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1966 Danish general election

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Field	Value
election_name	1966 Danish general election
country	Kingdom of Denmark
previous_election	1964
next_election	1968
seats_for_election	All 179 seats in the Folketing
majority_seats	90
election_date	22 November 1966
party1	Social Democrats (Denmark)	leader1 = Jens Otto Krag	last_election1 = 76	seats1 = 69	percentage1 = 38.26
party2	Venstre (Denmark)	leader2 = Poul Hartling	last_election2 = 38	seats2 = 35	percentage2 = 19.29
party3	Conservative People's Party (Denmark)	leader3 = Poul Sørensen	last_election3 = 36	seats3 = 34	percentage3 = 18.68
party4	Socialist People's Party (Denmark)	leader4 = Aksel Larsen	last_election4 = 10	seats4 = 20	percentage4 = 10.90
party5	Danish Social Liberal Party	leader5 = Karl Skytte	last_election5 = 10	seats5 = 13	percentage5 = 7.30
leader6	Bent Noack	party6 = Liberal Centre	last_election6 = new	seats6 = 4	percentage6 = 2.48
heading7	Elected in the Faroe Islands
party7	Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands)	leader7 = Peter Mohr Dam	last_election7 = 1	seats7 = 1	percentage7 = 36.56
party8	People's Party (Faroe Islands)	leader8 = Hákun Djurhuus	last_election8 = 1	seats8 = 1	percentage8 = 33.58
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	88.61%
map	Folketing1966.svg

General elections were held in Denmark on 22 November 1966, although in Greenland the elections were held on 6 December 1966. The Social Democratic Party remained the largest in the Folketing, with 69 of the 179 seats. Voter turnout was 89% in Denmark proper, 49% in the Faroe Islands and 59% in Greenland (where only one of the two constituencies was contested as the other had only one candidate who was elected unopposed).

Results

By constituency

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p524 {{ISBN. 978-3-8329-5609-7
Nohlen & Stöver, pp542-543
"Four General Elections in Denmark, 1960-1968".

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