1968 Danish general election

General elections were held in Denmark on 23 January 1968.[1] The Social Democratic Party remained the largest in the Folketing, with 62 of the 179 seats. Voter turnout was 89.3% in Denmark proper, 56.6% in the Faroe Islands and 56.3% in Greenland.[2] They were the last elections in which the old counties were used as constituencies.

1968 Danish general election
23 January 1968
Turnout88.9%
Party Leader % Seats ±
Social Democrats Jens Otto Krag 34.2% 62 -7
Conservative Poul Sørensen 20.4% 37 +3
Venstre Poul Hartling 18.6% 34 -1
Social Liberals Hilmar Baunsgaard 15.0% 27 +14
SF Aksel Larsen 6.1% 11 -9
Left Socialists Collective leadership 2.0% 4 New
Elected in the Faroe Islands
People's Hákun Djurhuus 34.4% 1 0
Social Democratic Peter Mohr Dam 32.5% 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
Jens Otto Krag
Social Democrats		 Hilmar Baunsgaard
Social Liberals

Results
Denmark
Party Votes % Seats +/–
Social Democratic Party974,83334.262–7
Conservative People's Party581,05120.437+3
Venstre530,16718.634–1
Danish Social Liberal Party427,30415.027+14
Socialist People's Party174,5536.111–9
Left Socialists57,1842.04New
Liberal Centre37,4071.30–4
Communist Party of Denmark29,7061.000
Justice Party of Denmark21,1240.700
Independent Party14,3600.500
Schleswig Party6,8310.20New
Independents1270.000
Invalid/blank votes10,158–––
Total2,864,8051001750
Faroe Islands
People's Party4,29434.410
Social Democratic Party4,05132.510
Union Party3,24226.000
Progress Party8897.10New
Invalid/blank votes40–––
Total12,51610020
Greenland
Independents11,16410020
Invalid/blank votes519–––
Total11,68310020
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
Popular vote
A
 
 34.15%
C
 
 20.35%
D
 
 18.57%
B
 
 14.97%
F
 
 6.11%
Y
 
 2.00%
L
 
 1.31%
K
 
 1.04%
E
 
 0.74%
U
 
 0.50%
Others
 
 0.24%

References
  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p524 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p543
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