General elections were held in Denmark on 21 September 1971 and in the Faroe Islands on 5 October.

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

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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).Nohlen & Stöver, pp543-544 They were the first elections using the new counties as constituencies.

Results

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