1964 Danish general election

1964 Danish general election
22 September 1964
All 179 seats in the Folketing
90 seats needed for a majority
Turnout85.51%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
Social Democrats Jens Otto Krag 41.94 76 0
Venstre Erik Eriksen 20.82 38 0
Conservatives Poul Sørensen 20.06 36 +4
SF Aksel Larsen 5.76 10 −1
Social Liberals Karl Skytte 5.31 10 −1
Independents Iver Poulsen 2.50 5 −1
Elected in the Faroe Islands
Social Democratic Peter Mohr Dam 39.34 1 0
People's Hákun Djurhuus 29.70 1 +1
Elected in Greenland
Independents – 100 2 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister-elect
Jens Otto Krag
Social Democrats		 Jens Otto Krag
Social Democrats

General elections were held in Denmark on 22 September 1964. The Social Democratic Party remained the largest in the Folketing, with 76 of the 179 seats. Voter turnout was 86% in Denmark proper, 50% in the Faroe Islands and 49% in Greenland. They were the first elections with the new electoral threshold of 2%.

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