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Denmark 1966 general election

Final results from ParlGov, read : Social Democrats won 69 of 179 seats with 38.3% of the vote; 88.6% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 3.1 points on 1964.

Result

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Social Democrats69−738.3−3.61,068,911
Venstre35−319.3−1.5539,027
Conservative People's Party34−218.7−1.4522,028
Socialist Peoples Party20+1010.9+5.1304,437
Danish Social Liberal Party13+37.3+2.0203,858
Liberal Centre42.569,180
Independent Party0−51.6−0.944,994
Greenland and Faroe Islands40

± is the change against the Denmark 1964 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Social Democrats 1,068,911
  • Venstre 539,027
  • Conservative People's Party 522,028
  • Socialist Peoples Party 304,437
  • Danish Social Liberal Party 203,858
  • Liberal Centre 69,180
  • Independent Party 44,994
  • 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

88.6% of the 3,162,352 registered voters cast a ballot (2,802,304 ballots), up 3.1 points on 1964. 2,794,007 of them were valid votes. The highest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 1945. How turnout is counted.

Votes and seats

  • Social Democrats38.3% of votes38.5% of seats
  • Venstre19.3% of votes19.6% of seats
  • Conservative People's Party18.7% of votes19.0% of seats
  • Socialist Peoples Party10.9% of votes11.2% of seats
  • Danish Social Liberal Party7.3% of votes7.3% of seats
  • Liberal Centre2.5% of votes2.2% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 2.0 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.2 by votes and 4.1 by seats; Social Democrats led Venstre by 19.0 points of the vote. How these are computed.

Sources and licence

Sources and licence

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