1960 Danish general election explained

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.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Nohlen . Dieter . Dieter Nohlen . Stöver . Philip . 2010 . Elections in Europe: A Data Handbook . Baden-Baden, Germany . Nomos . 978-3-8329-5609-7 . 617565273. 524.