1968 Danish general election

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23 January 1968

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All 179 seats in the Folketing
90 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

89.28%

Party		Leader	Vote %	Seats	+/–
	Social Democrats	Jens Otto Krag	34.15	62	−7
	Conservatives	Poul Sørensen	20.35	37	+3
	Venstre	Poul Hartling	18.57	34	−1
	Social Liberals	Hilmar Baunsgaard	14.97	27	+14
	SF	Aksel Larsen	6.11	11	−9
	Left Socialists	Collective leadership	2.00	4	New
Elected in the Faroe Islands
	People's	Hákun Djurhuus	34.42	1	0
	Social Democratic	Peter Mohr Dam	32.47	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
Jens Otto Krag Social Democrats	Hilmar Baunsgaard Social Liberals

General elections were held in Denmark on 23 January 1968. The Social Democratic Party remained the largest in the Folketing, with 62 of the 179 seats. Voter turnout was 89% in Denmark proper, 57% in the Faroe Islands and 56% in Greenland. They were the last elections in which the old counties were used as constituencies.

Results



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Denmark proper
	Social Democrats	974,833	34.15	62	–7
	Conservative People's Party	581,051	20.35	37	+3
	Venstre	530,167	18.57	34	–1
	Danish Social Liberal Party	427,304	14.97	27	+14
	Socialist People's Party	174,553	6.11	11	–9
	Left Socialists	57,184	2.00	4	New
	Liberal Centre	37,407	1.31	0	–4
	Communist Party of Denmark	29,706	1.04	0	0
	Justice Party of Denmark	21,124	0.74	0	0
	Independent Party	14,360	0.50	0	0
	Schleswig Party	6,831	0.24	0	New
	Independents	127	0.00	0	0
Total		2,854,647	100.00	175	0

Valid votes		2,854,647	99.65
Invalid/blank votes		10,158	0.35
Total votes		2,864,805	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		3,208,646	89.28
Faroe Islands
	People's Party	4,294	34.42	1	0
	Social Democratic Party	4,051	32.47	1	0
	Union Party	3,242	25.99	0	0
	Progress Party	889	7.13	0	New
Total		12,476	100.00	2	0

Valid votes		12,476	99.68
Invalid/blank votes		40	0.32
Total votes		12,516	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		22,122	56.58
Greenland
	Independents	11,164	100.00	2	0
Total		11,164	100.00	2	0

Valid votes		11,164	95.56
Invalid/blank votes		519	4.44
Total votes		11,683	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		20,766	56.26
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p524 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
Nohlen & Stöver, p543

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