Danish Folketing election, 1953

21 April 1953

All 151 seats to the Folketing 76 seats were needed for a majority

Turnout	80.8%
	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Hans Hedtoft	Erik Eriksen	Ole Bjørn Kraft
Party	Social Democrats	Venstre	Conservative People's
Last election	59 seats, 39.6%	32 seats, 21.3%	27 seats, 17.8%
Seats won	61	33	26
Seat change	2	1	1
Popular vote	836,507	456,896	358,509
Percentage	40.4%	22.1%	17.3%

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Leader	Jørgen Jørgensen	Oluf Pedersen	Aksel Larsen
Party	Social Liberals	Justice	Communists
Last election	12 seats, 8.2%	12 seats, 8.2%	7 seats, 4.6%
Seats won	13	9	7
Seat change	1	3	0
Popular vote	178,942	116,288	98,940
Percentage	8.6%	5.6%	4.8%

Prime Minister before election

Erik Eriksen
Venstre

Prime Minister-elect

Erik Eriksen
Venstre

Folketing elections were held alongside Landsting elections 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	+/–
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

Popular vote

A			40.39%
D			22.06%
C			17.31%
B			8.64%
E			5.62%
K			4.78%
R			0.79%
Others			0.41%

Faroe Islands

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
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

↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p524 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p541

Elections and referendums in Denmark

Folketing elections	1849 1852 1853 (Feb) 1853 (May) 1854 1855 1858 1861 1864 1866 (Jun) 1866 (Oct) 1869 1872 1873 1876 1879 1881 (May) 1881 (Jul) 1884 1887 1890 1892 1895 1898 1901 1903 1906 1909 1910 1913 1915 1918 1920 (Apr) 1920 (Jul) 1920 (Sep) 1924 1926 1929 1932 1935 1939 1943 1945 1947 1950 1953 (Apr) 1953 (Sep) 1957 1960 1964 1966 1968 1971 1973 1975 1977 1979 1981 1984 1987 1988 1990 1994 1998 2001 2005 2007 2011 2015 Next

Landsting elections	1849 1853 1855 1859 1863 1866 (Jun) 1866 (Oct) 1870 1874 1878 1882 1886 1890 1894 1898 1902 1906 1910 1914 1915 1918 1920 (Aug) 1920 (Oct) 1924 1928 1932 1936 1939 1943 (1945) 1947 1951 1953

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Other elections	Constituent Assembly 1848 Rigsraadet 1856 1864 1865

Referendums	1916 1920 1939 1953 1961 1963 1969 1971 1972 1978 1986 1992 1993 1998 2000 2009 2014 2015

See also: Elections and referendums in the Faroe Islands Elections and referendums in Greenland

Elections and referendums in the Faroe Islands

Løgting elections	1906 1908 1910 1912 1914 1916 1918 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1943 1945 1946 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1980 1984 1988 1990 1994 1998 2002 2004 2008 2011 2015

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Referendums	1907 1946 1973 2009

See also: Elections and referendums in Denmark Elections and referendums in Greenland

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