1960 Danish general election

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] They were the last elections in which the electoral threshold for the Danish seats was 60,000 votes. The following year the electoral law was amended to make it 2% of the vote.

1960 Danish general election
15 November 1960
Turnout85.5%
Party Leader % Seats ±
Social Democrats Viggo Kampmann 42.1% 76 +6
Venstre Erik Eriksen 21.1% 38 -7
Conservative Poul Sørensen 17.9% 32 +2
SF Aksel Larsen 6.1% 11 New
Social Liberals Jørgen Jørgensen 5.8% 11 -3
Independents Iver Poulsen 3.3% 6 New
Schleswig 0.4% 1 0
Elected in the Faroe Islands
Social Democratic Peter Mohr Dam 34.2% 1 +1
Union Johan Poulsen 22.0% 1 +1
Elected in Greenland
Independent – 100% 2 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister-elect
Viggo Kampmann
Social Democrats		 Viggo Kampmann
Social Democrats

Results
Denmark
Party Votes % Seats +/–
Social Democratic Party1,023,79442.176+6
Venstre512,04121.138–7
Conservative People's Party435,76417.932+2
Socialist People's Party149,4406.111New
Danish Social Liberal Party140,9795.811–3
Independent Party81,1343.36+6
Justice Party of Denmark52,3302.20–9
Communist Party of Denmark27,2981.10–6
Schleswig Party9,0580.410
Independents1090.000
Invalid/blank votes7,989–––
Total2,439,9361001750
Faroe Islands
Social Democratic Party3,71234.21+1
Union Party2,39122.011
People's Party2,15819.90–1
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%

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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