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]

1971 Danish general election

21 September 1971
Turnout	86.8%
Party Leader % Seats ± Social Democrats Anker Jørgensen 37.3% 70 +8 Conservative Poul Møller 16.7% 31 -6 Venstre Poul Hartling 15.6% 30 -4 Social Liberals Hilmar Baunsgaard 14.3% 27 0 SF Sigurd Ømann 9.1% 17 +6 Elected in the Faroe Islands Social Democratic Jákup Frederik Øregaard 31.8% 1 0 People's Hákun Djurhuus 20.4% 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 Hilmar Baunsgaard Social Liberals Jens Otto Krag Social Democrats

Results

Denmark
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

Popular vote A   37.27% C   16.69% V   15.64% B   14.34% F   9.11% Q   1.98% E   1.74% Y   1.59% K   1.37% Others   0.27%

References

1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p524 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
2. Denmark Inter-Parliamentary Union
3. Nohlen & Stöver, pp543-544