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{{Infobox Election
{{Infobox legislative election
| election_name = Danish general election, 1960
| country = Kingdom of Denmark
| country = Kingdom of Denmark
| previous_election = [[1957 Danish general election|1957]]
| type = parliamentary
| next_election = [[1964 Danish general election|1964]]
| ongoing = no
| seats_for_election = All 179 seats in the [[Folketing]]
| previous_election = Danish general election, 1957
| previous_year = 1957
| majority_seats = 90
| next_election = Danish general election, 1964
| next_year = 1964
| seats_for_election = All 179 seats to the [[Parliament of Denmark|Folketing]] <br> 90 seats were needed for a majority
| election_date = 15 November 1960
| election_date = 15 November 1960
| turnout = 85.84%
| image1 = [[File:Viggo Kampmann.jpg|150x150px]]

| leader1 = [[Viggo Kampmann]]
| party1 = Social Democrats (Denmark)|Social Democratic Party
| party1 = Social Democrats (Denmark) | leader1 = [[Viggo Kampmann]] | last_election1 = 70 | seats1 = 76 | percentage1 = 42.10
| party2 = Venstre (Denmark) | leader2 = [[Erik Eriksen]] | last_election2 = 45 | seats2 = 38 | percentage2 = 21.05
| alliance1 =
| party3 = Conservative People's Party (Denmark) | leader3 = [[Poul Sørensen (politician)|Poul Sørensen]] | last_election3 = 30 | seats3 = 32 | percentage3 = 17.92
| last_election1 = 70 seats, 39.4%
| party4 = Socialist People's Party (Denmark) | leader4 = [[Aksel Larsen]] | last_election4 = new | seats4 = 11 | percentage4 = 6.14
| seats1 = 76
| party5 = Danish Social Liberal Party | leader5 = [[Jørgen Jørgensen (politician)|Jørgen Jørgensen]] | last_election5 = 14 | seats5 = 11 | percentage5 = 5.80
| seat_change1 = {{increase}}6
| party6 = Independent Party (Denmark) | leader6 = {{ill|Iver Poulsen|da}} | last_election6 = new | seats6 = 6 | percentage6 = 3.34
| popular_vote1 = 1,023,794
| party7 = Schleswig Party | leader7 = | last_election7 = 1 | seats7 = 1 | percentage7 = 0.37
| percentage1 = 42.1%
| heading8 = Elected in the Faroe Islands
| image2 = [[File:Erik Eriksen.jpg|150x150px]]
| party8 = Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands) | leader8 = [[Peter Mohr Dam]] | last_election8 = 0 | seats8 = 1 | percentage8 = 34.23
| leader2 = [[Erik Eriksen]]
| party9 = Union Party (Faroe Islands) | leader9 = [[Johan Poulsen]] | last_election9 = 0 | seats9 = 1 | percentage9 = 22.05
| party2 = Venstre (Denmark)
| heading10 = Elected in Greenland
| alliance2 =
| party10 = Independents | leader10 = – | last_election10 = 2 | seats10 = 2 | percentage10 = 100
| last_election2 = 45 seats, 25.1%

| seats2 = 38
| map = Folketing1960.svg
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}}7
| caption = Results by constituency
| popular_vote2 = 512,041

| percentage2 = 21.1%
| image3 = [[File:Blank.png|120x120px]]
| leader3 = [[Poul Sørensen (politician)|Poul Sørensen]]
| party3 = Conservative People's Party (Denmark)
| last_election3 = 30 seats, 16.6%
| seats3 = 32
| seat_change3 = {{increase}}2
| popular_vote3 = 435,764
| percentage3 = 17.9%
| image4 = [[File:Aksel Larsen c 1959.jpg|150x150px]]
| leader4 = [[Aksel Larsen]]
| party4 = Socialist People's Party (Denmark)
| last_election4 = '''New'''
| seats4 = 11
| seat_change4 = {{increase}}11
| popular_vote4 = 149,440
| percentage4 = 6.1%
| image5 =
| leader5 = [[Jørgen Jørgensen (politician)|Jørgen Jørgensen]]
| party5 = Danish Social Liberal Party
| last_election5 = 14 seats, 7.8%
| seats5 = 11
| seat_change5 = {{decrease}}3
| popular_vote5 = 140,979
| percentage5 = 5.8%
| image6 =
| leader6 = ?
| party6 = Independent Party (Denmark)
| last_election6 = '''New'''
| seats6 = 6
| seat_change6 = {{increase}}6
| popular_vote6 = 81,134
| percentage6 = 3.3%
| image7 =
| leader7 = ?
| party7 = Schleswig Party
| last_election7 = 1 seat, 0.4%
| seats7 = 1
| seat_change7 = {{steady}}0
| popular_vote7 = 9,058
| percentage7 = 0.4%
| title = Prime Minister
| title = Prime Minister
| posttitle = Prime Minister-elect
| posttitle = Prime Minister-elect
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| after_election = [[Viggo Kampmann]]
| after_election = [[Viggo Kampmann]]
| after_party = Social Democrats (Denmark)
| after_party = Social Democrats (Denmark)
}}
|turnout = 85.5%}}

