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1973 Danish general election
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| Field | Value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| country | Kingdom of Denmark | ||||
| previous_election | [1971](1971-danish-general-election) | ||||
| next_election | [1975](1975-danish-general-election) | ||||
| seats_for_election | All 179 seats in the Folketing | ||||
| majority_seats | 90 | ||||
| election_date | 4 December 1973 | ||||
| turnout | 88.32% | ||||
| party1 | Social Democrats (Denmark) | leader1 = Anker Jørgensen | last_election1 = 70 | seats1 = 46 | percentage1 = 25.65 |
| party2 | Progress Party (Denmark) | leader2 = Mogens Glistrup | last_election2 = new | seats2 = 28 | percentage2 = 15.89 |
| party3 | Venstre (Denmark) | leader3 = Poul Hartling | last_election3 = 30 | seats3 = 22 | percentage3 = 12.26 |
| party4 | Danish Social Liberal Party | leader4 = Hilmar Baunsgaard | last_election4 = 27 | seats4 = 20 | percentage4 = 11.24 |
| party5 | Conservative People's Party (Denmark) | leader5 = Erik Ninn-Hansen | last_election5 = 31 | seats5 = 16 | percentage5 = 9.15 |
| party6 | Centre Democrats (Denmark) | leader6 = Erhard Jakobsen | last_election6 = new | seats6 = 14 | percentage6 = 7.76 |
| party7 | Socialist People's Party (Denmark) | leader7 = Sigurd Ømann | last_election7 = 17 | seats7 = 11 | percentage7 = 6.01 |
| party8 | KrF | leader8 = Jacob Christensen | last_election8 = 0 | seats8 = 7 | percentage8 = 4.05 |
| party9 | Communist Party of Denmark | leader9 = Knud Jespersen | last_election9 = 0 | seats9 = 6 | percentage9 = 3.63 |
| party10 | Justice Party of Denmark | leader10 = Ib Christensen | last_election10 = 0 | seats10 = 5 | percentage10 = 2.88 |
| heading11 | Elected in the Faroe Islands | ||||
| party11 | Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands) | leader11 = Atli Dam | last_election11 = 1 | seats11 = 1 | percentage11 = 28.60 |
| party12 | Republican | leader12 = Signar Hansen | last_election12 = new | seats12 = 1 | percentage12 = 25.11 |
| heading13 | Elected in Greenland | ||||
| party13 | Independents | leader13 = – | last_election13 = 2 | seats13 = 2 | percentage13 = 100 |
| title | Prime Minister | ||||
| posttitle | Prime Minister-elect | ||||
| before_election | Anker Jørgensen | ||||
| before_party | Social Democrats (Denmark) | ||||
| after_election | Poul Hartling | ||||
| after_party | Venstre (Denmark) | ||||
| map | {{Switcher |
| [[File:Folketingsvalget 1973 - Opstillingskredse.svg|300px]] | Largest party within each nomination district and constituency. | [[File:Folketing1973.svg|300px]] | Distribution of constituency and levelling seats.}}

General elections were held in Denmark on 4 December 1973 and in the Faroe Islands on 13 December. It has since been referred to as the Landslide Election (), as five new or previously unrepresented parties won seats, and more than half the members of the parliament were replaced. The Social Democratic Party, which had led a minority government until this election, lost a third of their seats. After the election Poul Hartling, the leader of the liberal Venstre, formed the smallest minority government in Denmark's history with only 22 seats, supported by the Progress Party, the Conservative People's Party, the Social Liberal Party, the Centre Democrats and the Christian People's Party.
Voter turnout was 89% in Denmark proper, 55% in the Faroe Islands and 66% in Greenland.
Parties
Two parties, the Christian People's Party and the Progress Party, campaigned against a grant awarded by the government-run Danish Film Institute for The Many Faces of Jesus, a proposed pornographic film about Jesus.
The USSR covertly funded the Communist Party of Denmark.
Results
References
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_1973_E.PDF Denmark] Inter-Parliamentary Union
- Jespersen, KJV [https://books.google.com/books?id=lZAYxcnHgo8C&dq=denmark+%22landslide+election%22&pg=PT73 A History of Denmark]
- Nohlen & Stöver, p544
- Dean, Wayne. (1989-12-02). "Danish Blue: The Jesus Sex Film Scandal". [[The Sydney Morning Herald]].
- Levin, Dov H.. (2016-09-19). "Partisan electoral interventions by the great powers: Introducing the PEIG Dataset". Conflict Management and Peace Science.
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