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{{Infobox legislative election |
{{Infobox legislative election |
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| election_name = 1960 Danish general election |
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| country = Kingdom of Denmark |
| country = Kingdom of Denmark |
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| previous_election = [[1957 Danish general election|1957]] |
| previous_election = [[1957 Danish general election|1957]] |
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| next_election = [[1964 Danish general election|1964]] |
| next_election = [[1964 Danish general election|1964]] |
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| seats_for_election = All 179 seats in the [[Folketing]] |
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| majority_seats = 90 |
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| election_date = 15 November 1960 |
| election_date = 15 November 1960 |
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| turnout = 85.84% |
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| party1 = Social Democrats (Denmark) | leader1 = [[Viggo Kampmann]] | last_election1 = 70 | seats1 = 76 | percentage1 = 42. |
| party1 = Social Democrats (Denmark) | leader1 = [[Viggo Kampmann]] | last_election1 = 70 | seats1 = 76 | percentage1 = 42.10 |
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| party2 = Venstre (Denmark) | leader2 = [[Erik Eriksen]] | last_election2 = 45 | seats2 = 38 | percentage2 = 21. |
| party2 = Venstre (Denmark) | leader2 = [[Erik Eriksen]] | last_election2 = 45 | seats2 = 38 | percentage2 = 21.05 |
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| party3 = Conservative People's Party (Denmark) | leader3 = [[Poul Sørensen (politician)|Poul Sørensen]] | last_election3 = 30 | seats3 = 32 | percentage3 = 17. |
| party3 = Conservative People's Party (Denmark) | leader3 = [[Poul Sørensen (politician)|Poul Sørensen]] | last_election3 = 30 | seats3 = 32 | percentage3 = 17.92 |
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| party4 = Socialist People's Party (Denmark) | leader4 = [[Aksel Larsen]] | last_election4 = new | seats4 = 11 | percentage4 = 6. |
| party4 = Socialist People's Party (Denmark) | leader4 = [[Aksel Larsen]] | last_election4 = new | seats4 = 11 | percentage4 = 6.14 |
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| party5 = Danish Social Liberal Party | leader5 = [[Jørgen Jørgensen (politician)|Jørgen Jørgensen]] | last_election5 = 14 | seats5 = 11 | percentage5 = 5. |
| party5 = Danish Social Liberal Party | leader5 = [[Jørgen Jørgensen (politician)|Jørgen Jørgensen]] | last_election5 = 14 | seats5 = 11 | percentage5 = 5.80 |
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| party6 = Independent Party (Denmark) | leader6 = |
| party6 = Independent Party (Denmark) | leader6 = {{ill|Iver Poulsen|da}} | last_election6 = new | seats6 = 6 | percentage6 = 3.34 |
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| party7 = Schleswig Party | leader7 = | last_election7 = 1 | seats7 = 1 | percentage7 = 0. |
| party7 = Schleswig Party | leader7 = | last_election7 = 1 | seats7 = 1 | percentage7 = 0.37 |
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| heading8 = Elected in the Faroe Islands |
| heading8 = Elected in the Faroe Islands |
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| party8 = Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands) | leader8 = [[Peter Mohr Dam]] | last_election8 = 0 | seats8 = 1 | percentage8 = 34. |
| party8 = Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands) | leader8 = [[Peter Mohr Dam]] | last_election8 = 0 | seats8 = 1 | percentage8 = 34.23 |
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| party9 = Union Party (Faroe Islands) | leader9 = [[Johan Poulsen]] | last_election9 = 0 | seats9 = 1 | percentage9 = 22. |
| party9 = Union Party (Faroe Islands) | leader9 = [[Johan Poulsen]] | last_election9 = 0 | seats9 = 1 | percentage9 = 22.05 |
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| heading10 = Elected in Greenland |
| heading10 = Elected in Greenland |
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| party10 = |
| party10 = Independents | leader10 = – | last_election10 = 2 | seats10 = 2 | percentage10 = 100 |
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| map = Folketing1960.svg |
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| caption = Results by constituency |
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| title = Prime Minister |
| title = Prime Minister |
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| after_election = [[Viggo Kampmann]] |
| after_election = [[Viggo Kampmann]] |
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| after_party = Social Democrats (Denmark) |
| after_party = Social Democrats (Denmark) |
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|turnout = 85.5%|map=Folketing1960.svg}} |
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'''General elections''' were held in [[Denmark]] on 15 November 1960.<ref name=DN>[[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (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> 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. |
