Regional elections were held in Denmark on 3 March 1970. 4677 municipal council members were elected to the 1970 - 1974 term of office in the 277 municipalities, as well as 366 members of the 14 counties of Denmark. The term of office was 1 April 1970 - 31 March 1974. In Copenhagen County Sengeløse was created a municipality from 1 April 1970, but existed only until 31 March 1974. It was abolished 1 April 1974, becoming part of Høje-Taastrup Municipality. Store Magleby parish municipality merged with Dragør parish municipality to become Dragør Municipality from 1 April 1974. From 1 April 1974 there were 275 municipalities in Denmark.
Results of regional elections The results of the regional elections:
County Councils PartySeatsSocial Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) (A) 162Liberals (Venstre) (D) 95Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti) (C) 72Social Liberal Party (Det Radikale Venstre) (B) 35Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti) (F) 1Schleswig Party (Slesvigsk Parti) (S) 1Others 0Total 366
Municipal Councils PartySeatsSocial Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) (A) 1769Liberals (Venstre) (D) 1080Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti) (C) 650Social Liberal Party (Det Radikale Venstre) (B) 323Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti) (F) 27Schleswig Party (Slesvigsk Parti) (S) 20Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) (K) 4Justice Party of Denmark (Retsforbundet) (E) 1Left Socialists (Venstresocialisterne) (Y) 1Others 802Total 4677
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