Danish general election, 1960

Danish general election, 1960

15 November 1960
All 179 seats to the Folketing 90 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout	85.5%
First party Second party Third party   150x150px Leader Viggo Kampmann Erik Eriksen Poul Sørensen Party Social Democrats Venstre Conservative People's Last election 70 seats, 39.4% 45 seats, 25.1% 30 seats, 16.6% Seats won 76 38 32 Seat change 6 7 2 Popular vote 1,023,794 512,041 435,764 Percentage 42.1% 21.1% 17.9%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Aksel Larsen Jørgen Jørgensen  ? Party Socialist People's Social Liberals Independents Last election New 14 seats, 7.8% New Seats won 11 11 6 Seat change 11 3 6 Popular vote 149,440 140,979 81,134 Percentage 6.1% 5.8% 3.3%   Seventh party   Leader  ? Party Schleswig Last election 1 seat, 0.4% Seats won 1 Seat change 0 Popular vote 9,058 Percentage 0.4%
Prime Minister before election Viggo Kampmann Social Democrats Prime Minister-elect Viggo Kampmann Social Democrats

General elections were held in Denmark on 15 November 1960. The Social Democratic Party remained the largest in the Folketing, with 76 of the 179 seats. Voter turnout was 85.8% in Denmark proper, 57.1% in the Faroe Islands and 65.8% in Greenland.

Results

Denmark
Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Social Democratic Party	1,023,794	42.1	76	+6
Venstre	512,041	21.1	38	–7
Conservative People's Party	435,764	17.9	32	+2
Socialist People's Party	149,440	6.1	11	New
Danish Social Liberal Party	140,979	5.8	11	–3
Independent Party	81,134	3.3	6	+6
Justice Party of Denmark	52,330	2.2	0	–9
Communist Party of Denmark	27,298	1.1	0	–6
Schleswig Party	9,058	0.4	1	0
Independents	109	0.0	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	7,989	–	–	–
Total	2,439,936	100	175	0
Faroe Islands
Social Democratic Party	3,712	34.2	1	+1
Union Party	2,391	22.0	1	1
People's Party	2,158	19.9	0	–1
Independents	2,583	23.8	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	55	–	–	–
Total	10,899	100	2	0
Greenland
Independents	8,489	100	2	0
Invalid/blank votes	71	–	–	–
Total	8,560	100	2	0
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Popular vote
A			42.10%
D			21.05%
C			17.92%
F			6.14%
B			5.80%
U			3.34%
E			2.15%
K			1.12%
Others			0.38%