Danish parliamentary election, 1957
Danish general election, 1957
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All 179 seats to the Folketing
90 seats were needed for a majority
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| Turnout |
83.7% |
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First party |
Second party |
Third party |
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| 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 change |
 4 |
 3 |
 0 |
| Popular vote |
910,170 |
578,932 |
383,843 |
| Percentage |
39.4% |
25.1% |
16.6% |
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Fourth party |
Fifth party |
Sixth party |
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| 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 change |
0 |
3 |
2 |
| Popular vote |
179,822 |
122,759 |
72,315 |
| Percentage |
7.8% |
5.3% |
3.1% |
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Seventh party |
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| Leader |
? |
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| Party |
Schleswig |
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| Last election |
1 seat, 0.5 |
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| Seats won |
1 |
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| Seat change |
0 |
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| Popular vote |
9,202 |
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| Percentage |
0.4% |
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Hans Christian Hansen
Social Democrats
Hans Christian Hansen
Social Democrats
General elections were held in Denmark on 14 May 1957. 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).
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