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Denmark 1973 general election

What was the result of the 1973 general election in Denmark?

Social Democrats won 46 of 179 seats with 25.6% of the vote. 88.7% 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 46 of 179 seats with 25.6% of the vote; 88.7% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 1.6 points on 1971.

  • Social Democrats 46 −24 seats 25.6% −11.7 points
  • Progress Party 27 15.9%
  • Venstre 22 −8 seats 12.3% −3.3 points
  • Danish Social Liberal Party 20 −7 seats 11.2% −3.1 points
  • Conservative People's Party 16 −15 seats 9.2% −7.5 points
  • Centre Democrats 13 7.8%
  • Socialist Peoples Party 11 −6 seats 6.0% −3.1 points
  • Christian Democrats 7 +7 seats 4.0% +2.0 points
  • Communist Party of Denmark 6 +6 seats 3.6% +2.2 points
  • Justice Party of Denmark 5 +5 seats 2.9% +1.2 points
  • Greenland and Faroe Islands 4 0 seats
  • Independent Party 1
  • 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 1971 general election, party by party.

90 of 179 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 25.6%

    Share of the vote won by Social Democrats

    Social Democrats won 46 of 179 seats. A majority needs 90.

  2. +7 seats

    Seats gained by Christian Democrats

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1971. Social Democrats lost 24 seats.

  3. 88.7%

    Voter turnout

    Up 1.6 points on 1971.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Social Democrats46−2425.6−11.7783,145
Progress Party2715.9485,289
Venstre22−812.3−3.3374,283
Danish Social Liberal Party20−711.2−3.1343,117
Conservative People's Party16−159.2−7.5279,391
Centre Democrats137.8236,784
Socialist Peoples Party11−66.0−3.1183,522
Christian Democrats7+74.0+2.0123,573
Communist Party of Denmark6+63.6+2.2110,715
Justice Party of Denmark5+52.9+1.287,904
Left Socialists001.5−0.144,843
Greenland and Faroe Islands40
Independent Party1
Schleswig Party1

± is the change against the Denmark 1971 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Social Democrats 783,145
  • Progress Party 485,289
  • Venstre 374,283
  • Danish Social Liberal Party 343,117
  • Conservative People's Party 279,391
  • Centre Democrats 236,784
  • Socialist Peoples Party 183,522
  • Christian Democrats 123,573
  • Communist Party of Denmark 110,715
  • Justice Party of Denmark 87,904
  • Left Socialists 44,843
  • Greenland and Faroe Islands
  • Independent Party
  • Schleswig Party

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?

88.7% of the 3,460,737 registered voters cast a ballot (3,070,253 ballots), up 1.6 points on 1971. 3,053,203 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Social Democrats25.6% of votes25.7% of seats
  • Progress Party15.9% of votes15.1% of seats
  • Venstre12.3% of votes12.3% of seats
  • Danish Social Liberal Party11.2% of votes11.2% of seats
  • Conservative People's Party9.2% of votes8.9% of seats
  • Centre Democrats7.8% of votes7.3% of seats
  • Socialist Peoples Party6.0% of votes6.1% of seats
  • Christian Democrats4.0% of votes3.9% of seats
  • Communist Party of Denmark3.6% of votes3.4% of seats
  • Justice Party of Denmark2.9% of votes2.8% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 2.1 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 7.1 by votes and 7.3 by seats; Social Democrats led Progress Party by 9.7 points of the vote.

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