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1975 Danish general election

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Field	Value
election_name	1975 Danish general election
country	Kingdom of Denmark
ongoing	no
previous_election	[1973](1973-danish-general-election)
next_election	[1977](1977-danish-general-election)
seats_for_election	All 179 seats in the Folketing
majority_seats	90
election_date	9 January 1975
party1	Social Democrats (Denmark)	leader1 = Anker Jørgensen	last_election1 = 46	seats1 = 53	percentage1 = 29.94
party2	Venstre (Denmark)	leader2 = Poul Hartling	last_election2 = 22	seats2 = 42	percentage2 = 23.33
party3	Progress Party (Denmark)	leader3 = Mogens Glistrup	last_election3 = 28	seats3 = 24	percentage3 = 13.58
party4	Danish Social Liberal Party	leader4 = Svend Haugaard	last_election4 = 20	seats4 = 13	percentage4 = 7.10
party5	Conservative People's Party (Denmark)	leader5 = Poul Schlüter	last_election5 = 16	seats5 = 10	percentage5 = 5.51
party6	KrF	leader6 = Jens Møller	last_election6 = 7	seats6 = 9	percentage6 = 5.34
party7	Socialist People's Party (Denmark)	leader7 = Gert Petersen	last_election7 = 11	seats7 = 9	percentage7 = 4.95
party8	Communist Party of Denmark	leader8 = Knud Jespersen	last_election8 = 6	seats8 = 7	percentage8 = 4.19
party9	Centre Democrats (Denmark)	leader9 = Erhard Jakobsen	last_election9 = 14	seats9 = 4	percentage9 = 2.17
party10	Left Socialists	leader10 = Collective leadership	last_election10 = 0	seats10 = 4	percentage10 = 2.08
heading11	Elected in the Faroe Islands
party11	Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands)	leader11 = Atli Dam	last_election11 = 1	seats11 = 1	percentage11 = 29.69
party12	Republican	leader12 = Signar Hansen	last_election12 = 1	seats12 = 1	percentage12 = 25.72
heading13	Elected in Greenland
party13	Independents	leader13 = –	last_election13 = 2	seats13 = 2	percentage13 = 100
title	Prime Minister
posttitle	Prime Minister-elect
before_election	Poul Hartling
before_party	Venstre (Denmark)
after_election	Anker Jørgensen
after_party	Social Democrats (Denmark)
turnout	88.23%
map	{{Switcher

| [[File:Folketingsvalget 1975 - Opstillingskredse.svg|300px]] | Largest party within each nomination district and constituency. | [[File:Folketing1975.svg|300px]] | Distribution of constituency and levelling seats.}}

General elections were held in Denmark on 9 January 1975. The result was a victory for the Social Democratic Party, who won 53 of the 179 seats. Voter turnout was 88% in Denmark proper, 56% in the Faroe Islands and 69% in Greenland.

Political parties

The Soviet Union covertly funded the Communist Party of Denmark.

Results

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p524 {{ISBN. 978-3-8329-5609-7
Nohlen & Stöver, p544
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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