–1
Independent Party 65,7562.55–1
Justice Party of Denmark 34,2581.300
Communist Party of Denmark 32,3901.200
Danish Unity 9,7470.40New
Schleswig Party 9,2740.40–1
Peace Politics People's Party 9,0700.30New
Independents2550.000
Invalid/blank votes9,472–––
Total2,640,8561001750
Faroe Islands
Social Democratic Party 4,13339.310
Union Party 3,12129.70–1
People's Party 2,62225.01+1
Progress Party 6316.00New
Invalid/blank votes56–––
Total10,56310020
Greenland
Independents8,33210020
Invalid/blank votes97–––
Total8,42910020
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
Popular vote
A
 
41.94%
D
 
20.82%
C
 
20.06%
F
 
5.76%
B
 
5.31%
U
 
2.50%
E
 
1.30%
K
 
1.23%
R
 
0.37%
Others
 
0.71%

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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
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