1968 Danish general election

none 1968 Danish general election Kingdom of Denmark 1966 1971 All 179 seats in the Folketing 90 23 January 1968 Jens Otto Krag Social Democrats (Denmark) 69 62 34.15 Poul Sørensen Conservative People's Party (Denmark) 34 37 20.35 Poul Hartling Venstre (Denmark) 35 34 18.57 Hilmar Baunsgaard Danish Social Liberal Party 13 27 14.97 Socialist People's Party (Denmark) Aksel Larsen 20 11 6.11 Left Socialists Collective leadership new 4 2.00 Elected in the Faroe Islands People's Party (Faroe Islands) Hákun Djurhuus 1 1 34.42 Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands) Peter Mohr Dam 1 1 32.47 Elected in Greenland Independents – 2 2 100 Government Krag II Social Democrats (Denmark) Government after election Baunsgaard R–K–V 89.28% Folketing1968.svg General elections were held in Denmark on 23 January 1968.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p524 978-3-8329-5609-7 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.Nohlen & Stöver, p543 They were the last elections in which the old counties were used as constituencies. Results Denmark proper File:1968 Danish general election Result.svg Social Democrats 974833 62 –7 Conservative People's Party 581051 37 +3 Venstre 530167 34 –1 Danish Social Liberal Party 427304 27 +14 Socialist People's Party 174553 11 –9 Left Socialists 57184 4 New Liberal Centre 37407 0 –4 Communist Party of Denmark 29706 0 0 Justice Party of Denmark 21124 0 0 Independent Party 14360 0 0 Schleswig Party 6831 0 New Independents 127 0 0 10158 3208646 0 y Faroe Islands People's Party 4294 1 0 Social Democratic Party 4051 1 0 Union Party 3242 0 0 Progress Party 889 0 New 40 22122 0 y Greenland Independents 11164 2 0 519 20766 0 Nohlen & Stöver Aftermath 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.Danish Socialists Beaten in Election; Krag Will Resign; DANISH SOCIALISTS DEFEATED IN VOTE https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1968/01/24/89317865.html 2025-09-25 The New York Times en 0362-4331 References Category:1968 elections in Denmark Category:January 1968 in Europe Category:Folketing elections