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Danish general election, 1957
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Hans Christian Hansen
Erik Eriksen
Aksel Møller
Party
Social Democrats
Venstre
Conservatives
Last election
74 seats, 41.3%
42 seats, 23.1%
30 seats, 16.8%
Seats won
70
45
30
Seat change
Popular vote
910,170
578,932
383,843
Percentage
39.4%
25.1%
16.6%
Fourth party
Fifth party
Sixth party
Leader
Jørgen Jørgensen
?
Aksel Larsen
Party
Social Liberals
Justice
Communists
Last election
14 seats, 7.8%
6 seats, 3.5%
8 seats, 4.3%
Seats won
14
9
6
Seat change
Popular vote
179,822
122,759
72,315
Percentage
7.8%
5.3%
3.1%
Seventh party
Leader
?
Party
Schleswig Party
Last election
1 seat, 0.5
Seats won
1
Seat change
Popular vote
9,202
Percentage
0.4%
General elections were held in Denmark on 14 May 1957.[ 1] Social Democratic Party remained the largest in the Folketing , with 70 of the 179 seats. Voter turnout was 83.7% in Denmark proper, 37.6% in the Faroe Islands and 61.8% in Greenland (although only of its two constituencies was not contested as the incumbent was re-elected unopposed).[ 2]
Results
Denmark
Party
Votes
%
Seats
+/–
Social Democratic Party 910,170
39.4
70
–4
Venstre 578,932
25.1
45
+2
Conservative People's Party 383,843
16.6
30
0
Danish Social Liberal Party 179,822
7.8
14
0
Justice Party of Denmark 122,759
5.3
9
+3
Communist Party of Denmark 72,315
3.1
6
–2
Independent Party 53,061
2.3
0
0
Schleswig Party 9,202
0.4
1
0
Independents
71
0.0
0
New
Invalid/blank votes
10,922
–
–
–
Total 2,321,097 100 175 0
Faroe Islands
People's Party 2,574
37.6
1
New
Union Party 2,316
33.8
1
0
Social Democratic Party 1,963
28.6
0
–1
Invalid/blank votes
55
–
–
–
Total 6,908 100 2 0
Greenland
Independents
3,150
100
2
0
Invalid/blank votes
59
–
–
–
Total 3,209 100 2 0
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
Popular vote
A
39.40%
D
25.06%
C
16.62%
B
7.78%
E
5.31%
K
3.13%
U
2.30%
Others
0.40%
References
^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook , p524 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7^ Nohlen & Stöver, p542
