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Denmark 1968 general election

What was the result of the 1968 general election in Denmark?

Social Democrats won 62 of 179 seats with 34.1% of the vote. 89.3% 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 62 of 179 seats with 34.1% of the vote; 89.3% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 0.7 points on 1966.

  • Social Democrats 62 −7 seats 34.1% −4.2 points
  • Conservative People's Party 37 +3 seats 20.4% +1.7 points
  • Venstre 34 −1 seat 18.6% −0.7 points
  • Danish Social Liberal Party 27 +14 seats 15.0% +7.7 points
  • Socialist Peoples Party 11 −9 seats 6.1% −4.8 points
  • Left Socialists 4 2.0%
  • Liberal Centre 0 −4 seats 1.3% −1.2 points
  • Communist Party of Denmark 0 1.0%
  • 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 1966 general election, party by party.

90 of 179 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 34.1%

    Share of the vote won by Social Democrats

    Social Democrats won 62 of 179 seats. A majority needs 90.

  2. +14 seats

    Seats gained by Danish Social Liberal Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1966. Socialist Peoples Party lost 9 seats.

  3. 89.3%

    Voter turnout

    Up 0.7 points on 1966.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Social Democrats62−734.1−4.2974,833
Conservative People's Party37+320.4+1.7581,051
Venstre34−118.6−0.7530,167
Danish Social Liberal Party27+1415.0+7.7427,304
Socialist Peoples Party11−96.1−4.8174,553
Left Socialists42.057,184
Liberal Centre0−41.3−1.237,407
Communist Party of Denmark01.029,706
Greenland and Faroe Islands40

± is the change against the Denmark 1966 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Social Democrats 974,833
  • Conservative People's Party 581,051
  • Venstre 530,167
  • Danish Social Liberal Party 427,304
  • Socialist Peoples Party 174,553
  • Left Socialists 57,184
  • Liberal Centre 37,407
  • Communist Party of Denmark 29,706
  • 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?

89.3% of the 3,208,646 registered voters cast a ballot (2,864,805 ballots), up 0.7 points on 1966. 2,854,647 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 Democrats34.1% of votes34.6% of seats
  • Conservative People's Party20.4% of votes20.7% of seats
  • Venstre18.6% of votes19.0% of seats
  • Danish Social Liberal Party15.0% of votes15.1% of seats
  • Socialist Peoples Party6.1% of votes6.1% of seats
  • Left Socialists2.0% 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 4.6 by votes and 4.4 by seats; Social Democrats led Conservative People's Party by 13.7 points of the vote.

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