1966 Danish general election

1966 Danish general election
Danish Realm
← 1964 22 November 1966 1968 →

All 179 seats in the Folketing
90 seats needed for a majority
Turnout88.61%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
Social Democrats Jens Otto Krag 38.26 69 −7
Venstre Poul Hartling 19.29 35 −3
Conservatives Poul Sørensen 18.68 34 −2
SF Aksel Larsen 10.90 20 +10
Social Liberals Karl Skytte 7.30 13 +3
Liberal Centre Bent Noack 2.48 4 New
Elected in the Faroe Islands
Social Democratic Peter Mohr Dam 36.56 1 0
People's Hákun Djurhuus 33.58 1 0
Elected in Greenland
Independents 100 2 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister-elect
Jens Otto Krag
Social Democrats
Jens Otto Krag
Social Democrats

General elections were held in Denmark on 22 November 1966,[1] although in Greenland the elections were held on 6 December 1966. The Social Democratic Party remained the largest in the Folketing, with 69 of the 179 seats. Voter turnout was 89% in Denmark proper, 49% in the Faroe Islands and 59% in Greenland (where only one of the two constituencies was contested as the other had only one candidate who was elected unopposed).[2]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p524 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, pp542-543