Denmark April 1953 general election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Social Democrats won 61 of 151 seats with 40.4% of the vote; 80.8% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 1.1 points on 1950.
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Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democrats | 61 | +2 | 40.4 | +0.8 | 836,507 |
| Venstre | 33 | +1 | 22.1 | +0.8 | 456,896 |
| Conservative People's Party | 26 | −1 | 17.3 | −0.5 | 358,509 |
| Danish Social Liberal Party | 13 | +1 | 8.6 | +0.4 | 178,942 |
| Justice Party of Denmark | 9 | −3 | 5.6 | −2.6 | 116,288 |
| Communist Party of Denmark | 7 | 0 | 4.8 | +0.2 | 98,940 |
| Danish Unity | 0 | 0.8 | 16,383 | ||
| Greenland and Faroe Islands | 2 | 0 |
± is the change against the Denmark 1950 general election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Social Democrats 836,507
- Venstre 456,896
- Conservative People's Party 358,509
- Danish Social Liberal Party 178,942
- Justice Party of Denmark 116,288
- Communist Party of Denmark 98,940
- Danish Unity 16,383
- Greenland and Faroe Islands
ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes. How we read it.
Share of the vote
Turnout
80.8% of the 2,571,311 registered voters cast a ballot (2,077,615 ballots), down 1.1 points on 1950. 2,070,903 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 1945. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Social Democrats40.4% of votes40.4% of seats
- Venstre22.1% of votes21.9% of seats
- Conservative People's Party17.3% of votes17.2% of seats
- Danish Social Liberal Party8.6% of votes8.6% of seats
- Justice Party of Denmark5.6% of votes6.0% of seats
- Communist Party of Denmark4.8% of votes4.6% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 1.1 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.9 by votes and 3.9 by seats; Social Democrats led Venstre by 18.3 points of the vote. How these are computed.
Sources and licence
Sources and licence
- ParlGov 2024 Release (Döring and Manow), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
- Wikidata, party colours (P465) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
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