1975 Danish general election

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 88.2% in Denmark proper, 56.1% in the Faroe Islands and 68.7% in Greenland.[2]

1975 Danish general election
9 January 1975
All 179 seats in the Folketing
Turnout87.8%
Party Leader % Seats ±
Social Democrats Anker Jørgensen 29.9% 53 +7
Venstre Poul Hartling 23.3% 42 +20
Progress Mogens Glistrup 13.6% 24 -4
Social Liberals Svend Haugaard 7.1% 13 -7
Conservative Poul Schlüter 5.5% 10 -6
KrF Jens Møller 5.3% 9 +2
SF Gert Petersen 5.0% 9 -2
Communists Knud Jespersen 4.2% 7 +1
Centre Democrats Erhard Jakobsen 2.2% 4 -10
Left Socialists Collective leadership 2.1% 4 +4
Elected in the Faroe Islands
Social Democratic Atli Dam 29.7% 1 0
Republican 25.7% 1 0
Elected in Greenland
Independent – 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

Political parties

The Soviet Union covertly funded the Communist Party of Denmark.[3]

Results
Denmark
Party Votes % Seats +/–
Social Democratic Party913,15529.953+7
Venstre711,29823.342+20
Progress Party414,21913.624–4
Danish Social Liberal Party216,5537.113–7
Conservative People's Party168,1645.510–6
Christian People's Party162,7345.39+2
Socialist People's Party150,9635.09–2
Communist Party of Denmark127,8374.27+1
Centre Democrats66,3162.24–10
Left Socialists63,5792.14+4
Justice Party of Denmark54,0951.80–5
Independents5390.000
Invalid/blank votes18,850–––
Total3,068,3021001750
Faroe Islands
Social Democratic Party4,11229.710
Republican Party3,56325.710
Union Party3,21923.200
People's Party2,95721.300
Invalid/blank votes43–––
Total13,80810020
Greenland
Independents16,64910020
Invalid/blank votes421–––
Total17,07010020
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

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