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% in Denmark proper, 56% in the Faroe Islands and 69% in Greenland.[2]
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| Turnout | 88.23% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Political parties
editThe Soviet Union covertly funded the Communist Party of Denmark.[3]
Results
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Denmark proper | |||||
| Social Democrats | 913,155 | 29.94 | 53 | +7 | |
| Venstre | 711,298 | 23.33 | 42 | +20 | |
| Progress Party | 414,219 | 13.58 | 24 | –4 | |
| Danish Social Liberal Party | 216,553 | 7.10 | 13 | –7 | |
| Conservative People's Party | 168,164 | 5.51 | 10 | –6 | |
| Christian People's Party | 162,734 | 5.34 | 9 | +2 | |
| Socialist People's Party | 150,963 | 4.95 | 9 | –2 | |
| Communist Party of Denmark | 127,837 | 4.19 | 7 | +1 | |
| Centre Democrats | 66,316 | 2.17 | 4 | –10 | |
| Left Socialists | 63,579 | 2.08 | 4 | +4 | |
| Justice Party of Denmark | 54,095 | 1.77 | 0 | –5 | |
| Independents | 539 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 3,049,452 | 100.00 | 175 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 3,049,452 | 99.39 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 18,850 | 0.61 | |||
| Total votes | 3,068,302 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 3,477,621 | 88.23 | |||
| Faroe Islands | |||||
| Social Democratic Party | 4,112 | 29.69 | 1 | 0 | |
| Republican Party | 3,563 | 25.72 | 1 | 0 | |
| Union Party | 3,219 | 23.24 | 0 | 0 | |
| People's Party | 2,957 | 21.35 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 13,851 | 100.00 | 2 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 13,851 | 99.79 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 29 | 0.21 | |||
| Total votes | 13,880 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 24,630 | 56.35 | |||
| Greenland | |||||
| Independents | 16,649 | 100.00 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 16,649 | 100.00 | 2 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 16,649 | 97.53 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 421 | 2.47 | |||
| Total votes | 17,070 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 24,838 | 68.73 | |||
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver, Danmarks Statistik | |||||
References
edit- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p524 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p544
- ^ 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. S2CID 157114479.