1957 Danish general election

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14 May 1957

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All 179 seats in the Folketing
90 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

83.73%

Party	Leader	%	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.

Results



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Denmark proper
	Social Democrats	910,170	39.40	70	–4
	Venstre	578,932	25.06	45	+3
	Conservative People's Party	383,843	16.62	30	0
	Danish Social Liberal Party	179,822	7.78	14	0
	Justice Party of Denmark	122,759	5.31	9	+3
	Communist Party of Denmark	72,315	3.13	6	–2
	Independent Party	53,061	2.30	0	0
	Schleswig Party	9,202	0.40	1	0
	Independents	71	0.00	0	New
Total		2,310,175	100.00	175	0

Valid votes		2,310,175	99.53
Invalid/blank votes		10,922	0.47
Total votes		2,321,097	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		2,772,159	83.73
Faroe Islands
	People's Party	2,574	37.56	1	New
	Union Party	2,316	33.80	1	0
	Social Democratic Party	1,963	28.64	0	–1
Total		6,853	100.00	2	0

Valid votes		6,853	99.20
Invalid/blank votes		55	0.80
Total votes		6,908	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		18,359	37.63
Greenland
	Independents	3,150	100.00	2	0
Total		3,150	100.00	2	0

Valid votes		3,150	98.16
Invalid/blank votes		59	1.84
Total votes		3,209	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		5,193	61.79
Source: Nohlen & Stöver