1973 Danish general election

none Kingdom of Denmark 1971 1975 All 179 seats in the Folketing 90 4 December 1973 88.32% Social Democrats (Denmark) Anker Jørgensen 70 46 25.65 Progress Party (Denmark) Mogens Glistrup new 28 15.89 Venstre (Denmark) Poul Hartling 30 22 12.26 Danish Social Liberal Party Hilmar Baunsgaard 27 20 11.24 Conservative People's Party (Denmark) Erik Ninn-Hansen 31 16 9.15 Centre Democrats (Denmark) Erhard Jakobsen new 14 7.76 Socialist People's Party (Denmark) Sigurd Ømann 17 11 6.01 KrF Jacob Christensen 0 7 4.05 Communist Party of Denmark Knud Jespersen 0 6 3.63 Justice Party of Denmark Ib Christensen 0 5 2.88 Elected in the Faroe Islands Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands) Atli Dam 1 1 28.60 Republican Signar Hansen new 1 25.11 Elected in Greenland Independents – 2 2 100 Government Jørgensen I Social Democrats (Denmark) Government after election Hartling Venstre (Denmark) 300px Largest party within each nomination district and constituency. 300px Distribution of constituency and levelling seats. thumb|Ballot paper General elections were held in Denmark on 4 December 1973 and in the Faroe Islands on 13 December.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p524 978-3-8329-5609-7Denmark Inter-Parliamentary Union It has since been referred to as the "Landslide Election" (da Jordskredsvalget),Jespersen, KJV A History of Denmark as five new or previously unrepresented parties won seats, and more than half the members of Parliament were replaced. The Social Democrats, which had led a minority government until this election, lost a third of their seats. After the election, Poul Hartling, the leader of the liberal Venstre, formed the smallest minority government in Denmark's history with only 22 seats, supported by the Progress Party, the Conservative People's Party, the Social Liberal Party, the Centre Democrats, and the Christian People's Party. Voter turnout was 89% in Denmark proper, 55% in the Faroe Islands, and 66% in Greenland.Nohlen & Stöver, p544 Parties Two parties (the Christian People's Party and the Progress Party) campaigned against a grant awarded by the government-run Danish Film Institute for The Many Faces of Jesus, a proposed pornographic film about Jesus.Dean Wayne 1989-12-02 Danish Blue: The Jesus Sex Film Scandal https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sydney-morning-herald/21806390/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20231216044313/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sydney-morning-herald/21806390/ 2023-12-16 2024-01-24 The Sydney Morning Herald 79 The Soviet Union covertly funded the Communist Party of Denmark.Levin Dov H. 2016-09-19 Partisan electoral interventions by the great powers: Introducing the PEIG Dataset http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0738894216661190 Conflict Management and Peace Science 36 1 88–106 10.1177/0738894216661190 157114479 0738-8942 subscription Results File:1973 Danish Folketing.svg Denmark proper Social Democrats 783145 46 –24 Progress Party 485289 28 New Venstre 374283 22 –8 Danish Social Liberal Party 343117 20 –7 Conservative People's Party 279391 16 –15 Centre Democrats 236784 14 New Socialist People's Party 183522 11 –6 Christian People's Party 123573 7 +7 Communist Party of Denmark 110715 6 +6 Justice Party of Denmark 87904 5 +5 Left Socialists 44843 0 0 Independents 637 0 0 17050 3460737 0 y Faroe Islands Social Democratic Party 3772 1 0 Republican Party 3312 1 New People's Party 2690 0 –1 Union Party 2533 0 0 Self-Government 553 0 0 Progress Party 258 0 0 Independents 72 0 0 47 24259 0 y Greenland Independents 15869 2 0 512 24838 0 Nohlen & Stöver See also 2015 Danish general election, which was called Hofteskredsvalget in reference to the term Jordskredsvalget Landslide victory Political realignment References External links "Jordskredsvalget" on danmarkshistorien.dk Category:1973 elections in Denmark Category:December 1973 in Europe Category:Folketing elections