Danish parliamentary election, 1966

Danish general election, 1966

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All 179 seats to the Folketing 90 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout	88.2%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Jens Otto Krag Poul Hartling Poul Sørensen Party Social Democrats Venstre Conservative People's Last election 76 seats, 41.9% 38 seats, 20.8% 36 seats, 20.1% Seats won 69 35 34 Seat change 7 3 2 Popular vote 1,068,911 539,027 522,028 Percentage 38.2% 19.3% 18.7%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Aksel Larsen Karl Skytte Bent Noack Party Socialist People's Social Liberals Liberal Centre Last election 10 seats, 5.8% 10 seats, 5.3% New Seats won 20 13 4 Seat change 10 3 4 Popular vote 304,437 203,858 69,180 Percentage 10.9% 7.3% 2.5%
Prime Minister before election Jens Otto Krag Social Democrats Prime Minister-elect Jens Otto Krag Social Democrats

Jens Otto Krag
Social Democrats

Jens Otto Krag
Social Democrats

General elections were held in Denmark on 22 November 1966, although in Greenland the elections were held on 6 December 1966. The Social Democratic Party remained the largest in the Folketing, with 69 of the 179 seats. Voter turnout was 88.6% in Denmark proper, 48.8% in the Faroe Islands and 59.0% in Greenland (where only one of the two constituencies was contested as the other had only one candidate who was elected unopposed).

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