1966 Danish general election

General elections were held in Denmark on 22 November 1966,[1] although in Greenland the elections were held on 6 December 1966. The Social Democratic Party remained the largest in the Folketing, with 69 of the 179 seats. Voter turnout was 88.6% in Denmark proper, 48.8% in the Faroe Islands and 59.0% in Greenland (where only one of the two constituencies was contested as the other had only one candidate who was elected unopposed).[2]

1966 Danish general election
22 November 1966
All 179 seats in the Folketing
90 seats needed for a majority
Turnout88.2%
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
Social Democrats Jens Otto Krag 38.2% 69 -7
Venstre Poul Hartling 19.3% 35 -3
Conservative Poul Sørensen 18.7% 34 -2
SF Aksel Larsen 10.9% 20 +10
Social Liberals Karl Skytte 7.3% 13 +3
Liberal Centre Bent Noack 2.5% 4 New
Elected in the Faroe Islands
Social Democratic Peter Mohr Dam 36.6% 1 0
People's Hákun Djurhuus 33.6% 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		 Jens Otto Krag
Social Democrats

Results
Denmark
Party Votes % Seats +/–
Social Democratic Party1,068,91138.269–7
Venstre539,02719.335–3
Conservative People's Party522,02818.734–2
Socialist People's Party304,43710.920+10
Danish Social Liberal Party203,8587.313+3
Liberal Centre69,1802.54New
Independent Party44,9941.60–5
Communist Party of Denmark21,5530.800
Justice Party of Denmark19,9050.700
Independents1140.000
Invalid/blank votes8,297–––
Total2,802,3041001750
Faroe Islands
Social Democratic Party3,86436.610
People's Party3,54933.61+1
Union Party3,15629.90–1
Invalid/blank votes52–––
Total10,62110020
Greenland
Independents6,52210020
Invalid/blank votes138–––
Total6,66010020
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
Popular vote
A
 
 38.26%
D
 
 19.29%
C
 
 18.68%
F
 
 10.90%
B
 
 7.30%
L
 
 2.48%
U
 
 1.61%
K
 
 0.77%
E
 
 0.71%
Others
 
 0.00%

By constitutency
Candidate Party Votes % Notes
Greenland (Northern Constituency)
Knud HertlingIndependentUncontestedElected
Greenland (Southern Constituency)
Nikolaj RosingIndependent3,67756.3Elected
Ulrik RosingInuit Party1,36720.9
Erling HøeghIndependent1,29119.8
Jørgen OlsenIndependent2003.1
Invalid/blank votes130–
Total6,665100
Source: Atuagagdliutit[3]

References
  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p524 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, pp542-543
  3. Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten 9 December 1966, p. 3
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