Denmark September 1953 general election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Social Democrats won 74 of 179 seats with 41.3% of the vote; 80.6% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 0.2 points on 1953.
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Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democrats | 74 | +13 | 41.3 | +0.9 | 894,913 |
| Venstre | 42 | +9 | 23.1 | +1.0 | 499,656 |
| Conservative People's Party | 30 | +4 | 16.8 | −0.5 | 364,960 |
| Danish Social Liberal Party | 14 | +1 | 7.8 | −0.8 | 169,295 |
| Communist Party of Denmark | 8 | +1 | 4.3 | −0.5 | 93,824 |
| Justice Party of Denmark | 6 | −3 | 3.5 | −2.1 | 75,449 |
| Independent Party | 0 | 2.7 | 58,573 | ||
| Schleswig Party | 1 | 0.5 | 9,721 | ||
| Greenland and Faroe Islands | 4 | +2 |
± is the change against the Denmark April 1953 general election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Social Democrats 894,913
- Venstre 499,656
- Conservative People's Party 364,960
- Danish Social Liberal Party 169,295
- Communist Party of Denmark 93,824
- Justice Party of Denmark 75,449
- Independent Party 58,573
- Schleswig Party 9,721
- 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
80.6% of the 2,695,554 registered voters cast a ballot (2,172,036 ballots), down 0.2 points on 1953. 2,166,391 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 Democrats41.3% of votes41.3% of seats
- Venstre23.1% of votes23.5% of seats
- Conservative People's Party16.8% of votes16.8% of seats
- Danish Social Liberal Party7.8% of votes7.8% of seats
- Communist Party of Denmark4.3% of votes4.5% of seats
- Justice Party of Denmark3.5% of votes3.4% of seats
- Schleswig Party0.5% of votes0.6% of seats
- Independent Party2.7% of votes0.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 2.5 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.8 by votes and 3.8 by seats; Social Democrats led Venstre by 18.2 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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