All 179 seats in the Folketing 90 seats needed for a majority
Turnout
80.58%
Party
Leader
%
Seats
+/–
Social Democrats
Hans Hedtoft
41.31
74
+13
Venstre
Erik Eriksen
23.06
42
+9
Conservatives
Ole Bjørn Kraft
16.85
30
+4
Social Liberals
Jørgen Jørgensen
7.81
14
+1
Communists
Aksel Larsen
4.33
8
+1
Justice
Viggo Stacke
3.48
6
−3
Schleswig Party
0.45
1
+1
Elected in the Faroe Islands
Social Democratic
Peter Mohr Dam
–
1
0
Union
Johan Poulsen
–
1
+1
Elected in Greenland
Independents
–
100
2
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before
Prime Minister-elect
Erik Eriksen Venstre
Hans Hedtoft Social Democrats
Ballot paper in Copenhagen district
General elections were held in the Kingdom of Denmark on 22 September 1953,[1] the first under the new constitution. The Social Democratic Party remained the largest in the Folketing, with 74 of the 179 seats. Voter turnout was 81% in Denmark proper and 69% in Greenland.[2] The electoral threshold was 60,000 votes.
^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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