1971 Danish general election
General elections were held in Denmark on 21 September 1971 and in the Faroe Islands on 5 October.[1][2] The Social Democratic Party remained the largest in the Folketing, with 70 of the 179 seats. Voter turnout was 87.2% in Denmark proper, 56.8% in the Faroe Islands and 52.1% in Greenland (where only one of the two constituencies was contested as the other had only a single candidate who was elected unopposed).[3]
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Results
Denmark | ||||
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Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
Social Democratic Party | 1,074,777 | 37.3 | 70 | +8 |
Conservative People's Party | 481,335 | 16.7 | 31 | –6 |
Venstre | 450,904 | 15.6 | 30 | –4 |
Danish Social Liberal Party | 413,620 | 14.3 | 27 | 0 |
Socialist People's Party | 262,756 | 9.1 | 17 | +6 |
Christian People's Party | 57,072 | 2.0 | 0 | New |
Justice Party of Denmark | 50,231 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 |
Left Socialists | 45,979 | 1.6 | 0 | –4 |
Communist Party of Denmark | 39,564 | 1.4 | 0 | 0 |
Schleswig Party | 6,743 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
Independents | 919 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Invalid/blank votes | 20,196 | – | – | – |
Total | 2,904,096 | 100 | 175 | 0 |
Faroe Islands | ||||
Social Democratic Party | 4,170 | 31.8 | 1 | 0 |
Union Party | 2,855 | 21.8 | 0 | 0 |
People's Party | 2,680 | 20.4 | 1 | 0 |
Self-Government Party | 648 | 4.9 | 0 | New |
Progress Party | 362 | 2.8 | 0 | 0 |
Independents | 2,140 | 16.3 | 0 | New |
Invalid/blank votes | 77 | – | – | – |
Total | 13,202 | 100 | 2 | 0 |
Greenland | ||||
Independents | 7,148 | 100 | 2 | 0 |
Invalid/blank votes | 195 | – | – | – |
Total | 7,343 | 100 | 2 | 0 |
Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
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References
- Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p524 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- Denmark Inter-Parliamentary Union
- Nohlen & Stöver, pp543-544
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