General elections were held in Denmark on 21 September 1971 and in the Faroe Islands on 5 October.^[1][2] The Social Democratic Party remained the largest in the Folketing, with 70 of the 179 seats. Voter turnout was 87% in Denmark proper, 57% in the Faroe Islands and 52% in Greenland (where only one of the two constituencies was contested as the other had only a single candidate who was elected unopposed).^[3]

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1971 Danish general election

← 1968 21 September 1971 1973 →
All 179 seats in the Folketing 90 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	87.16%
Party Leader % Seats +/– Social Democrats Jens Otto Krag 37.27 70 +8 Conservatives Poul Møller 16.69 31 −6 Venstre Poul Hartling 15.64 30 −4 Social Liberals Hilmar Baunsgaard 14.34 27 0 SF Sigurd Ømann 9.11 17 +6 Elected in the Faroe Islands Social Democratic Jákup Frederik Øregaard 31.77 1 0 People's Hákun Djurhuus 20.42 1 0 Elected in Greenland Independents – 100 2 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Largest party within each nomination district and constituency. Distribution of constituency and levelling seats. Prime Minister before Prime Minister-elect Hilmar Baunsgaard Social Liberals Jens Otto Krag Social Democrats

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All members were elected by party-list proportional representation in multi-member constituencies and in levelling seats filled at-large using overall party vote shares. The districts elected between 2 and 14 members each. They were the first elections using the new counties as constituencies.