Danish parliamentary election, 1957

Danish parliamentary election, 1957

1953 (Sep) ← 14 May 1957 → 1960

All 179 seats to the Folketing 90 seats were needed for a majority   First party Second party   Leader Hans Christian Hansen Erik Eriksen Party Social Democrats Venstre Last election 74 seats, 41.3% 42 seats, 23.1% Seats won 70 45 Seat change -4 +3 Popular vote 910,170 578,932 Percentage 39.4% 25.1%

Prime Minister before election Hans Christian Hansen Social Democrats Prime Minister-elect Hans Christian Hansen Social Democrats

The Danish parliamentary election of 1957 was held on 14 May 1957.

Party	Leader	Total votes	Percentage of votes won	Seats won	Gain/Loss
Social Democratic Party (Socialdemokratiet) (A)	Hans Christian Hansen	910,170	39.4	70	-4
Venstre (Liberals) (D)	Erik Eriksen	578,932	25.1	45	+3
Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti) (C)	Aksel Møller	383,843	16.6	30	-
Danish Social Liberal Party (Det Radikale Venstre) (B)	Jørgen P. L. Jørgensen	179,822	7.8	14	-
Justice Party (Danmarks Retsforbund) (E)		122,759	5.3	9	+3
Communist Party (Danmarks Kommunistiske Parti) (K)		72,315	3.1	6	-2
Independent Party (De Uafhængige) (U)		53,061	2.3	0	-
Schleswig Party (Slesvigsk Parti) (S)		9,202	0.4	1	-
Voter turnout		83.7%
Source		Folketinget.dk