Danish parliamentary election, 1971

Danish parliamentary election, 1971

1968 ← 21 September 1971 → 1973

All 179 seats to the Folketing 90 seats were needed for a majority   First party Second party   Leader Jens Otto Krag Erik Ninn-Hansen Party Social Democrats Conservative People's Party Last election 62 seats, 34.2% 37 seats, 20.4% Seats won 70 31 Seat change +8 -6 Popular vote 1,074,777 481,335 Percentage 37.3% 16.7%

Prime Minister before election Hilmar Baunsgaard Social Liberal Party Prime Minister-elect Jens Otto Krag Social Democrats

The Danish parliamentary election of 1971 was held on 21 September 1971.

Party	Leader	Total votes	Percentage of ballots cast	Seats won	Gain/Loss
Social Democratic Party (Socialdemokratiet) (A)	Jens Otto Krag	1,074,777	37.3	70	+8
Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti) (C)	Erik Ninn-Hansen	481,335	16.7	31	-6
Venstre (Liberals) (V)	Poul Hartling	450,904	15.6	30	-4
Danish Social Liberal Party (Det Radikale Venstre) (B)	Hilmar Baunsgaard	413,620	14.4	27	-
Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti) (F)	Sigurd Ømann	262,756	9.1	17	+6
Christian People's Party (Kristeligt Folkeparti) (Q)	Jacob Christensen	57,072	1.9	0	New
Justice Party (Danmarks Retsforbund) (E)		50,231	1.7	0	-
Left Socialists (Venstresocialisterne) (Y)		45,979	1.6	0	-4
Communist Party (Danmarks Kommunistiske Parti) (K)		39,564	1.4	0	-
Schleswig Party (Slesvigsk Parti) (S)		6,743	0.2	0	-
Voter turnout		87.2%
Source		Folketinget.dk