Election Name: | 1971 Danish general election |
Country: | Kingdom of Denmark |
Previous Election: | 1968 |
Next Election: | 1973 |
Seats For Election: | All 179 seats in the Folketing |
Majority Seats: | 90 |
Election Date: | 21 September 1971 |
Party1: | Social Democrats (Denmark) |
Last Election1: | 62 |
Seats1: | 70 |
Percentage1: | 37.27 |
Party2: | Conservative People's Party (Denmark) |
Last Election2: | 37 |
Seats2: | 31 |
Percentage2: | 16.69 |
Party3: | Venstre (Denmark) |
Last Election3: | 34 |
Seats3: | 30 |
Percentage3: | 15.64 |
Party4: | Danish Social Liberal Party |
Last Election4: | 27 |
Seats4: | 27 |
Percentage4: | 14.34 |
Party5: | Socialist People's Party (Denmark) |
Last Election5: | 11 |
Seats5: | 17 |
Percentage5: | 9.11 |
Heading6: | Elected in the Faroe Islands |
Party6: | Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands) |
Last Election6: | 1 |
Seats6: | 1 |
Percentage6: | 31.77 |
Party7: | People's Party (Faroe Islands) |
Last Election7: | 1 |
Seats7: | 1 |
Percentage7: | 20.42 |
Heading8: | Elected in Greenland |
Party8: | Independents |
Leader8: | – |
Last Election8: | 2 |
Seats8: | 2 |
Percentage8: | 100 |
Prime Minister | |
Posttitle: | Prime Minister-elect |
Before Election: | Hilmar Baunsgaard |
Before Party: | Danish Social Liberal Party |
After Election: | Jens Otto Krag |
After Party: | Social Democrats (Denmark) |
Turnout: | 87.16% |
General elections were held in Denmark on 21 September 1971 and in the Faroe Islands on 5 October.[1] [2] The Social Democratic Party remained the largest in the Folketing, with 70 of the 179 seats. Voter turnout was 87% in Denmark proper, 57% in the Faroe Islands and 52% in Greenland (where only one of the two constituencies was contested as the other had only a single candidate who was elected unopposed).[3]
All members were elected by party-list proportional representation in multi-member constituencies and in levelling seats filled at-large using overall party vote shares. The districts elected between 2 and 14 members each. They were the first elections using the new counties as constituencies.