1964 Danish general election

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] They were the first elections with the new electoral threshold of 2%.

1964 Danish general election
22 September 1964
Turnout85.1%
Party Leader % Seats ±
Social Democrats Jens Otto Krag 41.9% 76 0
Venstre Erik Eriksen 20.8% 38 0
Conservative Poul Sørensen 20.1% 36 +4
SF Aksel Larsen 5.8% 10 -1
Social Liberals Karl Skytte 5.3% 10 -1
Independents Iver Poulsen 2.5% 5 -1
Elected in the Faroe Islands
Social Democratic Peter Mohr Dam 39.3% 1 0
People's Hákun Djurhuus 25.0% 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
Jens Otto Krag
Social Democrats		 Jens Otto Krag
Social Democrats

Results
Denmark
Party Votes % Seats +/–
Social Democratic Party1,103,66741.9760
Venstre547,77020.8380
Conservative People's Party527,79820.136+4
Socialist People's Party151,6975.810–1
Danish Social Liberal Party139,7025.310–1
Independent Party65,7562.55–1
Justice Party of Denmark34,2581.300
Communist Party of Denmark32,3901.200
Danish Unity9,7470.40New
Schleswig Party9,2740.40–1
Peace Politics People's Party9,0700.30New
Independents2550.000
Invalid/blank votes9,472–––
Total2,640,8561001750
Faroe Islands
Social Democratic Party4,13339.310
Union Party3,12129.70–1
People's Party2,62225.01+1
Progress Party6316.00New
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%

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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