1964 Danish general election

1964 Danish general election
Danish Realm
← 1960 22 September 1964 1966 →

All 179 seats in the Folketing
90 seats needed for a majority
Turnout85.51%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
Social Democrats Jens Otto Krag 41.94 76 0
Venstre Erik Eriksen 20.82 38 0
Conservatives Poul Sørensen 20.06 36 +4
SF Aksel Larsen 5.76 10 −1
Social Liberals Karl Skytte 5.31 10 −1
Independents Iver Poulsen 2.50 5 −1
Elected in the Faroe Islands
Social Democratic Peter Mohr Dam 39.34 1 0
People's Hákun Djurhuus 29.70 1 +1
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 September 1964.[1] The Social Democratic Party remained the largest in the Folketing, with 76 of the 179 seats. Voter turnout was 86% in Denmark proper, 50% in the Faroe Islands and 49% in Greenland.[2] They were the first elections with the new electoral threshold of 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