1953 Danish Folketing election
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All 151 seats in the Folketing 76 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 80.8% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Folketing elections were held alongside in Denmark on 21 April 1953,[1] except in the Faroe Islands where they were held on 7 May. The Social Democratic Party remained the largest in the Folketing, with 61 of the 151 seats. Voter turnout was 80.8% in Denmark proper but just 20% in the Faroes.[2]
They were the last elections under the bicameral system, as the Landsting was abolished later in the year.
Results[]
Denmark[]
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | ||
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Social Democratic Party | 836,507 | 40.4 | 61 | +2 | ||
Venstre | 456,896 | 22.1 | 33 | +1 | ||
Conservative People's Party | 358,509 | 17.3 | 26 | –1 | ||
Danish Social Liberal Party | 178,942 | 8.6 | 13 | +1 | ||
Justice Party of Denmark | 116,288 | 5.6 | 9 | –3 | ||
Communist Party of Denmark | 98,940 | 4.8 | 7 | 0 | ||
Danish Unity | 16,383 | 0.8 | 0 | New | ||
Schleswig Party | 8,438 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 6,712 | – | – | – | ||
Total | 2,077,615 | 100 | 149 | 0 | ||
Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
Faroe Islands[]
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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Union Party | 1,515 | 45.0 | 1 | 0 |
Social Democratic Party | 1,501 | 44.6 | 1 | 0 |
Self-Government Party | 351 | 10.4 | 0 | 0 |
Invalid/blank votes | 36 | – | – | – |
Total | 3,403 | 100 | 2 | 0 |
Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
References[]
- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p524 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p541
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