Danish parliamentary election, 1968

Danish parliamentary election, 1968

1966 ← 23 January 1968 → 1971

All 179 seats to the Folketing 90 seats were needed for a majority   First party Second party   Leader Hilmar Baunsgaard Jens Otto Krag Party Social Liberal Party Social Democrats Last election 13 seats, 7.3% 69 seats, 38.2% Seats won 27 62 Seat change +14 -7 Popular vote 427,304 974,833 Percentage 15.0% 34.2%

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

The Danish parliamentary election of 1968 was held on 23 January 1968.

Party	Leader	Total votes	Percentage of ballots cast	Seats won	Gain/Loss
Social Democratic Party (Socialdemokratiet) (A)	Jens Otto Krag	974,833	34.2	62	-7
Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti) (C)	Poul Clorius Sørensen	581,051	20.4	37	+3
Venstre (Liberals) (D)	Poul Hartling	530,167	18.6	34	-1
Danish Social Liberal Party (Det Radikale Venstre) (B)	Hilmar Baunsgaard	427,304	15.0	27	+14
Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti) (F)	Aksel Larsen	174,553	6.1	11	-9
Left Socialists (Venstresocialisterne) (Y)		57,184	2.0	4	New
Liberal Centre (Liberalt Centrum) (L)		37,407	1.3	0	-4
Communist Party (Danmarks Kommunistiske Parti) (K)		29,706	1.0	0	-
Justice Party (Danmarks Retsforbund) (E)		21,124	0.7	0	-
Independent Party (De Uafhængige) (U)		14,360	0.5	0	-
Schleswig Party (Slesvigsk Parti) (S)		6,831	0.2	0	-
Voter turnout		89.3%
Source		Folketinget.dk

See also

• 1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash