Danish parliamentary election, 1973

Danish parliamentary election, 1973

1971 ← 4 December 1973 → 1975

All 179 seats to the Folketing 90 seats were needed for a majority   First party Second party   Leader Poul Hartling Anker Jørgensen Party Venstre Social Democrats Last election 30 seats, 15.6% 70 seats, 37.3% Seats won 22 46 Seat change -8 -24 Popular vote 374,283 783,145 Percentage 12.3% 25.6%

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

The Danish parliamentary election of 1973 was held on 4 December 1973. It has since been referred to as the Landslide Election (Danish: Jordskredsvalget), because five new parties got elected, and more than half the members of the parliament were replaced. ^[1]

The Social Democrats, which had led a minority government up until this election, lost a third of their seats. After the election Poul Hartling, the leader of the liberal party Venstre, formed the smallest minority government in Denmark's history with only 22 seats, supported by the Progress Party, the Conservative People's Party, the Social Liberal Party, the Centre Democrats and the Christian People's Party.

Party	Leader	Total votes	Percentage of ballots cast	Seats won	Gain/Loss
Social Democratic Party (Socialdemokratiet) (A)	Anker Jørgensen	783,145	25.6	46	-24
Progress Party (Fremskridtspartiet) (Z)	Mogens Glistrup	485,289	15.9	28	New
Venstre (Liberals) (V)	Poul Hartling	374,283	12.3	22	-8
Danish Social Liberal Party (Det Radikale Venstre) (B)	Hilmar Baunsgaard	343,717	11.2	20	-7
Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti) (C)	Erik Ninn-Hansen	279,391	9.2	16	-15
Centre Democrats (Centrum-Demokraterne) (M)	Erhard Jakobsen	236,784	7.8	14	New
Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti) (F)	Sigurd Ømann	183,522	6.0	11	-6
Christian People's Party (Kristeligt Folkeparti) (Q)	Jacob Christensen	123,573	4.0	7	New
Communist Party (Danmarks Kommunistiske Parti) (K)		110,715	3.6	6	+6
Justice Party (Danmarks Retsforbund) (E)		87,904	2.9	5	+5
Left Socialists (Venstresocialisterne) (Y)		44,843	1.5	0	-
Voter turnout		88.7%
Source		Folketinget.dk

References

1. ^ "Denmark - History - Political upheaval, economic crisis and renewed growth Since 1973". Udenrigsministeriet. http://www.um.dk/Publikationer/UM/English/Denmark/kap6/6-18.asp. Retrieved 2009-11-06. ^{[dead link]}