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.[1]: 542 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.
^ abcNohlen, Dieter; Stöver, Philip (2010). Elections in Europe: A Data Handbook. Baden-Baden, Germany: Nomos. p. 524. ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7. OCLC617565273.