1957 Danish general election
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All 179 seats in the Folketing 90 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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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 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).[2] The electoral threshold was 60,000 votes.
Results
[edit]Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Denmark proper | |||||
Social Democrats | 910,170 | 39.40 | 70 | –4 | |
Venstre | 578,932 | 25.06 | 45 | +3 | |
Conservative People's Party | 383,843 | 16.62 | 30 | 0 | |
Danish Social Liberal Party | 179,822 | 7.78 | 14 | 0 | |
Justice Party of Denmark | 122,759 | 5.31 | 9 | +3 | |
Communist Party of Denmark | 72,315 | 3.13 | 6 | –2 | |
Independent Party | 53,061 | 2.30 | 0 | 0 | |
Schleswig Party | 9,202 | 0.40 | 1 | 0 | |
Independents | 71 | 0.00 | 0 | New | |
Total | 2,310,175 | 100.00 | 175 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 2,310,175 | 99.53 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 10,922 | 0.47 | |||
Total votes | 2,321,097 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 2,772,159 | 83.73 | |||
Faroe Islands | |||||
People's Party | 2,574 | 37.56 | 1 | New | |
Union Party | 2,316 | 33.80 | 1 | 0 | |
Social Democratic Party | 1,963 | 28.64 | 0 | –1 | |
Total | 6,853 | 100.00 | 2 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 6,853 | 99.20 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 55 | 0.80 | |||
Total votes | 6,908 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 18,359 | 37.63 | |||
Greenland | |||||
Independents | 3,150 | 100.00 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 3,150 | 100.00 | 2 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 3,150 | 98.16 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 59 | 1.84 | |||
Total votes | 3,209 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 5,193 | 61.79 | |||
Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
References
[edit]- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p524 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p542