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1957 Danish general election

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Danish general election, 1957

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All 179 seats to the Folketing
90 seats were needed for a majority
  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 Decrease4 Increase3 Steady0
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 Steady0 Increase3 Decrease2
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 Steady0
Popular vote 9,202
Percentage 0.4%

Prime Minister before election

Hans Christian Hansen
Social Democrats

Prime Minister-elect

Hans Christian Hansen
Social Democrats

General elections were held in Denmark on 14 May 1957.[1] The 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

  1. ^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p524 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p542