General elections were held in
Denmark on 4 December 1973 and in the
Faroe Islands on 13 December. It has since been referred to as the
Landslide Election , as five new or previously unrepresented parties won seats, and more than half the members of the parliament were replaced. The
Social Democratic Party, which had led a minority government up until this election, lost a third of their seats. After the election
Poul Hartling, the leader of the liberal
Venstre, formed the smallest minority government in Denmark's history with only 22 seats, supported by the
Progress Party, the
Conservative People's Party, the
Social Liberal Party, the
Centre Democrats and the
Christian People's Party.