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1971 Danish general election Folketing Turnout 87.16%
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
General elections were held in Denmark on 21 September 1971 and in the Faroe Islands on 5 October. 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).
Electoral system
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.
Results
Party Votes % Seats +/– Denmark proper Social Democrats 1,074,777 37.27 70 +8 Conservative People's Party 481,335 16.69 31 –6 Venstre 450,904 15.64 30 –4 Danish Social Liberal Party 413,620 14.34 27 0 Socialist People's Party 262,756 9.11 17 +6 Christian People's Party 57,072 1.98 0 New Justice Party of Denmark 50,231 1.74 0 0 Left Socialists 45,979 1.59 0 –4 Communist Party of Denmark 39,564 1.37 0 0 Schleswig Party 6,743 0.23 0 0 Independents 919 0.03 0 0 Total 2,883,900 100.00 175 0 Valid votes 2,883,900 99.30 Invalid/blank votes 20,196 0.70 Total votes 2,904,096 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 3,332,004 87.16 Faroe Islands Social Democratic Party 4,170 31.77 1 0 Union Party 2,855 21.75 0 0 People's Party 2,680 20.42 1 0 Self-Government 648 4.94 0 New Progress Party 362 2.76 0 0 Independents 2,410 18.36 0 New Total 13,125 100.00 2 0 Valid votes 13,125 99.42 Invalid/blank votes 77 0.58 Total votes 13,202 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 23,260 56.76 Greenland Independents 7,148 100.00 2 0 Total 7,148 100.00 2 0 Valid votes 7,148 97.34 Invalid/blank votes 195 2.66 Total votes 7,343 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 14,104 52.06 Source: Nohlen & Stöver, Danmarks Statistik
References
Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook , p524 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
Denmark Inter-Parliamentary Union
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