1957 Danish general election

1957 Danish general election
Danish Realm
← 1953 14 May 1957 1960 →

All 179 seats in the Folketing
90 seats needed for a majority
Turnout83.73%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
Social Democrats H. C. Hansen 39.40 70 −4
Venstre Erik Eriksen 25.06 45 +3
Conservatives Aksel Møller 16.62 30 0
Social Liberals Jørgen Jørgensen 7.78 14 0
Justice Helge Madsen 5.31 9 +3
Communists Aksel Larsen 3.13 6 −2
Schleswig Party 0.40 1 0
Elected in the Faroe Islands
People's Hákun Djurhuus 37.56 1 New
Union Johan Poulsen 33.80 1 +1
Elected in Greenland
Independents 100 2 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister-elect
Hans Christian Hansen
Social Democrats
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 84% in Denmark proper, 38% in the Faroe Islands and 62% in Greenland (although only one of its two constituencies was contested as the incumbent in the other was re-elected unopposed).[2] The electoral threshold was 60,000 votes.

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