Denmark 1964 general election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Social Democrats won 76 of 179 seats with 41.9% of the vote; 85.5% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 0.3 points on 1960.
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Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democrats | 76 | 0 | 41.9 | −0.2 | 1,103,667 |
| Venstre | 38 | 0 | 20.8 | −0.3 | 547,770 |
| Conservative People's Party | 36 | +4 | 20.1 | +2.2 | 527,798 |
| Socialist Peoples Party | 10 | −1 | 5.8 | −0.3 | 151,697 |
| Danish Social Liberal Party | 10 | −1 | 5.3 | −0.5 | 139,702 |
| Independent Party | 5 | −1 | 2.5 | −0.8 | 65,756 |
| Justice Party of Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | −0.9 | 34,258 |
| Communist Party of Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | +0.1 | 32,390 |
| Greenland and Faroe Islands | 4 | 0 |
± is the change against the Denmark 1960 general election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Social Democrats 1,103,667
- Venstre 547,770
- Conservative People's Party 527,798
- Socialist Peoples Party 151,697
- Danish Social Liberal Party 139,702
- Independent Party 65,756
- Justice Party of Denmark 34,258
- Communist Party of Denmark 32,390
- Greenland and Faroe Islands
ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes. How we read it.
Share of the vote
Turnout
85.5% of the 3,088,269 registered voters cast a ballot (2,640,856 ballots), down 0.3 points on 1960. 2,631,384 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Social Democrats41.9% of votes42.5% of seats
- Venstre20.8% of votes21.2% of seats
- Conservative People's Party20.1% of votes20.1% of seats
- Socialist Peoples Party5.8% of votes5.6% of seats
- Danish Social Liberal Party5.3% of votes5.6% of seats
- Independent Party2.5% of votes2.8% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 2.1 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.8 by votes and 3.7 by seats; Social Democrats led Venstre by 21.1 points of the vote. How these are computed.
Sources and licence
Sources and licence
- ParlGov 2024 Release (Döring and Manow), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
- Wikidata, party colours (P465) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
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