Danish parliamentary election, 1975

Danish parliamentary election, 1975

1973 ← 9 January 1975 → 1977

All 179 seats to the Folketing 90 seats were needed for a majority   First party Second party   Leader Anker Jørgensen Poul Hartling Party Social Democrats Venstre Last election 46 seats, 25.6% 22 seats, 12.3% Seats won 53 42 Seat change +7 +20 Popular vote 913,155 711,298 Percentage 29.9% 23.3%

Prime Minister before election Poul Hartling Venstre Prime Minister-elect Anker Jørgensen Social Democrats

The Danish parliamentary election of 1975 was held on 9 January 1975.

Party	Leader	Total votes	Percentage of ballots cast	Seats won	Gain/Loss
Social Democratic Party (Socialdemokratiet) (A)	Anker Jørgensen	913,155	29.9	53	+7
Venstre (Liberals) (V)	Poul Hartling	711,298	23.3	42	+20
Progress Party (Fremskridtspartiet) (Z)	Mogens Glistrup	414,219	13.6	24	-4
Danish Social Liberal Party (Det Radikale Venstre) (B)	Hilmar Baunsgaard	216,553	7.1	13	-7
Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti) (C)	Poul Schlüter	168,164	5.5	10	-6
Christian People's Party (Kristeligt Folkeparti) (Q)	Jens Møller	162,734	5.3	9	+2
Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti) (F)	Gert Petersen	150,963	5.0	9	-2
Communist Party (Danmarks Kommunistiske Parti) (K)		127,837	4.2	7	+1
Centre Democrats (Centrum-Demokraterne) (M)	Erhard Jakobsen	66,316	2.2	4	-10
Left Socialists (Venstresocialisterne) (Y)		63,579	2.1	4	+4
Justice Party (Danmarks Retsforbund) (E)		50,095	1.8	0	-5
Voter turnout	88.2%
Source	Folketinget.dk