1975 Danish general election

General elections were held in Denmark on 9 January 1975.[1] The result was a victory for the Social Democratic Party, who won 53 of the 179 seats. Voter turnout was 88% in Denmark proper, 56% in the Faroe Islands and 69% in Greenland.[2]

1975 Danish general election
Danish Realm
9 January 1975
All 179 seats in the Folketing
90 seats needed for a majority
Turnout88.23%
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
Social Democrats Anker Jørgensen 29.94 53 +7
Venstre Poul Hartling 23.33 42 +20
Progress Mogens Glistrup 13.58 24 -4
Social Liberals Svend Haugaard 7.10 13 -7
Conservatives Poul Schlüter 5.51 10 -6
KrF Jens Møller 5.34 9 +2
SF Gert Petersen 4.95 9 -2
Communists Knud Jespersen 4.19 7 +1
Centre Democrats Erhard Jakobsen 2.17 4 -10
Left Socialists Collective leadership 2.08 4 +4
Elected in the Faroe Islands
Social Democratic Atli Dam 29.69 1 0
Republican Signar Hansen 25.72 1 0
Elected in Greenland
Independents – 100 2 0
Prime Minister before Prime Minister-elect
Poul Hartling
Venstre		 Anker Jørgensen
Social Democrats

Political parties

The Soviet Union covertly funded the Communist Party of Denmark.[3]

Results
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Denmark proper
Social Democrats913,15529.9453+7
Venstre711,29823.3342+20
Progress Party414,21913.5824–4
Danish Social Liberal Party216,5537.1013–7
Conservative People's Party168,1645.5110–6
Christian People's Party162,7345.349+2
Socialist People's Party150,9634.959–2
Communist Party of Denmark127,8374.197+1
Centre Democrats66,3162.174–10
Left Socialists63,5792.084+4
Justice Party of Denmark54,0951.770–5
Independents5390.0200
Total3,049,452100.001750
Valid votes3,049,45299.39
Invalid/blank votes18,8500.61
Total votes3,068,302100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,477,62188.23
Faroe Islands
Social Democratic Party4,11229.6910
Republican Party3,56325.7210
Union Party3,21923.2400
People's Party2,95721.3500
Total13,851100.0020
Valid votes13,85199.79
Invalid/blank votes290.21
Total votes13,880100.00
Registered voters/turnout24,63056.35
Greenland
Independents16,649100.0020
Total16,649100.0020
Valid votes16,64997.53
Invalid/blank votes4212.47
Total votes17,070100.00
Registered voters/turnout24,83868.73
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, Danmarks Statistik

References
  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p524 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p544
  3. Levin, Dov H. (2016-09-19). "Partisan electoral interventions by the great powers: Introducing the PEIG Dataset". Conflict Management and Peace Science. 36 (1): 88–106. doi:10.1177/0738894216661190. ISSN 0738-8942. S2CID 157114479.
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