1975 Danish general election

General elections were held in Denmark on 9 January 1975.[1] The result was a victory for the Social Democratic Party, who won 53 of the 179 seats. Voter turnout was 88.2% in Denmark proper, 56.1% in the Faroe Islands and 68.7% in Greenland.[2]

1975 Danish general election

9 January 1975
All 179 seats in the Folketing
Turnout	87.8%
Party Leader % Seats ± Social Democrats Anker Jørgensen 29.9% 53 +7 Venstre Poul Hartling 23.3% 42 +20 Progress Mogens Glistrup 13.6% 24 -4 Social Liberals Svend Haugaard 7.1% 13 -7 Conservative Poul Schlüter 5.5% 10 -6 KrF Jens Møller 5.3% 9 +2 SF Gert Petersen 5.0% 9 -2 Communists Knud Jespersen 4.2% 7 +1 Centre Democrats Erhard Jakobsen 2.2% 4 -10 Left Socialists Collective leadership 2.1% 4 +4 Elected in the Faroe Islands Social Democratic Atli Dam 29.7% 1 0 Republican 25.7% 1 0 Elected in Greenland Independent – 100% 2 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister-elect Poul Hartling Venstre Anker Jørgensen Social Democrats

Political parties

The Soviet Union covertly funded the Communist Party of Denmark.[3]

Results

Denmark
Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Social Democratic Party	913,155	29.9	53	+7
Venstre	711,298	23.3	42	+20
Progress Party	414,219	13.6	24	–4
Danish Social Liberal Party	216,553	7.1	13	–7
Conservative People's Party	168,164	5.5	10	–6
Christian People's Party	162,734	5.3	9	+2
Socialist People's Party	150,963	5.0	9	–2
Communist Party of Denmark	127,837	4.2	7	+1
Centre Democrats	66,316	2.2	4	–10
Left Socialists	63,579	2.1	4	+4
Justice Party of Denmark	54,095	1.8	0	–5
Independents	539	0.0	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	18,850	–	–	–
Total	3,068,302	100	175	0
Faroe Islands
Social Democratic Party	4,112	29.7	1	0
Republican Party	3,563	25.7	1	0
Union Party	3,219	23.2	0	0
People's Party	2,957	21.3	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	43	–	–	–
Total	13,808	100	2	0
Greenland
Independents	16,649	100	2	0
Invalid/blank votes	421	–	–	–
Total	17,070	100	2	0
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p524 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
2. Nohlen & Stöver, p544
3. Levin, Dov H. (2016-09-19). "Partisan electoral interventions by the great powers: Introducing the PEIG Dataset". Conflict Management and Peace Science. 36 (1): 88–106. doi:10.1177/0738894216661190. ISSN 0738-8942.