1973 Danish general election

1973 Danish general election

4 December 1973
All 179 seats in the Folketing 90 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	88.32%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– Social Democrats Anker Jørgensen 25.65 46 −24 Progress Mogens Glistrup 15.89 28 New Venstre Poul Hartling 12.26 22 −8 Social Liberals Hilmar Baunsgaard 11.24 20 −7 Conservatives Erik Ninn-Hansen 9.15 16 −15 Centre Democrats Erhard Jakobsen 7.76 14 New SF Sigurd Ømann 6.01 11 −6 KrF Jacob Christensen 4.05 7 +7 Communists Knud Jespersen 3.63 6 +6 Justice Ib Christensen 2.88 5 +5 Elected in the Faroe Islands Social Democratic Atli Dam 28.60 1 0 Republican Signar Hansen 25.11 1 New Elected in Greenland Independents – 100 2 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Largest party within each nomination district and constituency. Distribution of constituency and levelling seats. Prime Minister before Prime Minister-elect Anker Jørgensen Social Democrats Poul Hartling Venstre

Ballot paper

General elections were held in Denmark on 4 December 1973 and in the Faroe Islands on 13 December.^[1][2] It has since been referred to as the Landslide Election (Danish: Jordskredsvalget),^[3] 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.^[4]

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.^[5]

The USSR covertly funded the Communist Party of Denmark.^[6]

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Denmark proper
	Social Democrats	783,145	25.65	46	–24
	Progress Party	485,289	15.89	28	New
	Venstre	374,283	12.26	22	–8
	Danish Social Liberal Party	343,117	11.24	20	–7
	Conservative People's Party	279,391	9.15	16	–15
	Centre Democrats	236,784	7.76	14	New
	Socialist People's Party	183,522	6.01	11	–6
	Christian People's Party	123,573	4.05	7	+7
	Communist Party of Denmark	110,715	3.63	6	+6
	Justice Party of Denmark	87,904	2.88	5	+5
	Left Socialists	44,843	1.47	0	0
	Independents	637	0.02	0	0
Total		3,053,203	100.00	175	0
Valid votes		3,053,203	99.44
Invalid/blank votes		17,050	0.56
Total votes		3,070,253	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		3,460,737	88.72
Faroe Islands
	Social Democratic Party	3,772	28.60	1	0
	Republican Party	3,312	25.11	1	New
	People's Party	2,690	20.39	0	–1
	Union Party	2,533	19.20	0	0
	Self-Government	553	4.19	0	0
	Progress Party	258	1.96	0	0
	Independents	72	0.55	0	0
Total		13,190	100.00	2	0
Valid votes		13,190	99.64
Invalid/blank votes		47	0.36
Total votes		13,237	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		24,259	54.57
Greenland
	Independents	15,869	100.00	2	0
Total		15,869	100.00	2	0
Valid votes		15,869	96.87
Invalid/blank votes		512	3.13
Total votes		16,381	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		24,838	65.95
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

See also

• The 2015 Danish general election was called Hofteskredsvalget in reference to the term Jordskredsvalget
• Landslide victory
• Political realignment

References

1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p524 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
2. Denmark Inter-Parliamentary Union
3. Jespersen, KJV A History of Denmark
4. Nohlen & Stöver, p544
5. Dean, Wayne (1989-12-02). "Danish Blue: The Jesus Sex Film Scandal". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 79. Archived from the original on 2023-12-16. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
6. Levin, Dov H. (2016-09-19). "Partisan electoral interventions by the great powers: Introducing the PEIG Dataset". Conflict Management and Peace Science. 36 (1): 88–106. doi:10.1177/0738894216661190. ISSN 0738-8942. S2CID 157114479.

External links

• "Jordskredsvalget" on danmarkshistorien.dk