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Denmark 1971 general election

What was the result of the 1971 general election in Denmark?

Social Democrats won 70 of 179 seats with 37.3% of the vote. 87.2% 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 70 of 179 seats with 37.3% of the vote; 87.2% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 2.1 points on 1968.

  • Social Democrats 70 +8 seats 37.3% +3.2 points
  • Conservative People's Party 31 −6 seats 16.7% −3.7 points
  • Venstre 30 −4 seats 15.6% −3.0 points
  • Danish Social Liberal Party 27 0 seats 14.3% −0.7 points
  • Socialist Peoples Party 17 +6 seats 9.1% +3.0 points
  • Christian Democrats 0 2.0%
  • Justice Party of Denmark 0 1.7%
  • Left Socialists 0 −4 seats 1.6% −0.4 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 1968 general election, party by party.

90 of 179 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 37.3%

    Share of the vote won by Social Democrats

    Social Democrats won 70 of 179 seats. A majority needs 90.

  2. +8 seats

    Seats gained by Social Democrats

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1968. Conservative People's Party lost 6 seats.

  3. 87.2%

    Voter turnout

    Down 2.1 points on 1968.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Social Democrats70+837.3+3.21,074,777
Conservative People's Party31−616.7−3.7481,335
Venstre30−415.6−3.0450,904
Danish Social Liberal Party27014.3−0.7413,620
Socialist Peoples Party17+69.1+3.0262,756
Christian Democrats02.057,072
Justice Party of Denmark01.750,231
Left Socialists0−41.6−0.445,979
Communist Party of Denmark001.4+0.439,564
Greenland and Faroe Islands40

± is the change against the Denmark 1968 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Social Democrats 1,074,777
  • Conservative People's Party 481,335
  • Venstre 450,904
  • Danish Social Liberal Party 413,620
  • Socialist Peoples Party 262,756
  • Christian Democrats 57,072
  • Justice Party of Denmark 50,231
  • Left Socialists 45,979
  • Communist Party of Denmark 39,564
  • 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?

87.2% of the 3,332,044 registered voters cast a ballot (2,904,096 ballots), down 2.1 points on 1968. 2,883,900 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout since 1964 in our data.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Social Democrats37.3% of votes39.1% of seats
  • Conservative People's Party16.7% of votes17.3% of seats
  • Venstre15.6% of votes16.8% of seats
  • Danish Social Liberal Party14.3% of votes15.1% of seats
  • Socialist Peoples Party9.1% of votes9.5% of seats
  • Christian Democrats2.0% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 3.3 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.5 by votes and 4.1 by seats; Social Democrats led Conservative People's Party by 20.6 points of the vote.

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