Country: | Kingdom of Denmark |
Previous Election: | 1957 |
Next Election: | 1964 |
Seats For Election: | All 179 seats in the Folketing |
Majority Seats: | 90 |
Election Date: | 15 November 1960 |
Turnout: | 85.84% |
Party1: | Social Democrats (Denmark) |
Last Election1: | 70 |
Seats1: | 76 |
Percentage1: | 42.10 |
Party2: | Venstre (Denmark) |
Last Election2: | 45 |
Seats2: | 38 |
Percentage2: | 21.05 |
Party3: | Conservative People's Party (Denmark) |
Last Election3: | 30 |
Seats3: | 32 |
Percentage3: | 17.92 |
Party4: | Socialist People's Party (Denmark) |
Last Election4: | new |
Seats4: | 11 |
Percentage4: | 6.14 |
Party5: | Danish Social Liberal Party |
Last Election5: | 14 |
Seats5: | 11 |
Percentage5: | 5.80 |
Party6: | Independent Party (Denmark) |
Last Election6: | new |
Seats6: | 6 |
Percentage6: | 3.34 |
Party7: | Schleswig Party |
Last Election7: | 1 |
Seats7: | 1 |
Percentage7: | 0.37 |
Heading8: | Elected in the Faroe Islands |
Party8: | Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands) |
Last Election8: | 0 |
Seats8: | 1 |
Percentage8: | 34.23 |
Party9: | Union Party (Faroe Islands) |
Last Election9: | 0 |
Seats9: | 1 |
Percentage9: | 22.05 |
Heading10: | Elected in Greenland |
Party10: | Independents |
Leader10: | – |
Last Election10: | 2 |
Seats10: | 2 |
Percentage10: | 100 |
Map: | Folketing1960.svg |
Caption: | Results by constituency |
Prime Minister | |
Posttitle: | Prime Minister-elect |
Before Election: | Viggo Kampmann |
Before Party: | Social Democrats (Denmark) |
After Election: | Viggo Kampmann |
After Party: | Social Democrats (Denmark) |
General elections were held in Denmark on 15 November 1960.[1] The Social Democratic Party remained the largest in the Folketing, with 76 of the 179 seats. Voter turnout was 86% in Denmark proper, 57% in the Faroe Islands and 66% in Greenland.[1] They were the last elections in which the electoral threshold for the Danish seats was 60,000 votes. The following year the electoral law was amended to make it 2% of the vote.