Danish parliamentary election, 1968

Danish parliamentary election, 1968
Danish parliamentary election, 1968
Denmark
1966 ←
23 January 1968
→ 1971

All 179 seats to the Folketing
90 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party
  Baunsgaard 1970.jpg Jens Otto Krag 01.jpg
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

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