1960 Danish general election
# 1960 Danish general election

General elections were held in Denmark on 15 November 1960. The Social Democratic Party remained the largest in the Folketing, with 76 of the 179 seats. Voter turnout was 86% in Denmark proper, 57% in the Faroe Islands and 66% in Greenland. They were the last elections in which the electoral threshold for the Danish seats was 60,000 votes. The following year the electoral law was amended to make it 2% of the vote.

## Results

| Denmark proper ||||||
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Social Democrats | 1,023,794 | 42.10 | 76 | +6 |
| | Venstre | 512,041 | 21.05 | 38 | –7 |
| | Conservative People's Party | 435,764 | 17.92 | 32 | +2 |
| | Socialist People's Party | 149,440 | 6.14 | 11 | New |
| | Danish Social Liberal Party | 140,979 | 5.80 | 11 | –3 |
| | Independent Party | 81,134 | 3.34 | 6 | +6 |
| | Justice Party of Denmark | 52,330 | 2.15 | 0 | –9 |
| | Communist Party of Denmark | 27,298 | 1.12 | 0 | –6 |
| | Schleswig Party | 9,058 | 0.37 | 1 | 0 |
| | Independents | 109 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 2,431,947 | 100.00 | 175 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 2,431,947 | 99.67 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 7,989 | 0.33 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 2,439,936 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 2,842,336 | 85.84 | | |
| Faroe Islands ||||||
| | Social Democratic Party | 3,712 | 34.23 | 1 | +1 |
| | Union Party | 2,391 | 22.05 | 1 | 1 |
| | People's Party | 2,158 | 19.90 | 0 | –1 |
| | Independents | 2,583 | 23.82 | 0 | New |
| Total | Total | 10,844 | 100.00 | 2 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 10,844 | 99.50 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 55 | 0.50 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 10,899 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 19,089 | 57.10 | | |
| Greenland ||||||
| | Independents | 8,489 | 100.00 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 8,489 | 100.00 | 2 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 8,489 | 99.17 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 71 | 0.83 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 8,560 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 13,005 | 65.82 | | |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver ||||||
