Danish parliamentary election, 1953

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