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1957 Danish general election

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Field	Value
election_name	1957 Danish general election
country	Kingdom of Denmark
previous_election	1953
next_election	1960
seats_for_election	All 179 seats in the Folketing
majority_seats	90
election_date	14 May 1957
party1	Social Democrats (Denmark)	leader1 = H. C. Hansen	last_election1 = 74	seats1 = 70	percentage1 = 39.40
party2	Venstre (Denmark)	leader2 = Erik Eriksen	last_election2 = 42	seats2 = 45	percentage2 = 25.06
party3	Conservative People's Party (Denmark)	leader3 = Aksel Møller	last_election3 = 30	seats3 = 30	percentage3 = 16.62
party4	Danish Social Liberal Party	leader4 = Jørgen Jørgensen	last_election4 = 14	seats4 = 14	percentage4 = 7.78
party5	Justice Party of Denmark	leader5 = Helge Madsen	last_election5 = 6	seats5 = 9	percentage5 = 5.31
party6	Communist Party of Denmark	leader6 = Aksel Larsen	last_election6 = 8	seats6 = 6	percentage6 = 3.13
party7	Schleswig Party	leader7 =	last_election7 = 1	seats7 = 1	percentage7 = 0.40
heading8	Elected in the Faroe Islands
party8	People's Party (Faroe Islands)	leader8 = Hákun Djurhuus	last_election8 = new	seats8 = 1	percentage8 = 37.56
party9	Union Party (Faroe Islands)	leader9 = Johan Poulsen	last_election9 = 0	seats9 = 1	percentage9 = 33.80
heading10	Elected in Greenland
party10	Independents	leader10 = –	last_election10 = 2	seats10 = 2	percentage10 = 100
title	Prime Minister
posttitle	Prime Minister-elect
before_election	Hans Christian Hansen
before_party	Social Democrats (Denmark)
after_election	Hans Christian Hansen
after_party	Social Democrats (Denmark)
turnout	83.73%
map	Folketing1957.svg

General elections were held in Denmark on 14 May 1957. The Social Democratic Party remained the largest in the Folketing, with 70 of the 179 seats. Voter turnout was 84% in Denmark proper, 38% in the Faroe Islands and 62% in Greenland (although only one of its two constituencies was contested as the incumbent in the other was re-elected unopposed). The electoral threshold was 60,000 votes.

Results

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p524 {{ISBN. 978-3-8329-5609-7
Nohlen & Stöver, p542

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