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1964 Danish general election

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Field	Value
election_name	1964 Danish general election
country	Kingdom of Denmark
previous_election	1960
next_election	1966
seats_for_election	All 179 seats in the Folketing
majority_seats	90
election_date	22 September 1964
party1	Social Democrats (Denmark)	leader1 = Jens Otto Krag	last_election1 = 76	seats1 = 76	percentage1 = 41.94
party2	Venstre (Denmark)	leader2 = Erik Eriksen	last_election2 = 38	seats2 = 38	percentage2 = 20.82
party3	Conservative People's Party (Denmark)	leader3 = Poul Sørensen	last_election3 = 32	seats3 = 36	percentage3 = 20.06
party4	Socialist People's Party (Denmark)	leader4 = Aksel Larsen	last_election4 = 11	seats4 = 10	percentage4 = 5.76
party5	Danish Social Liberal Party	leader5 = Karl Skytte	last_election5 = 11	seats5 = 10	percentage5 = 5.31
party6	Independent Party (Denmark)	leader6 = Iver Poulsen	last_election6 = 6	seats6 = 5	percentage6 = 2.50
heading7	Elected in the Faroe Islands
party7	Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands)	leader7 = Peter Mohr Dam	last_election7 = 1	seats7 = 1	percentage7 = 39.34
party8	People's Party (Faroe Islands)	leader8 = Hákun Djurhuus	last_election8 = 0	seats8 = 1	percentage8 = 29.70
heading9	Elected in Greenland
party9	Independents	leader9 = –	last_election9 = 2	seats9 = 2	percentage9 = 100
title	Prime Minister
posttitle	Prime Minister-elect
before_election	Jens Otto Krag
before_party	Social Democrats (Denmark)
after_election	Jens Otto Krag
after_party	Social Democrats (Denmark)
turnout	85.51%
map	Folketing1964.svg

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

References

[[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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