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General elections were held in Denmark on 15 November 1960. [1] The Social Democratic Party remained the largest in the Folketing, with 76 of the 179 seats. Voter turnout was 86% in Denmark proper, 57% in the Faroe Islands and 66% in Greenland. [2] They were the last elections in which the electoral threshold for the Danish seats was 60,000 votes. The following year the electoral law was amended to make it 2% of the vote.
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Denmark proper | |||||
Social Democrats | 1,023,794 | 42.10 | 76 | +6 | |
Venstre | 512,041 | 21.05 | 38 | –7 | |
Conservative People's Party | 435,764 | 17.92 | 32 | +2 | |
Socialist People's Party | 149,440 | 6.14 | 11 | New | |
Danish Social Liberal Party | 140,979 | 5.80 | 11 | –3 | |
Independent Party | 81,134 | 3.34 | 6 | +6 | |
Justice Party of Denmark | 52,330 | 2.15 | 0 | –9 | |
Communist Party of Denmark | 27,298 | 1.12 | 0 | –6 | |
Schleswig Party | 9,058 | 0.37 | 1 | 0 | |
Independents | 109 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 2,431,947 | 100.00 | 175 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 2,431,947 | 99.67 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 7,989 | 0.33 | |||
Total votes | 2,439,936 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 2,842,336 | 85.84 | |||
Faroe Islands | |||||
Social Democratic Party | 3,712 | 34.23 | 1 | +1 | |
Union Party | 2,391 | 22.05 | 1 | 1 | |
People's Party | 2,158 | 19.90 | 0 | –1 | |
Independents | 2,583 | 23.82 | 0 | New | |
Total | 10,844 | 100.00 | 2 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 10,844 | 99.50 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 55 | 0.50 | |||
Total votes | 10,899 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 19,089 | 57.10 | |||
Greenland | |||||
Independents | 8,489 | 100.00 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 8,489 | 100.00 | 2 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 8,489 | 99.17 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 71 | 0.83 | |||
Total votes | 8,560 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 13,005 | 65.82 | |||
Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
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