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Danish parliamentary election, 1953

1953 (Apr) ←

22 September 1953

→ 1957

All 179 seats to the Folketing 90 seats were needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Leader	Hans Hedtoft	Erik Eriksen
Party	Social Democrats	Venstre
Last election	61 seats, 40.4%	33 seats, 22.1%
Seats won	74	42
Seat change	+13	+9
Popular vote	894,913	499,656
Percentage	41.3%	23.1%

Prime Minister before election

Erik Eriksen
Venstre

Prime Minister-elect

Hans Hedtoft
Social Democrats

The 2nd Danish parliamentary election of 1953 was held on 22 September 1953. It was the first election to be held after the new Danish constitution of 5 June 1953.

	Party	Leader	Total votes	Percentage of ballots cast	Seats won	Gain/Loss
	Social Democratic Party (Socialdemokratiet) (A)	Hans Christian Hansen	894,913	41.3	74	+13
	Venstre (Liberals) (D)	Erik Eriksen	499,656	23.1	42	+9
	Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti) (C)	Aksel Møller	364,960	16.8	30	+4
	Danish Social Liberal Party (Det Radikale Venstre) (B)	Jørgen P. L. Jørgensen	169,295	7.8	14	+1
	Communist Party (Danmarks Kommunistiske Parti) (K)		93,824	4.3	8	+1
	Justice Party (Danmarks Retsforbund) (E)		75,449	3.5	6	-3
	Independent Party (De Uafhængige) (U)		58,573	2.0	0	+0
	Schleswig Party (Slesvigsk Parti) (S)		9,721	0.5	1	+1
Voter turnout	80.6%
Source	Folketinget.dk

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