1968 Danish general election

1968 Danish general election
23 January 1968
All 179 seats in the Folketing
90 seats needed for a majority
Turnout89.28%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
Social Democrats Jens Otto Krag 34.15 62 −7
Conservatives Poul Sørensen 20.35 37 +3
Venstre Poul Hartling 18.57 34 −1
Social Liberals Hilmar Baunsgaard 14.97 27 +14
SF Aksel Larsen 6.11 11 −9
Left Socialists Collective leadership 2.00 4 New
Elected in the Faroe Islands
People's Hákun Djurhuus 34.42 1 0
Social Democratic Peter Mohr Dam 32.47 1 0
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		 Hilmar Baunsgaard
Social Liberals

General elections were held in Denmark on 23 January 1968. The Social Democratic Party remained the largest in the Folketing, with 62 of the 179 seats. Voter turnout was 89% in Denmark proper, 57% in the Faroe Islands and 56% in Greenland. They were the last elections in which the old counties were used as constituencies.

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