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1968 Danish general election
	All 179 seats in the Folketing; 90 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	89.28%
Elected in the Faroe Islands
Elected in Greenland
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.

Results



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Denmark proper
	Social Democrats	974,833	34.15	62	–7
	Conservative People's Party	581,051	20.35	37	+3
	Venstre	530,167	18.57	34	–1
	Danish Social Liberal Party	427,304	14.97	27	+14
	Socialist People's Party	174,553	6.11	11	–9
	Left Socialists	57,184	2.00	4	New
	Liberal Centre	37,407	1.31	0	–4
	Communist Party of Denmark	29,706	1.04	0	0
	Justice Party of Denmark	21,124	0.74	0	0
	Independent Party	14,360	0.50	0	0
	Schleswig Party	6,831	0.24	0	New
	Independents	127	0.00	0	0
Total		2,854,647	100.00	175	0

Valid votes		2,854,647	99.65
Invalid/blank votes		10,158	0.35
Total votes		2,864,805	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		3,208,646	89.28
Faroe Islands
	People's Party	4,294	34.42	1	0
	Social Democratic Party	4,051	32.47	1	0
	Union Party	3,242	25.99	0	0
	Progress Party	889	7.13	0	New
Total		12,476	100.00	2	0

Valid votes		12,476	99.68
Invalid/blank votes		40	0.32
Total votes		12,516	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		22,122	56.58
Greenland
	Independents	11,164	100.00	2	0
Total		11,164	100.00	2	0

Valid votes		11,164	95.56
Invalid/blank votes		519	4.44
Total votes		11,683	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		20,766	56.26
Source: Nohlen & Stöver