'''General elections''' were held in [[Denmark]] on 15 November 1960.<ref name=DN>[[Dieter Nohlen|Nohlen, D]] & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p524 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7</ref> The [[Social Democrats (Denmark)|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]].<ref name=NS>Nohlen & Stöver, p542</ref>
General elections were held in [[Denmark]] on 15 November 1960.<ref name=DN>{{Cite book |last1=Nohlen |first1=Dieter |author1-link=Dieter Nohlen |last2=Stöver |first2=Philip |date=2010 |title=Elections in Europe: A Data Handbook |location=Baden-Baden, Germany |publisher=Nomos |isbn=978-3-8329-5609-7 |oclc=617565273|page=524}}</ref> The [[Social Democrats (Denmark)|Social Democratic Party]] remained the largest in the [[Folketing]], with 76 of the 179 seats. Voter turnout was 86% in Denmark proper, 57% in the [[Faroe Islands]] and 66% in [[Greenland]].<ref name=DN/>{{Rp|p=542}} 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.


==Results==
==Results==
{{Election results
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:right
|image=[[File:1960 Danish general election Result.svg]]
!colspan=5|Denmark
|header1=Denmark proper
|-
|party2=[[Social Democrats (Denmark)|Social Democrats]]|votes2=1023794|seats2=76|sc2=+6
!Party
|party3=[[Venstre (Denmark)|Venstre]]|votes3=512041|seats3=38|sc3=–7
!Votes
|party4=[[Conservative People's Party (Denmark)|Conservative People's Party]]|votes4=435764|seats4=32|sc4=+2
!%
|party5=[[Socialist People's Party (Denmark)|Socialist People's Party]]|votes5=149440|seats5=11|sc5=New
!Seats
|party6=[[Danish Social Liberal Party]]|votes6=140979|seats6=11|sc6=–3
!+/–
|party7=[[Independent Party (Denmark)|Independent Party]]|votes7=81134|seats7=6|sc7=+6
|-
|party8=[[Justice Party of Denmark]]|votes8=52330|seats8=0|sc8=–9
|align=left|[[Social Democrats (Denmark)|Social Democratic Party]]||1,023,794||42.1||76||+6
|party9=[[Communist Party of Denmark]]|votes9=27298|seats9=0|sc9=–6
|-
|party10=[[Schleswig Party]]|votes10=9058|seats10=1|sc10=0
|align=left|[[Venstre (Denmark)|Venstre]]||512,041||21.1||38||–7
|party11=Independents|votes11=109|seats11=0|sc11=0
|-
|invalid=7989
|align=left|[[Conservative People's Party (Denmark)|Conservative People's Party]]||435,764||17.9||32||+2
|electorate=2842336
|-
|total_sc=0
|align=left|[[Socialist People's Party (Denmark)|Socialist People's Party]]||149,440||6.1||11||New
|embedded = {{Election results|embed=y|header1=Faroe Islands
|-
|party2=[[Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands)|Social Democratic Party]]|votes2=3712|seats2=1|sc2=+1
|align=left|[[Danish Social Liberal Party]]||140,979||5.8||11||–3
|party3=[[Union Party (Faroe Islands)|Union Party]]|votes3=2391|seats3=1|sc3=1
|-
|align=left|[[Independent Party (Denmark)|Independent Party]]||81,134||3.3||6||+6
|party4=[[People's Party (Faroe Islands)|People's Party]]|votes4=2158|seats4=0|sc4=–1
|party5=Independents|votes5=2583|seats5=0|sc5=New
|-
|invalid=55
|align=left|[[Justice Party of Denmark]]||52,330||2.2||0||–9
|electorate=19089
|-
|total_sc=0
|align=left|[[Communist Party of Denmark]]||27,298||1.1||0||–6
|embedded = {{Election results|embed=y|header1=Greenland
|-
|party2=Independents|votes2=8489|seats2=2|sc2=0
|align=left|[[Schleswig Party]]||9,058||0.4||1||0
|invalid=71
|-
|electorate=13005
|align=left|Independents||109||0.0||0||0
|total_sc=0
|-
|source=<ref name=DN/>
|align=left|Invalid/blank votes||7,989||–||–||–
}}}}}}
|-
|align=left|'''Total'''||'''2,439,936'''||'''100'''||'''175'''||'''0'''
|-
!colspan=5|Faroe Islands
|-
|align=left|[[Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands)|Social Democratic Party]]||3,712||34.2||1||+1
|-
|align=left|[[Union Party (Faroe Islands)|Union Party]]||2,391||22.0||1||1
|-
|align=left|[[People's Party (Faroe Islands)|People's Party]]||2,158||19.9||0||–1
|-
|align=left|Independents||2,583||23.8||0||New
|-
|align=left|Invalid/blank votes||55||–||–||–
|-
|align=left|'''Total'''||'''10,899'''||'''100'''||'''2'''||'''0'''
|-
!colspan=5|Greenland
|-
|align=left|Independents||8,489||100||2||0
|-
|align=left|Invalid/blank votes||71||–||–||–
|-
|align=left|'''Total'''||'''8,560'''||'''100'''||'''2'''||'''0'''
|-
|align=left colspan=5|Source: Nohlen & Stöver
|}
{{Bar box
|title=Popular vote
|titlebar=#ddd
|width=600px
|barwidth=350px
|bars=
{{Bar percent|A|{{Social Democrats (Denmark)/meta/color}}|42.10}}
{{Bar percent|D|{{Venstre (Denmark)/meta/color}}|21.05}}
{{Bar percent|C|{{Conservative People's Party (Denmark)/meta/color}}|17.92}}
{{Bar percent|F|{{Socialist People's Party (Denmark)/meta/color}}|6.14}}
{{Bar percent|B|{{Danish Social Liberal Party/meta/color}}|5.80}}
{{Bar percent|U|{{Independent Party (Denmark)/meta/color}}|3.34}}
{{Bar percent|E|{{Justice Party of Denmark/meta/color}}|2.15}}
{{Bar percent|K|{{Communist Party of Denmark/meta/color}}|1.12}}
{{Bar percent|Others|{{Other/meta/color}}|0.38}}
}}


