General elections were held in

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on 21 September 1971 and in the

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on 5 October.

Dieter Nohlen Dieter Nohlen (born 6 November 1939) is a German academic and political scientist. He currently holds the position of Emeritus Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg. An ex ...

& Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p524 Denmark
Inter-Parliamentary Union The

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remained the largest in the

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, with 70 of the 179 seats. Voter turnout was 87% in Denmark proper, 57% in the

and 52% in

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(where only one of the two constituencies was contested as the other had only a single candidate who was elected unopposed).Nohlen & Stöver, pp543-544

Electoral system

All members were elected by party-list

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in multi-member constituencies and in levelling seats filled at-large using overall party vote shares. The

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elected between 2 and 14 members each. They were the first elections using the new counties as constituencies.

Results

References

{{Danish Elections 1971 elections in Denmark September 1971 in Europe Folketing elections