Denmark 1971 general election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Social Democrats won 70 of 179 seats with 37.3% of the vote; 87.2% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 2.1 points on 1968.
- Denmark
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Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democrats | 70 | +8 | 37.3 | +3.2 | 1,074,777 |
| Conservative People's Party | 31 | −6 | 16.7 | −3.7 | 481,335 |
| Venstre | 30 | −4 | 15.6 | −3.0 | 450,904 |
| Danish Social Liberal Party | 27 | 0 | 14.3 | −0.7 | 413,620 |
| Socialist Peoples Party | 17 | +6 | 9.1 | +3.0 | 262,756 |
| Christian Democrats | 0 | 2.0 | 57,072 | ||
| Justice Party of Denmark | 0 | 1.7 | 50,231 | ||
| Left Socialists | 0 | −4 | 1.6 | −0.4 | 45,979 |
| Communist Party of Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | +0.4 | 39,564 |
| Greenland and Faroe Islands | 4 | 0 |
± is the change against the Denmark 1968 general election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Social Democrats 1,074,777
- Conservative People's Party 481,335
- Venstre 450,904
- Danish Social Liberal Party 413,620
- Socialist Peoples Party 262,756
- Christian Democrats 57,072
- Justice Party of Denmark 50,231
- Left Socialists 45,979
- Communist Party of Denmark 39,564
- 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
87.2% of the 3,332,044 registered voters cast a ballot (2,904,096 ballots), down 2.1 points on 1968. 2,883,900 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout since 1964 in our data. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Social Democrats37.3% of votes39.1% of seats
- Conservative People's Party16.7% of votes17.3% of seats
- Venstre15.6% of votes16.8% of seats
- Danish Social Liberal Party14.3% of votes15.1% of seats
- Socialist Peoples Party9.1% of votes9.5% of seats
- Christian Democrats2.0% of votes0.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 3.3 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.5 by votes and 4.1 by seats; Social Democrats led Conservative People's Party by 20.6 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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