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1953 Danish Folketing election

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Field	Value
election_name	1953 Danish Folketing election
country	Kingdom of Denmark
previous_election	1950
next_election	September 1953
seats_for_election	All 151 seats in the Folketing
majority_seats	76
election_date	21 April 1953
party1	Social Democrats (Denmark)	leader1 = Hans Hedtoft	last_election1 = 59	seats1 = 61	percentage1 = 40.39
party2	Venstre (Denmark)	leader2 = Erik Eriksen	last_election2 = 32	seats2 = 33	percentage2 = 22.06
party3	Conservative People's Party (Denmark)	leader3 = Ole Bjørn Kraft	last_election3 = 27	seats3 = 26	percentage3 = 17.31
party4	Danish Social Liberal Party	leader4 = Jørgen Jørgensen	last_election4 = 12	seats4 = 13	percentage4 = 8.64
party5	Justice Party of Denmark	leader5 = Oluf Pedersen	last_election5 = 12	seats5 = 9	percentage5 = 5.62
party6	Communist Party of Denmark	leader6 = Aksel Larsen	last_election6 = 7	seats6 = 7	percentage6 = 4.78
heading8	Elected in the Faroe Islands
party8	Union Party (Faroe Islands)	leader8 = Johan Poulsen	last_election8 = 1	seats8 = 1	percentage8 = 45.00
party9	Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands)	leader9 = Peter Mohr Dam	last_election9 = 1	seats9 = 1	percentage9 = 44.58
title	Prime Minister
posttitle	Prime Minister-elect
before_election	Erik Eriksen
before_party	Venstre (Denmark)
after_election	Erik Eriksen
after_party	Venstre (Denmark)
turnout	80.80%
map	Folketing1953apr.svg

Folketing elections were held alongside Landsting elections in Denmark on 21 April 1953, 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 81% in Denmark proper but just 20% in the Faroes.

They were the last elections under the bicameral system, as the Landsting was abolished later in the year.

Results

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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