Danish general election, 1973

Danish general election, 1973

← 1971 4 December 1973 1975 →
All 179 seats to the Folketing 90 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout	88.3%
First party Second party   Leader Anker Jørgensen Mogens Glistrup Party Social Democrats Progress Last election 70 seats, 37.3% New Seats won 46 28 Seat change 24 28 Popular vote 783,145 485,289 Percentage 25.6% 15.9%
Prime Minister before election Anker Jørgensen Social Democrats Prime Minister-elect Poul Hartling Venstre

Anker Jørgensen
Social Democrats

Poul Hartling
Venstre

General elections were held in Denmark on 4 December 1973 and in the Faroe Islands on 13 December. It has since been referred to as the Landslide Election (Danish: Jordskredsvalget), 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 88.7% in Denmark proper, 54.6% in the Faroe Islands and 66.0% in Greenland.

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