Danish general election, 1957

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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
Turnout 83.7%

  First party Second party Third party
  Hans Christian Svane Hansen.jpg Erik Eriksen.jpg Blank.png
Leader Hans Christian Hansen Erik Eriksen Aksel Møller
Party Social Democrats Venstre Conservative People's
Last election 74 seats, 41.3% 42 seats, 23.1% 30 seats, 16.8%
Seats won 70 45 30
Seat changeDecrease2.svg4Increase2.svg3Steady2.svg0
Popular vote 910,170 578,932 383,843
Percentage 39.4% 25.1% 16.6%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
  Aksel Larsen c 1959.jpg
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 changeSteady2.svg0Increase2.svg3Decrease2.svg2
Popular vote 179,822 122,759 72,315
Percentage 7.8% 5.3% 3.1%
  Seventh party
 
Leader ?
Party Schleswig
Last election 1 seat, 0.5
Seats won 1
Seat changeSteady2.svg0
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]

Denmark constitutional monarchy in Europe

Denmark, officially the Kingdom of Denmark, is a Nordic country and the southernmost of the Scandinavian nations. Denmark lies southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and is bordered to the south by Germany. The Kingdom of Denmark also comprises two autonomous constituent countries in the North Atlantic Ocean: the Faroe Islands and Greenland. Denmark proper consists of a peninsula, Jutland, and an archipelago of 443 named islands, with the largest being Zealand, Funen and the North Jutlandic Island. The islands are characterised by flat, arable land and sandy coasts, low elevation and a temperate climate. Denmark has a total area of 42,924 km2 (16,573 sq mi), land area of 42,394 km2 (16,368 sq mi), and the total area including Greenland and the Faroe Islands is 2,210,579 km2 (853,509 sq mi), and a population of 5.8 million.

The Social Democrats, officially Social Democracy, is a social-democratic political party in Denmark. It was the major coalition partner in government from the 2011 parliamentary election, with then-party leader Helle Thorning-Schmidt as Prime Minister. After the 2015 parliamentary election, the party is no longer in government, though it regained the position as the largest party in the Danish parliament, the Folketing, with 47 of 179 seats. Helle Thorning-Schmidt withdrew as party leader on the night of the election as a direct consequence of the loss of government control, and she was succeeded on 28 June 2015 by the former vice leader, Mette Frederiksen.

Folketing Parliament of Denmark

The Folketing, also known as the Danish Parliament in English, is the unicameral national parliament (legislature) of Denmark. Established in 1849, until 1953 the Folketing was the lower house of a bicameral parliament, called the Rigsdag; the upper house was Landstinget. It meets in Christiansborg Palace, on the islet of Slotsholmen in central Copenhagen.

Results

Denmark
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Social Democratic Party 910,17039.470–4
Venstre 578,93225.145+2
Conservative People's Party 383,84316.6300
Danish Social Liberal Party 179,8227.8140
Justice Party of Denmark 122,7595.39+3
Communist Party of Denmark 72,3153.16–2
Independent Party 53,0612.300
Schleswig Party 9,2020.410
Independents710.00New
Invalid/blank votes10,922–––
Total2,321,0971001750
Faroe Islands
People's Party 2,57437.61New
Union Party 2,31633.810
Social Democratic Party 1,96328.60–1
Invalid/blank votes55–––
Total6,90810020
Greenland
Independents3,15010020
Invalid/blank votes59–––
Total3,20910020
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%

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References

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