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1950 Danish Folketing election

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Field	Value
election_name	1950 Danish Folketing election
country	Kingdom of Denmark
previous_election	1947
next_election	1953
seats_for_election	All 151 seats in the Folketing
majority_seats	76
election_date	5 September 1950
party1	Social Democrats (Denmark)	leader1 = Hans Hedtoft	last_election1 = 57	seats1 = 59	percentage1 = 39.59
party2	Venstre (Denmark)	leader2 = Erik Eriksen	last_election2 = 49	seats2 = 32	percentage2 = 21.33
party3	Conservative People's Party (Denmark)	leader3 = Ole Bjørn Kraft	last_election3 = 17	seats3 = 27	percentage3 = 17.78
party4	Justice Party of Denmark	leader4 = Oluf Pedersen	last_election4 = 6	seats4 = 12	percentage4 = 8.22
party5	Danish Social Liberal Party	leader5 = Jørgen Jørgensen	last_election5 = 10	seats5 = 12	percentage5 = 8.18
party6	Communist Party of Denmark	leader6 = Aksel Larsen	last_election6 = 9	seats6 = 7	percentage6 = 4.60
heading8	Elected in the Faroe Islands
party8	Union Party (Faroe Islands)	leader8 = Johan Poulsen	last_election8 = 1	seats8 = 1	percentage8 = 46.64
party9	Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands)	leader9 = Peter Mohr Dam	last_election9 = 0	seats9 = 1	percentage9 = 38.56
title	Prime Minister
posttitle	Prime Minister-elect
before_election	Hans Hedtoft
before_party	Social Democrats (Denmark)
after_election	Erik Eriksen
after_party	Venstre (Denmark)
turnout	81.87%
map	Folketing1950.svg

Folketing elections were held in Denmark on 5 September 1950, except in the Faroe Islands where they were held on 14 October. The Social Democratic Party remained the largest in the Folketing, with 59 of the 151 seats. Voter turnout was 82% in Denmark proper but just 22% in the Faroes.

Electoral system changes

Following a new electoral law in 1948, the number of levelling seats was increased from 31 to 44 while the number of district seats was decreased from 117 to 105. In total 1 new seat was added.

Results

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p524 {{ISBN. 978-3-8329-5609-7
Nohlen & Stöver, pp540-541
Cohn, Einar. (November 1950). "Folketingsvalget den 5. september". Danmarks Statistik.

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