All 151 seats in the Folketing 76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout
80.80%
Party
Leader
%
Seats
+/–
Social Democrats
Hans Hedtoft
40.39
61
+2
Venstre
Erik Eriksen
22.06
33
+1
Conservatives
Ole Bjørn Kraft
17.31
26
−1
Social Liberals
Jørgen Jørgensen
8.64
13
+1
Justice
Oluf Pedersen
5.62
9
−3
Communists
Aksel Larsen
4.78
7
0
Elected in the Faroe Islands
Union
Johan Poulsen
45.00
1
0
Social Democratic
Peter Mohr Dam
44.58
1
0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before
Prime Minister-elect
Erik Eriksen Venstre
Erik Eriksen Venstre
Folketing elections were held alongside Landsting elections in Denmark on 21 April 1953,[1] 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 81% in Denmark proper but just 20% in the Faroes.[2]
They were the last elections under the bicameral system, as the Landsting was abolished later in the year.
^Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p524 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
^Nohlen & Stöver, p541
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