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1971 Danish general election

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Field	Value
election_name	1971 Danish general election
country	Kingdom of Denmark
previous_election	[1968](1968-danish-general-election)
next_election	[1973](1973-danish-general-election)
seats_for_election	All 179 seats in the Folketing
majority_seats	90
election_date	21 September 1971
party1	Social Democrats (Denmark)	leader1 = Jens Otto Krag	last_election1 = 62	seats1 = 70	percentage1 = 37.27
party2	Conservative People's Party (Denmark)	leader2 = Poul Møller	last_election2 = 37	seats2 = 31	percentage2 = 16.69
party3	Venstre (Denmark)	leader3 = Poul Hartling	last_election3 = 34	seats3 = 30	percentage3 = 15.64
party4	Danish Social Liberal Party	leader4 = Hilmar Baunsgaard	last_election4 = 27	seats4 = 27	percentage4 = 14.34
party5	Socialist People's Party (Denmark)	leader5 = Sigurd Ømann	last_election5 = 11	seats5 = 17	percentage5 = 9.11
heading6	Elected in the Faroe Islands
party6	Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands)	leader6 = Jákup Frederik Øregaard	last_election6 = 1	seats6 = 1	percentage6 = 31.77
party7	People's Party (Faroe Islands)	leader7 = Hákun Djurhuus	last_election7 = 1	seats7 = 1	percentage7 = 20.42
heading8	Elected in Greenland
party8	Independents	leader8 = –	last_election8 = 2	seats8 = 2	percentage8 = 100
title	Prime Minister
posttitle	Prime Minister-elect
before_election	Hilmar Baunsgaard
before_party	Danish Social Liberal Party
after_election	Jens Otto Krag
after_party	Social Democrats (Denmark)
turnout	87.16%
map	{{Switcher

| [[File:Folketingsvalget 1971 - Opstillingskredse.svg|300px]] | Largest party within each nomination district and constituency. | [[File:Folketing1971.svg|300px]] | Distribution of constituency and levelling seats.}}

General elections were held in Denmark on 21 September 1971 and in the Faroe Islands on 5 October. The Social Democratic Party remained the largest in the Folketing, with 70 of the 179 seats. Voter turnout was 87% in Denmark proper, 57% in the Faroe Islands and 52% in Greenland (where only one of the two constituencies was contested as the other had only a single candidate who was elected unopposed).

Electoral system

All members were elected by party-list proportional representation in multi-member constituencies and in levelling seats filled at-large using overall party vote shares. The districts elected between 2 and 14 members each. They were the first elections using the new counties as constituencies.

Campaign

The incumbent Baunsgaard government called an early election as a referendum on the Danish ascension to the common market. The campaign was also dominated by the policies of austerity instituted by the government.

Results

Aftermath

The election result was one of the closest in Danish history, with the right and left mainland blocks separated by only one seat. Ultimately former prime minister Jens Otto Krag was returned to power through an agreement with the two independents elected from the Greenland constituencies.

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p524 {{ISBN. 978-3-8329-5609-7
[http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/DENMARK_1971_E.PDF Denmark] Inter-Parliamentary Union
Nohlen & Stöver, pp543-544
"Folketinget (January 1971) {{!}} Election results {{!}} Denmark".
Kurrild-Klitgaard, Peter. (December 2011). "Election inversions, coalitions and proportional representation: Examples from Danish elections". MPRA Paper.

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