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Denmark September 1953 general election

What was the result of the September 1953 general election in Denmark?

Social Democrats won 74 of 179 seats with 41.3% of the vote. 80.6% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Denmark
  • Held:
  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

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.

  • Social Democrats 74 +13 seats 41.3% +0.9 points
  • Venstre 42 +9 seats 23.1% +1.0 points
  • Conservative People's Party 30 +4 seats 16.8% −0.5 points
  • Danish Social Liberal Party 14 +1 seat 7.8% −0.8 points
  • Communist Party of Denmark 8 +1 seat 4.3% −0.5 points
  • Justice Party of Denmark 6 −3 seats 3.5% −2.1 points
  • Independent Party 0 2.7%
  • Schleswig Party 1 0.5%
  • Greenland and Faroe Islands 4 +2 seats
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Denmark April 1953 general election, party by party.

90 of 179 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 41.3%

    Share of the vote won by Social Democrats

    Social Democrats won 74 of 179 seats. A majority needs 90.

  2. +13 seats

    Seats gained by Social Democrats

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1953. Justice Party of Denmark lost 3 seats.

  3. 80.6%

    Voter turnout

    Down 0.2 points on 1953.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Social Democrats74+1341.3+0.9894,913
Venstre42+923.1+1.0499,656
Conservative People's Party30+416.8−0.5364,960
Danish Social Liberal Party14+17.8−0.8169,295
Communist Party of Denmark8+14.3−0.593,824
Justice Party of Denmark6−33.5−2.175,449
Independent Party02.758,573
Schleswig Party10.59,721
Greenland and Faroe Islands4+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 many people voted?

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 do the votes compare with the 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
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

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.

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