1953 Danish general election

1953 Danish general election
Danish Realm
← April 1953 22 September 1953 1957 →

All 179 seats in the Folketing
90 seats needed for a majority
Turnout80.58%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
Social Democrats Hans Hedtoft 41.31 74 +13
Venstre Erik Eriksen 23.06 42 +9
Conservatives Ole Bjørn Kraft 16.85 30 +4
Social Liberals Jørgen Jørgensen 7.81 14 +1
Communists Aksel Larsen 4.33 8 +1
Justice Viggo Stacke 3.48 6 −3
Schleswig Party 0.45 1 +1
Elected in the Faroe Islands
Social Democratic Peter Mohr Dam 1 0
Union Johan Poulsen 1 +1
Elected in Greenland
Independents 100 2 New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister-elect
Erik Eriksen
Venstre
Hans Hedtoft
Social Democrats
Ballot paper in Copenhagen district

General elections were held in the Kingdom of Denmark on 22 September 1953,[1] the first under the new constitution. The Social Democratic Party remained the largest in the Folketing, with 74 of the 179 seats. Voter turnout was 81% in Denmark proper and 69% in Greenland.[2] The electoral threshold was 60,000 votes.

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p524 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p541

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