==References==
==References==
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{{Danish Elections}}
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{{Faroese elections}}
{{Greenlandic elections}}


[[Category:1960 elections in Denmark|General]]
[[Category:1960 elections in Europe|Denmark]]
[[Category:Elections in Denmark]]
[[Category:Elections in Denmark]]
[[Category:1960 elections in Europe]]
[[Category:November 1960 events in Europe|Denmark]]
[[Category:1960 in Denmark]]
[[Category:November 1960 events]]

Latest revision as of 22:34, 2 July 2024

1960 Danish general election
Danish Realm
← 1957 15 November 1960 1964 →
All 179 seats in the Folketing
90 seats needed for a majority
Turnout85.84%
Party Leader % Seats +/–
Social Democrats Viggo Kampmann 42.10 76 +6
Venstre Erik Eriksen 21.05 38 −7
Conservatives Poul Sørensen 17.92 32 +2
SF Aksel Larsen 6.14 11 New
Social Liberals Jørgen Jørgensen 5.80 11 −3
Independents Iver Poulsen [da] 3.34 6 New
Schleswig Party 0.37 1 0
Elected in the Faroe Islands
Social Democratic Peter Mohr Dam 34.23 1 +1
Union Johan Poulsen 22.05 1 +1
Elected in Greenland
Independents – 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

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 86% in Denmark proper, 57% in the Faroe Islands and 66% in Greenland.[1]: 542  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.

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Denmark proper
Social Democrats1,023,79442.1076+6
Venstre512,04121.0538–7
Conservative People's Party435,76417.9232+2
Socialist People's Party149,4406.1411New
Danish Social Liberal Party140,9795.8011–3
Independent Party81,1343.346+6
Justice Party of Denmark52,3302.150–9
Communist Party of Denmark27,2981.120–6
Schleswig Party9,0580.3710
Independents1090.0000
Total2,431,947100.001750
Valid votes2,431,94799.67
Invalid/blank votes7,9890.33
Total votes2,439,936100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,842,33685.84
Faroe Islands
Social Democratic Party3,71234.231+1
Union Party2,39122.0511
People's Party2,15819.900–1
Independents2,58323.820New
Total10,844100.0020
Valid votes10,84499.50
Invalid/blank votes550.50
Total votes10,899100.00
Registered voters/turnout19,08957.10
Greenland
Independents8,489100.0020
Total8,489100.0020
Valid votes8,48999.17
Invalid/blank votes710.83
Total votes8,560100.00
Registered voters/turnout13,00565.82
Source: [1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Nohlen, Dieter; Stöver, Philip (2010). Elections in Europe: A Data Handbook. Baden-Baden, Germany: Nomos. p. 524. ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7. OCLC 617565273.
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