1953 Danish general election

1953 Danish general election

← April 1953 22 September 1953 1957 →
All 179 seats in the Folketing 90 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	80.58%
Party Leader Vote % 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 New This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister-elect Erik Eriksen Venstre Hans Hedtoft Social Democrats

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.