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Denmark 1960 general election

What was the result of the 1960 general election in Denmark?

Social Democrats won 76 of 179 seats with 42.1% of the vote. 85.8% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Denmark
  • Held:
  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Social Democrats won 76 of 179 seats with 42.1% of the vote; 85.8% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 2.1 points on 1957.

  • Social Democrats 76 +6 seats 42.1% +2.7 points
  • Venstre 38 −7 seats 21.1% −4.0 points
  • Conservative People's Party 32 +2 seats 17.9% +1.3 points
  • Socialist Peoples Party 11 6.1%
  • Danish Social Liberal Party 11 −3 seats 5.8% −2.0 points
  • Independent Party 6 +6 seats 3.3% +1.0 points
  • Justice Party of Denmark 0 −9 seats 2.2% −3.1 points
  • Communist Party of Denmark 0 −6 seats 1.1% −2.0 points
  • Schleswig Party 1 0 seats 0.4% 0.0 points
  • Greenland and Faroe Islands 4 0 seats
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Denmark 1957 general election, party by party.

90 of 179 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 42.1%

    Share of the vote won by Social Democrats

    Social Democrats won 76 of 179 seats. A majority needs 90.

  2. +6 seats

    Seats gained by Social Democrats

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1957. Justice Party of Denmark lost 9 seats.

  3. 85.8%

    Voter turnout

    Up 2.1 points on 1957.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Social Democrats76+642.1+2.71,023,794
Venstre38−721.1−4.0512,041
Conservative People's Party32+217.9+1.3435,764
Socialist Peoples Party116.1149,440
Danish Social Liberal Party11−35.8−2.0140,979
Independent Party6+63.3+1.081,134
Justice Party of Denmark0−92.2−3.152,330
Communist Party of Denmark0−61.1−2.027,298
Schleswig Party100.40.09,058
Greenland and Faroe Islands40

± is the change against the Denmark 1957 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Social Democrats 1,023,794
  • Venstre 512,041
  • Conservative People's Party 435,764
  • Socialist Peoples Party 149,440
  • Danish Social Liberal Party 140,979
  • Independent Party 81,134
  • Justice Party of Denmark 52,330
  • Communist Party of Denmark 27,298
  • Schleswig Party 9,058
  • Greenland and Faroe Islands

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes.

How many people voted?

85.8% of the 2,842,336 registered voters cast a ballot (2,439,936 ballots), up 2.1 points on 1957. 2,431,947 of them were valid votes. The highest turnout since 1945 in our data.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Social Democrats42.1% of votes42.5% of seats
  • Venstre21.1% of votes21.2% of seats
  • Conservative People's Party17.9% of votes17.9% of seats
  • Socialist Peoples Party6.1% of votes6.1% of seats
  • Danish Social Liberal Party5.8% of votes6.1% of seats
  • Independent Party3.3% of votes3.4% of seats
  • Schleswig Party0.4% of votes0.6% of seats
  • Justice Party of Denmark2.2% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 2.4 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.8 by votes and 3.8 by seats; Social Democrats led Venstre by 21.0 points of the vote.

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