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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. |
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==Results== |
==Results== |
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{{Election results |
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{| class=wikitable style=text-align:right |
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|image=[[File:1960 Danish general election Result.svg]] |
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!colspan=5|Denmark |
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|header1=Denmark proper |
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|party2=[[Social Democrats (Denmark)|Social Democrats]]|votes2=1023794|seats2=76|sc2=+6 |
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!Party |
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|party3=[[Venstre (Denmark)|Venstre]]|votes3=512041|seats3=38|sc3=–7 |
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!Votes |
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|party4=[[Conservative People's Party (Denmark)|Conservative People's Party]]|votes4=435764|seats4=32|sc4=+2 |
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!% |
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|party5=[[Socialist People's Party (Denmark)|Socialist People's Party]]|votes5=149440|seats5=11|sc5=New |
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!Seats |
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|party6=[[Danish Social Liberal Party]]|votes6=140979|seats6=11|sc6=–3 |
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!+/– |
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|party7=[[Independent Party (Denmark)|Independent Party]]|votes7=81134|seats7=6|sc7=+6 |
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|- |
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|party8=[[Justice Party of Denmark]]|votes8=52330|seats8=0|sc8=–9 |
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|align=left|[[Social Democrats (Denmark)|Social Democratic Party]]||1,023,794||42.1||76||+6 |
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|party9=[[Communist Party of Denmark]]|votes9=27298|seats9=0|sc9=–6 |
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|- |
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|party10=[[Schleswig Party]]|votes10=9058|seats10=1|sc10=0 |
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|align=left|[[Venstre (Denmark)|Venstre]]||512,041||21.1||38||–7 |
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|party11=Independents|votes11=109|seats11=0|sc11=0 |
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|- |
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|invalid=7989 |
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|align=left|[[Conservative People's Party (Denmark)|Conservative People's Party]]||435,764||17.9||32||+2 |
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|electorate=2842336 |
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|total_sc=0 |
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|align=left|[[Socialist People's Party (Denmark)|Socialist People's Party]]||149,440||6.1||11||New |
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|embedded = {{Election results|embed=y|header1=Faroe Islands |
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|party2=[[Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands)|Social Democratic Party]]|votes2=3712|seats2=1|sc2=+1 |
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|align=left|[[Danish Social Liberal Party]]||140,979||5.8||11||–3 |
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|party3=[[Union Party (Faroe Islands)|Union Party]]|votes3=2391|seats3=1|sc3=1 |
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|party4=[[People's Party (Faroe Islands)|People's Party]]|votes4=2158|seats4=0|sc4=–1 |
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|party5=Independents|votes5=2583|seats5=0|sc5=New |
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|invalid=55 |
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|align=left|[[Justice Party of Denmark]]||52,330||2.2||0||–9 |
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|electorate=19089 |
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|total_sc=0 |
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|align=left|[[Communist Party of Denmark]]||27,298||1.1||0||–6 |
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|embedded = {{Election results|embed=y|header1=Greenland |
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|party2=Independents|votes2=8489|seats2=2|sc2=0 |
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|align=left|[[Schleswig Party]]||9,058||0.4||1||0 |
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|invalid=71 |
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|electorate=13005 |
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|align=left|Independents||109||0.0||0||0 |
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|total_sc=0 |
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|source=<ref name=DN/> |
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|align=left|Invalid/blank votes||7,989||–||–||– |
