All 179 seats in the Folketing 90 seats needed for a majority
Turnout
89.28%
Party
Leader
%
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.[1] 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.[2] They were the last elections in which the old counties were used as constituencies.
^Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p524 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
^Nohlen & Stöver, p543
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