General elections were held in Denmark on 15 November 1960.^[1] 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.^[2] 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.

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1960 Danish general election

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All 179 seats in the Folketing 90 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	85.84%
Party Leader % Seats +/– Social Democrats Viggo Kampmann 42.10 76 +6 Venstre Erik Eriksen 21.05 38 −7 Conservatives Poul Sørensen 17.92 32 +2 SF Aksel Larsen 6.14 11 New Social Liberals Jørgen Jørgensen 5.80 11 −3 Independents Iver Poulsen 3.34 6 New Schleswig Party 0.37 1 0 Elected in the Faroe Islands Social Democratic Peter Mohr Dam 34.23 1 +1 Union Johan Poulsen 22.05 1 +1 Elected in Greenland Independents – 100 2 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister-elect Viggo Kampmann Social Democrats Viggo Kampmann Social Democrats

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