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|align=left|'''Total'''||'''2,439,936'''||'''100'''||'''175'''||'''0''' |
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!colspan=5|Faroe Islands |
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|align=left|[[Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands)|Social Democratic Party]]||3,712||34.2||1||+1 |
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|align=left|[[Union Party (Faroe Islands)|Union Party]]||2,391||22.0||1||1 |
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|align=left|[[People's Party (Faroe Islands)|People's Party]]||2,158||19.9||0||–1 |
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|align=left|Independents||2,583||23.8||0||New |
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|align=left|Invalid/blank votes||55||–||–||– |
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|align=left|'''Total'''||'''10,899'''||'''100'''||'''2'''||'''0''' |
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!colspan=5|Greenland |
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|align=left|Independents||8,489||100||2||0 |
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|align=left|Invalid/blank votes||71||–||–||– |
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|align=left|'''Total'''||'''8,560'''||'''100'''||'''2'''||'''0''' |
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|align=left colspan=5|Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
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{{Bar box |
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|title=Popular vote |
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|titlebar=#ddd |
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|width=600px |
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|barwidth=350px |
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|bars= |
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{{Bar percent|A|{{Social Democrats (Denmark)/meta/color}}|42.10}} |
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{{Bar percent|D|{{Venstre (Denmark)/meta/color}}|21.05}} |
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{{Bar percent|C|{{Conservative People's Party (Denmark)/meta/color}}|17.92}} |
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{{Bar percent|F|{{Socialist People's Party (Denmark)/meta/color}}|6.14}} |
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{{Bar percent|B|{{Danish Social Liberal Party/meta/color}}|5.80}} |
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{{Bar percent|U|{{Independent Party (Denmark)/meta/color}}|3.34}} |
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{{Bar percent|E|{{Justice Party of Denmark/meta/color}}|2.15}} |
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{{Bar percent|K|{{Communist Party of Denmark/meta/color}}|1.12}} |
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{{Bar percent|Others|{{Other/meta/color}}|0.38}} |
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}} |
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==References== |
==References== |
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All 179 seats in the Folketing 90 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 85.84% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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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
[edit]Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Denmark proper | |||||
Social Democrats | 1,023,794 | 42.10 | 76 | +6 | |
Venstre | 512,041 | 21.05 | 38 | –7 | |
Conservative People's Party | 435,764 | 17.92 | 32 | +2 | |
Socialist People's Party | 149,440 | 6.14 | 11 | New | |
Danish Social Liberal Party | 140,979 | 5.80 | 11 | –3 | |
Independent Party | 81,134 | 3.34 | 6 | +6 | |
Justice Party of Denmark | 52,330 | 2.15 | 0 | –9 | |
Communist Party of Denmark | 27,298 | 1.12 | 0 | –6 | |
Schleswig Party | 9,058 | 0.37 | 1 | 0 | |
Independents | 109 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 2,431,947 | 100.00 | 175 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 2,431,947 | 99.67 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 7,989 | 0.33 | |||
Total votes | 2,439,936 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 2,842,336 | 85.84 | |||
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Social Democratic Party | 3,712 | 34.23 | 1 | +1 | |
Union Party | 2,391 | 22.05 | 1 | 1 | |
People's Party | 2,158 | 19.90 | 0 | –1 | |
Independents | 2,583 | 23.82 | 0 | New | |
Total | 10,844 | 100.00 | 2 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 10,844 | 99.50 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 55 | 0.50 | |||
Total votes | 10,899 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 19,089 | 57.10 | |||
Greenland | |||||
Independents | 8,489 | 100.00 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 8,489 | 100.00 | 2 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 8,489 | 99.17 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 71 | 0.83 | |||
Total votes | 8,560 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 13,005 | 65.82 | |||
Source: [1] |
References
[edit]- ^ 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.