Denmark 1975 general election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Social Democrats won 53 of 179 seats with 29.9% of the vote; 88.2% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 0.5 points on 1973.
- Denmark
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Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democrats | 53 | +7 | 29.9 | +4.3 | 913,155 |
| Venstre | 42 | +20 | 23.3 | +11.0 | 711,298 |
| Progress Party | 24 | −3 | 13.6 | −2.3 | 414,219 |
| Danish Social Liberal Party | 13 | −7 | 7.1 | −4.1 | 216,553 |
| Conservative People's Party | 10 | −6 | 5.5 | −3.7 | 168,164 |
| Christian Democrats | 9 | +2 | 5.3 | +1.3 | 162,734 |
| Socialist Peoples Party | 9 | −2 | 5.0 | −1.0 | 150,963 |
| Communist Party of Denmark | 7 | +1 | 4.2 | +0.6 | 127,837 |
| Centre Democrats | 3 | −10 | 2.2 | −5.6 | 66,316 |
| Left Socialists | 4 | +4 | 2.1 | +0.6 | 63,579 |
| Justice Party of Denmark | 0 | −5 | 1.8 | −1.1 | 54,095 |
| Greenland and Faroe Islands | 4 | 0 | |||
| Schleswig Party | 1 | 0 |
± is the change against the Denmark 1973 general election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Social Democrats 913,155
- Venstre 711,298
- Progress Party 414,219
- Danish Social Liberal Party 216,553
- Conservative People's Party 168,164
- Christian Democrats 162,734
- Socialist Peoples Party 150,963
- Communist Party of Denmark 127,837
- Centre Democrats 66,316
- Left Socialists 63,579
- Justice Party of Denmark 54,095
- Greenland and Faroe Islands
- Schleswig Party
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
88.2% of the 3,477,621 registered voters cast a ballot (3,068,302 ballots), down 0.5 points on 1973. 3,049,452 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Social Democrats29.9% of votes29.6% of seats
- Venstre23.3% of votes23.5% of seats
- Progress Party13.6% of votes13.4% of seats
- Danish Social Liberal Party7.1% of votes7.3% of seats
- Conservative People's Party5.5% of votes5.6% of seats
- Christian Democrats5.3% of votes5.0% of seats
- Socialist Peoples Party5.0% of votes5.0% of seats
- Communist Party of Denmark4.2% of votes3.9% of seats
- Left Socialists2.1% of votes2.2% of seats
- Centre Democrats2.2% of votes1.7% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 2.1 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 5.6 by votes and 5.7 by seats; Social Democrats led Venstre by 6.6 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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