1966 Danish general election

none 1966 Danish general election Kingdom of Denmark 1964 1968 All 179 seats in the Folketing 90 22 November 1966 Social Democrats (Denmark) Jens Otto Krag 76 69 38.26 Venstre (Denmark) Poul Hartling 38 35 19.29 Conservative People's Party (Denmark) Poul Sørensen 36 34 18.68 Socialist People's Party (Denmark) Aksel Larsen 10 20 10.90 Danish Social Liberal Party Karl Skytte 10 13 7.30 Bent Noack Liberal Centre new 4 2.48 Elected in the Faroe Islands Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands) Peter Mohr Dam 1 1 36.56 People's Party (Faroe Islands) Hákun Djurhuus 1 1 33.58 Elected in Greenland Independents – 2 2 100 Government Krag II Social Democrats (Denmark) Government after election Krag II Social Democrats (Denmark) 88.61% Folketing1966.svg General elections were held in Denmark on 22 November 1966,Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p. 524 978-3-8329-5609-7 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).Nohlen & Stöver, pp. 542-543Four General Elections in Denmark, 1960-1968 https://tidsskrift.dk/scandinavian_political_studies/article/download/32059/29567 2025-05-13 tidsskrift.dk Results File:1966 Danish general election Result.svg Denmark proper Social Democrats 1068911 69 –7 Venstre 539027 35 –3 Conservative People's Party 522028 34 –2 Socialist People's Party 304437 20 +10 Danish Social Liberal Party 203858 13 +3 Liberal Centre 69180 4 New Independent Party 44994 0 –5 Communist Party of Denmark 21553 0 0 Justice Party of Denmark 19905 0 0 Independents 114 0 0 8297 3162352 0 y Faroe Islands Social Democratic Party 3864 1 0 People's Party 3549 1 +1 Union Party 3156 0 –1 52 21754 0 y Greenland Independents 6535 2 0 130 11289 0 Nohlen & Stöver, Danmarks StatistikDanmarks Statistik By constituency Greenland (Northern Constituency) Notes Knud Hertling Independent – Elected unopposed y Greenland (Southern Constituency) Notes Nikolaj Rosing Independent 3677 Elected Ulrik Rosing Inuit Party 1367 Erling Høegh Independent 1291 Jørgen Olsen Independent 200 130 11289 Danmarks Statistik References Category:1966 elections in Denmark Category:November 1966 in Europe Category:Folketing elections Denmark