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] They were the first elections using the new counties as constituencies.

1971 Danish general election
21 September 1971
All 179 seats in the Folketing
90 seats needed for a majority
Turnout86.8%
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
Social Democrats Jens Otto Krag 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 Party1,074,77737.370+8
Conservative People's Party481,33516.731–6
Venstre450,90415.630–4
Danish Social Liberal Party413,62014.3270
Socialist People's Party262,7569.117+6
Christian People's Party57,0721.970New
Justice Party of Denmark50,2311.700
Left Socialists45,9791.60–4
Communist Party of Denmark39,5641.400
Schleswig Party6,7430.200
Independents9190.000
Invalid/blank votes20,196–––
Total2,904,0961001750
Faroe Islands
Social Democratic Party4,17031.810
Union Party2,85521.800
People's Party2,68020.410
Self-Government Party6484.90New
Progress Party3622.800
Independents2,14016.30New
Invalid/blank votes77–––
Total13,20210020
Greenland
Independents7,14810020
Invalid/blank votes195–––
Total7,34310020
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
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