Danish Folketing election, 1950

5 September 1950

All 151 seats to the Folketing 76 seats were needed for a majority

Turnout	81.9%
	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Hans Hedtoft	Erik Eriksen	Ole Bjørn Kraft
Party	Social Democrats	Venstre	Conservative People's
Last election	57 seats, 40.0%	49 seats, 27.6%	17 seats, 12.4%
Seats won	59	32	27
Seat change	2	17	10
Popular vote	813,224	438,188	365,236
Percentage	39.6%	21.3%	17.8%

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Leader	Oluf Pedersen	Jørgen Jørgensen	Aksel Larsen
Party	Justice	Social Liberals	Communists
Last election	6 seats, 4.5%	10 seats, 6.9%	9 seats, 6.8%
Seats won	12	12	7
Seat change	6	2	2
Popular vote	168,784	167,969	94,523
Percentage	8.2%	8.2%	4.6%

Prime Minister before election

Hans Hedtoft
Social Democrats

Prime Minister-elect

Erik Eriksen
Venstre

Folketing elections were held in Denmark on 5 September 1950,^[1] except in the Faroe Islands where they were held on 14 October. The Social Democratic Party remained the largest in the Folketing, with 59 of the 151 seats. Voter turnout was 81.9% in Denmark proper but just 22% in the Faroes.^[2]

Results

Denmark

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Social Democratic Party	813,224	39.6	59	+2
Venstre	438,188	21.3	32	–14
Conservative People's Party	365,236	17.8	27	+10
Justice Party of Denmark	168,784	8.2	12	+6
Danish Social Liberal Party	167,969	8.2	12	+2
Communist Party of Denmark	94,523	4.6	7	–2
Schleswig Party	6,406	0.3	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	5,614	–	–	–
Total	2,059,944	100	149	+1
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Popular vote

A			39.59%
D			21.33%
C			17.78%
E			8.22%
B			8.18%
K			4.60%
Others			0.31%

Faroe Islands

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Union Party	1,686	46.6	1	0
Social Democratic Party	1,394	38.6	1	+1
Self-Government Party	535	14.8	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	30	–	–	–
Total	3,645	100	2	0
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p524 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
↑ Nohlen & Stöver, pp540-541

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