1975 Danish general election

1975 Danish general election

← 1973 9 January 1975 1977 →
All 179 seats in the Folketing 90 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	88.23%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– Social Democrats Anker Jørgensen 29.94 53 +7 Venstre Poul Hartling 23.33 42 +20 Progress Mogens Glistrup 13.58 24 −4 Social Liberals Svend Haugaard 7.10 13 −7 Conservatives Poul Schlüter 5.51 10 −6 KrF Jens Møller 5.34 9 +2 SF Gert Petersen 4.95 9 −2 Communists Knud Jespersen 4.19 7 +1 Centre Democrats Erhard Jakobsen 2.17 4 −10 Left Socialists Collective leadership 2.08 4 +4 Elected in the Faroe Islands Social Democratic Atli Dam 29.69 1 0 Republican Signar Hansen 25.72 1 0 Elected in Greenland Independents – 100 2 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Largest party within each nomination district and constituency. Distribution of constituency and levelling seats. Prime Minister before Prime Minister-elect Poul Hartling Venstre Anker Jørgensen Social Democrats

General elections were held in Denmark on 9 January 1975.^[1] The result was a victory for the Social Democratic Party, who won 53 of the 179 seats. Voter turnout was 88% in Denmark proper, 56% in the Faroe Islands and 69% in Greenland.^[2]