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Danish general election, 1960|
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Turnout | 85.5% |
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First party
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Second party
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Third party
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|
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Leader
|
Viggo Kampmann
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Erik Eriksen
|
Poul Sørensen
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Party
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Social Democrats
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Venstre
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Conservatives
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Last election
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70 seats, 39.4%
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45 seats, 25.1%
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30 seats, 16.6%
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Seats won
|
76
|
38
|
32
|
Seat change
|
6
|
7
|
2
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Popular vote
|
1,023,794
|
512,041
|
435,764
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Percentage
|
42.1%
|
21.1%
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17.9%
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Fourth party
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Fifth party
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Sixth party
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|
|
|
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Leader
|
Aksel Larsen
|
Jørgen Jørgensen
|
?
|
Party
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SF
|
Social Liberals
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Independents
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Last election
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New
|
14 seats, 7.8%
|
New
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Seats won
|
11
|
11
|
6
|
Seat change
|
11
|
3
|
6
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Popular vote
|
149,440
|
140,979
|
81,134
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Percentage
|
6.1%
|
5.8%
|
3.3%
|
|
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Seventh party
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|
|
|
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Leader
|
?
|
|
Party
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Schleswig Party
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|
Last election
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1 seat, 0.4%
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Seats won
|
1
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Seat change
|
0
|
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Popular vote
|
9,058
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|
Percentage
|
0.4%
|
|
|
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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 85.8% in Denmark proper, 57.1% in the Faroe Islands and 65.8% in Greenland.[2]
Results
Denmark
|
Party
|
Votes
|
%
|
Seats
|
+/–
|
Social Democratic Party |
1,023,794 |
42.1 |
76 |
+6
|
Venstre |
512,041 |
21.1 |
38 |
–7
|
Conservative People's Party |
435,764 |
17.9 |
32 |
+2
|
Socialist People's Party |
149,440 |
6.1 |
11 |
New
|
Danish Social Liberal Party |
140,979 |
5.8 |
11 |
–3
|
Independent Party |
81,134 |
3.3 |
6 |
+6
|
Justice Party of Denmark |
52,330 |
2.2 |
0 |
–9
|
Communist Party of Denmark |
27,298 |
1.1 |
0 |
–6
|
Schleswig Party |
9,058 |
0.4 |
1 |
0
|
Independents |
109 |
0.0 |
0 |
0
|
Invalid/blank votes |
7,989 |
– |
– |
–
|
Total |
2,439,936 |
100 |
175 |
0
|
Faroe Islands
|
Social Democratic Party |
3,712 |
34.2 |
1 |
+1
|
Union Party |
2,391 |
22.0 |
1 |
1
|
People's Party |
2,158 |
19.9 |
0 |
–1
|
Independents |
2,583 |
23.8 |
0 |
New
|
Invalid/blank votes |
55 |
– |
– |
–
|
Total |
10,899 |
100 |
2 |
0
|
Greenland
|
Independents |
8,489 |
100 |
2 |
0
|
Invalid/blank votes |
71 |
– |
– |
–
|
Total |
8,560 |
100 |
2 |
0
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Source: Nohlen & Stöver
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Popular vote |
|
|
|
A |
|
42.10% |
D |
|
21.05% |
C |
|
17.92% |
F |
|
6.14% |
B |
|
5.80% |
U |
|
3.34% |
E |
|
2.15% |
K |
|
1.12% |
Others |
|
0.38% |
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References
- ^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p524 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p542