Danish Folketing election, 1953

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, 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.

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