1973 Danish general election

1973 Danish general election

4 December 1973
Turnout	88.72%
Party Leader % Seats ± Social Democrats 25.65 46 Progress 15.89 28 Venstre 12.26 22 Social Liberals 11.24 20 Conservative People's 9.15 16 Centre Democrats (Denmark) 7.76 14 Socialist People's 6.01 11 KrF 4.05 7 Communists 3.63 6 Justice 2.88 5 Social Democratic 28.60 1 Republican 25.11 1 Independents 100 2
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Prime Minister before Prime Minister-elect Anker Jørgensen Social Democrats Poul Hartling Venstre

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Ballot paper

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 89% in Denmark proper, 55% in the Faroe Islands and 66% in Greenland.

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.

The USSR covertly funded the Communist Party of Denmark.

See also

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

External links

• "Jordskredsvalget" on danmarkshistorien.dk