1971 Danish general election
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All 179 seats in the Folketing 90 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 87.16% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 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% in Denmark proper, 57% in the Faroe Islands and 52% in Greenland (where only one of the two constituencies was contested as the other had only a single candidate who was elected unopposed).[3]
Electoral system
[edit]All members were elected by party-list proportional representation in multi-member constituencies and in levelling seats filled at-large using overall party vote shares. The districts elected between 2 and 14 members each. They were the first elections using the new counties as constituencies.
Results
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Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
Denmark proper | |||||
Social Democrats | 1,074,777 | 37.27 | 70 | +8 | |
Conservative People's Party | 481,335 | 16.69 | 31 | –6 | |
Venstre | 450,904 | 15.64 | 30 | –4 | |
Danish Social Liberal Party | 413,620 | 14.34 | 27 | 0 | |
Socialist People's Party | 262,756 | 9.11 | 17 | +6 | |
Christian People's Party | 57,072 | 1.98 | 0 | New | |
Justice Party of Denmark | 50,231 | 1.74 | 0 | 0 | |
Left Socialists | 45,979 | 1.59 | 0 | –4 | |
Communist Party of Denmark | 39,564 | 1.37 | 0 | 0 | |
Schleswig Party | 6,743 | 0.23 | 0 | 0 | |
Independents | 919 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 2,883,900 | 100.00 | 175 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 2,883,900 | 99.30 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 20,196 | 0.70 | |||
Total votes | 2,904,096 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 3,332,004 | 87.16 | |||
Faroe Islands | |||||
Social Democratic Party | 4,170 | 31.77 | 1 | 0 | |
Union Party | 2,855 | 21.75 | 0 | 0 | |
People's Party | 2,680 | 20.42 | 1 | 0 | |
Self-Government | 648 | 4.94 | 0 | New | |
Progress Party | 362 | 2.76 | 0 | 0 | |
Independents | 2,410 | 18.36 | 0 | New | |
Total | 13,125 | 100.00 | 2 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 13,125 | 99.42 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 77 | 0.58 | |||
Total votes | 13,202 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 23,260 | 56.76 | |||
Greenland | |||||
Independents | 7,148 | 100.00 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 7,148 | 100.00 | 2 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 7,148 | 97.34 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 195 | 2.66 | |||
Total votes | 7,343 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 14,104 | 52.06 | |||
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, Danmarks Statistik |
References
[edit]- ^ 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