1960 Danish general election

← 1957

15 November 1960

1964 →

All 179 seats in the Folketing
90 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

85.84%

Party		Leader	Vote %	Seats	+/–
	Social Democrats	Viggo Kampmann	42.10	76	+6
	Venstre	Erik Eriksen	21.05	38	−7
	Conservatives	Poul Sørensen	17.92	32	+2
	SF	Aksel Larsen	6.14	11	New
	Social Liberals	Jørgen Jørgensen	5.80	11	−3
	Independents	Iver Poulsen [da]	3.34	6	New
	Schleswig Party		0.37	1	0
Elected in the Faroe Islands
	Social Democratic	Peter Mohr Dam	34.23	1	+1
	Union	Johan Poulsen	22.05	1	+1
Elected in Greenland
	Independents	–	100	2	0

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Prime Minister before	Prime Minister-elect
Viggo Kampmann Social Democrats	Viggo Kampmann Social Democrats

General elections were held in Denmark on 15 November 1960. 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. 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.

Results



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Denmark proper
	Social Democrats	1,023,794	42.10	76	+6
	Venstre	512,041	21.05	38	–7
	Conservative People's Party	435,764	17.92	32	+2
	Socialist People's Party	149,440	6.14	11	New
	Danish Social Liberal Party	140,979	5.80	11	–3
	Independent Party	81,134	3.34	6	+6
	Justice Party of Denmark	52,330	2.15	0	–9
	Communist Party of Denmark	27,298	1.12	0	–6
	Schleswig Party	9,058	0.37	1	0
	Independents	109	0.00	0	0
Total		2,431,947	100.00	175	0

Valid votes		2,431,947	99.67
Invalid/blank votes		7,989	0.33
Total votes		2,439,936	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		2,842,336	85.84
Faroe Islands
	Social Democratic Party	3,712	34.23	1	+1
	Union Party	2,391	22.05	1	1
	People's Party	2,158	19.90	0	–1
	Independents	2,583	23.82	0	New
Total		10,844	100.00	2	0

Valid votes		10,844	99.50
Invalid/blank votes		55	0.50
Total votes		10,899	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		19,089	57.10
Greenland
	Independents	8,489	100.00	2	0
Total		8,489	100.00	2	0

Valid votes		8,489	99.17
Invalid/blank votes		71	0.83
Total votes		8,560	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		13,005	65.82
Source:

References

^ Nohlen, Dieter; Stöver, Philip (2010). Elections in Europe: A Data Handbook. Baden-Baden, Germany: Nomos. p. 524. ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7. OCLC 617565273.

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