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Denmark 1966 general election

What was the result of the 1966 general election in Denmark?

Social Democrats won 69 of 179 seats with 38.3% of the vote. 88.6% 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 69 of 179 seats with 38.3% of the vote; 88.6% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 3.1 points on 1964.

  • Social Democrats 69 −7 seats 38.3% −3.6 points
  • Venstre 35 −3 seats 19.3% −1.5 points
  • Conservative People's Party 34 −2 seats 18.7% −1.4 points
  • Socialist Peoples Party 20 +10 seats 10.9% +5.1 points
  • Danish Social Liberal Party 13 +3 seats 7.3% +2.0 points
  • Liberal Centre 4 2.5%
  • Independent Party 0 −5 seats 1.6% −0.9 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 1964 general election, party by party.

90 of 179 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 38.3%

    Share of the vote won by Social Democrats

    Social Democrats won 69 of 179 seats. A majority needs 90.

  2. +10 seats

    Seats gained by Socialist Peoples Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1964. Social Democrats lost 7 seats.

  3. 88.6%

    Voter turnout

    Up 3.1 points on 1964.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Social Democrats69−738.3−3.61,068,911
Venstre35−319.3−1.5539,027
Conservative People's Party34−218.7−1.4522,028
Socialist Peoples Party20+1010.9+5.1304,437
Danish Social Liberal Party13+37.3+2.0203,858
Liberal Centre42.569,180
Independent Party0−51.6−0.944,994
Greenland and Faroe Islands40

± is the change against the Denmark 1964 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Social Democrats 1,068,911
  • Venstre 539,027
  • Conservative People's Party 522,028
  • Socialist Peoples Party 304,437
  • Danish Social Liberal Party 203,858
  • Liberal Centre 69,180
  • Independent Party 44,994
  • 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?

88.6% of the 3,162,352 registered voters cast a ballot (2,802,304 ballots), up 3.1 points on 1964. 2,794,007 of them were valid votes. The highest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 1945.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Social Democrats38.3% of votes38.5% of seats
  • Venstre19.3% of votes19.6% of seats
  • Conservative People's Party18.7% of votes19.0% of seats
  • Socialist Peoples Party10.9% of votes11.2% of seats
  • Danish Social Liberal Party7.3% of votes7.3% of seats
  • Liberal Centre2.5% of votes2.2% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 2.0 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.2 by votes and 4.1 by seats; Social Democrats led Venstre by 19.0 points of the vote.

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