1964 Danish general election

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22 September 1964

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

Turnout

85.51%

Party		Leader	Vote %	Seats	+/–
	Social Democrats	Jens Otto Krag	41.94	76	0
	Venstre	Erik Eriksen	20.82	38	0
	Conservatives	Poul Sørensen	20.06	36	+4
	SF	Aksel Larsen	5.76	10	−1
	Social Liberals	Karl Skytte	5.31	10	−1
	Independents	Iver Poulsen	2.50	5	−1
Elected in the Faroe Islands
	Social Democratic	Peter Mohr Dam	39.34	1	0
	People's	Hákun Djurhuus	29.70	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
Jens Otto Krag Social Democrats	Jens Otto Krag Social Democrats

General elections were held in Denmark on 22 September 1964. The Social Democratic Party remained the largest in the Folketing, with 76 of the 179 seats. Voter turnout was 86% in Denmark proper, 50% in the Faroe Islands and 49% in Greenland. They were the first elections with the new electoral threshold of 2%.

Results



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Denmark proper
	Social Democrats	1,103,667	41.94	76	0
	Venstre	547,770	20.82	38	0
	Conservative People's Party	527,798	20.06	36	+4
	Socialist People's Party	151,697	5.76	10	–1
	Danish Social Liberal Party	139,702	5.31	10	–1
	Independent Party	65,756	2.50	5	–1
	Justice Party of Denmark	34,258	1.30	0	0
	Communist Party of Denmark	32,390	1.23	0	0
	Danish Unity	9,747	0.37	0	New
	Schleswig Party	9,274	0.35	0	–1
	Peace Politics People's Party	9,070	0.34	0	New
	Independents	255	0.01	0	0
Total		2,631,384	100.00	175	0

Valid votes		2,631,384	99.64
Invalid/blank votes		9,472	0.36
Total votes		2,640,856	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		3,088,269	85.51
Faroe Islands
	Social Democratic Party	4,133	39.34	1	0
	Union Party	3,121	29.70	0	–1
	People's Party	2,622	24.95	1	+1
	Progress Party	631	6.01	0	New
Total		10,507	100.00	2	0

Valid votes		10,507	99.47
Invalid/blank votes		56	0.53
Total votes		10,563	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		21,040	50.20
Greenland
	Independents	8,332	100.00	2	0
Total		8,332	100.00	2	0

Valid votes		8,332	98.85
Invalid/blank votes		97	1.15
Total votes		8,429	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		17,238	48.90
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p524 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
Nohlen & Stöver, pp542-543

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