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1968 Danish general election

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Field	Value
election_name	1968 Danish general election
country	Kingdom of Denmark
previous_election	1966
next_election	1971
seats_for_election	All 179 seats in the Folketing
majority_seats	90
election_date	23 January 1968
leader1	Jens Otto Krag	party1 = Social Democrats (Denmark)	last_election1 = 69	seats1 = 62	percentage1 = 34.15
leader2	Poul Sørensen	party2 = Conservative People's Party (Denmark)	last_election2 = 34	seats2 = 37	percentage2 = 20.35
leader3	Poul Hartling	party3 = Venstre (Denmark)	last_election3 = 35	seats3 = 34	percentage3 = 18.57
leader4	Hilmar Baunsgaard	party4 = Danish Social Liberal Party	last_election4 = 13	seats4 = 27	percentage4 = 14.97
party5	Socialist People's Party (Denmark)	leader5 = Aksel Larsen	last_election5 = 20	seats5 = 11	percentage5 = 6.11
party6	Left Socialists	leader6 = Collective leadership	last_election6 = new	seats6 = 4	percentage6 = 2.00
heading7	Elected in the Faroe Islands
party7	People's Party (Faroe Islands)	leader7 = Hákun Djurhuus	last_election7 = 1	seats7 = 1	percentage7 = 34.42
party8	Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands)	leader8 = Peter Mohr Dam	last_election8 = 1	seats8 = 1	percentage8 = 32.47
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	Hilmar Baunsgaard
after_party	Danish Social Liberal Party
turnout	89.28%
map	Folketing1968.svg

General elections were held in Denmark on 23 January 1968. The Social Democratic Party remained the largest in the Folketing, with 62 of the 179 seats. Voter turnout was 89% in Denmark proper, 57% in the Faroe Islands and 56% in Greenland. They were the last elections in which the old counties were used as constituencies.

Results

Aftermeth

Following the elections the incumbent Krag government resigned and was replaced by a coalition of the right-wing Conservative People's Party, Venstre and the Danish Social Liberal Party.

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p524 {{ISBN. 978-3-8329-5609-7
Nohlen & Stöver, p543
"Danish Socialists Beaten in Election; Krag Will Resign; DANISH SOCIALISTS DEFEATED IN VOTE". The New York Times.

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