1973 Danish general election

General elections were held in Denmark on 4 December 1973 and in the Faroe Islands on 13 December.[1][2] It has since been referred to as the Landslide Election (Danish: Jordskredsvalget),[3] as five new or previously unrepresented parties won seats, and more than half the members of the parliament were replaced. The Social Democratic Party, which had led a minority government until this election, lost a third of their seats. After the election Poul Hartling, the leader of the liberal Venstre, formed the smallest minority government in Denmark's history with only 22 seats, supported by the Progress Party, the Conservative People's Party, the Social Liberal Party, the Centre Democrats and the Christian People's Party.

1973 Danish general election
4 December 1973
All 179 seats in the Folketing
Turnout88.3%
Party Leader % Seats ±
Social Democrats Anker Jørgensen 25.6% 46 -24
Progress Mogens Glistrup 15.9% 28 New
Venstre Poul Hartling 12.3% 22 -8
Social Liberals Hilmar Baunsgaard 11.2% 20 -7
Conservative Erik Ninn-Hansen 9.2% 16 -15
Centre Democrats Erhard Jakobsen 7.8% 14 New
SF Sigurd Ømann 6.0% 11 -6
KrF Jacob Christensen 4.0% 7 +7
Communists Knud Jespersen 3.6% 6 +6
Justice Ib Christensen 2.9% 5 +5
Elected in the Faroe Islands
Social Democratic Atli Dam 28.6% 1 0
Republican 25.1% 1 New
Elected in Greenland
Independent – 100% 2 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister-elect
Anker Jørgensen
Social Democrats		 Poul Hartling
Venstre

Voter turnout was 88.7% in Denmark proper, 54.6% in the Faroe Islands and 66.0% in Greenland.[4]

Parties

The USSR covertly funded the Communist Party of Denmark.[5]

Results
Denmark
Party Votes % Seats +/–
Social Democratic Party783,14525.646–24
Progress Party485,28915.928New
Venstre374,28312.322–8
Danish Social Liberal Party343,11711.220–7
Conservative People's Party279,3919.216–15
Centre Democrats236,7847.814New
Socialist People's Party183,5226.011–6
Christian People's Party123,5734.07+7
Communist Party of Denmark110,7153.66+6
Justice Party of Denmark87,9042.95+5
Left Socialists44,8431.500
Independents6370.000
Invalid/blank votes17,050–––
Total3,070,2531001750
Faroe Islands
Social Democratic Party3,77228.610
Republican Party3,31225.11New
People's Party2,69020.40–1
Union Party2,53319.200
Self-Government Party5534.200
Progress Party2582.000
Independents720.500
Invalid/blank votes47–––
Total13,23710020
Greenland
Independents15,86910020
Invalid/blank votes512–––
Total16,38110020
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
Popular vote
A
 
 25.65%
Z
 
 15.89%
V
 
 12.26%
B
 
 11.24%
C
 
 9.15%
M
 
 7.76%
F
 
 6.01%
Q
 
 4.05%
K
 
 3.63%
E
 
 2.88%
Y
 
 1.47%
Others
 
 0.02%

See also

References
  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p524 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Denmark Inter-Parliamentary Union
  3. Jespersen, KJV A History of Denmark
  4. Nohlen & Stöver, p544
  5. Levin, Dov H. (2016-09-19). "Partisan electoral interventions by the great powers: Introducing the PEIG Dataset". Conflict Management and Peace Science. 36 (1): 88–106. doi:10.1177/0738894216661190. ISSN 0738-8942.
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