1960 Danish general election

none Kingdom of Denmark 1957 1964 All 179 seats in the Folketing 90 15 November 1960 85.84% Social Democrats (Denmark) Viggo Kampmann 70 76 42.10 Venstre (Denmark) Erik Eriksen 45 38 21.05 Conservative People's Party (Denmark) Poul Sørensen 30 32 17.92 Socialist People's Party (Denmark) Aksel Larsen new 11 6.14 Danish Social Liberal Party Jørgen Jørgensen 14 11 5.80 Independent Party (Denmark) Iver Poulsen da new 6 3.34 Schleswig Party 1 1 0.37 Elected in the Faroe Islands Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands) Peter Mohr Dam 0 1 34.23 Union Party (Faroe Islands) Johan Poulsen 0 1 22.05 Elected in Greenland Independents – 2 2 100 Folketing1960.svg Results by constituency Government Kampmann I S–R–DR Government after election Kampmann II S–R General elections were held in Denmark on 15 November 1960.Nohlen Dieter Dieter Nohlen Stöver Philip 2010 Elections in Europe: A Data Handbook Baden-Baden, Germany Nomos 978-3-8329-5609-7 617565273 524 The Social Democratic Party remained the largest in the Folketing, with 76 of the 179 seats. Voter turnout was 86% in Denmark proper, 57% in the Faroe Islands and 66% in Greenland.542 They were the last elections in which the electoral threshold for the Danish seats was 60,000 votes. The following year the electoral law was amended to make it 2% of the vote. Results File:1960 Danish general election Result.svg Denmark proper Social Democrats 1023794 76 +6 Venstre 512041 38 –7 Conservative People's Party 435764 32 +2 Socialist People's Party 149440 11 New Danish Social Liberal Party 140979 11 –3 Independent Party 81134 6 +6 Justice Party of Denmark 52330 0 –9 Communist Party of Denmark 27298 0 –6 Schleswig Party 9058 1 0 Independents 109 0 0 7989 2842336 0 y Faroe Islands Social Democratic Party 3712 1 +1 Union Party 2391 1 1 People's Party 2158 0 –1 Independents 2583 0 New 55 19089 0 y Greenland Independents 8489 2 0 71 13005 0 References General Denmark Category:Folketing elections