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1975 Danish general election

1975 Danish general election
Danish Realm
← 1973 9 January 1975 1977 →

All 179 seats in the Folketing
90 seats needed for a majority
Turnout88.23%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
Social Democrats Anker Jørgensen 29.94 53 +7
Venstre Poul Hartling 23.33 42 +20
Progress Mogens Glistrup 13.58 24 −4
Social Liberals Svend Haugaard 7.10 13 −7
Conservatives Poul Schlüter 5.51 10 −6
KrF Jens Møller 5.34 9 +2
SF Gert Petersen 4.95 9 −2
Communists Knud Jespersen 4.19 7 +1
Centre Democrats Erhard Jakobsen 2.17 4 −10
Left Socialists Collective leadership 2.08 4 +4
Elected in the Faroe Islands
Social Democratic Atli Dam 29.69 1 0
Republican Signar Hansen 25.72 1 0
Elected in Greenland
Independents 100 2 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister-elect
Poul Hartling
Venstre
Anker Jørgensen
Social Democrats

General elections were held in Denmark on 9 January 1975.[1] The result was a victory for the Social Democratic Party, who won 53 of the 179 seats. Voter turnout was 88% in Denmark proper, 56% in the Faroe Islands and 69% in Greenland.[2]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p524 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p544

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