1950 Danish Folketing election

Election for the lower house of Danish Parliament 1950 Danish Folketing election Kingdom of Denmark 1947 1953 All 151 seats in the Folketing 76 5 September 1950 Social Democrats (Denmark) Hans Hedtoft 57 59 39.59 Venstre (Denmark) Erik Eriksen 49 32 21.33 Conservative People's Party (Denmark) Ole Bjørn Kraft 17 27 17.78 Justice Party of Denmark Oluf Pedersen 6 12 8.22 Danish Social Liberal Party Jørgen Jørgensen 10 12 8.18 Communist Party of Denmark Aksel Larsen 9 7 4.60 Elected in the Faroe Islands Union Party (Faroe Islands) Johan Poulsen 1 1 46.64 Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands) Peter Mohr Dam 0 1 38.56 Prime Minister Prime Minister-elect Hans Hedtoft Social Democrats (Denmark) Erik Eriksen Venstre (Denmark) 81.87% Folketing1950.svg Folketing elections were held in Denmark on 5 September 1950,Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p524 978-3-8329-5609-7 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 82% in Denmark proper but just 22% in the Faroes.Nohlen & Stöver, pp540-541 Electoral system changes Following a new electoral law in 1948, the number of levelling seats was increased from 31 to 44 while the number of district seats was decreased from 117 to 105. In total 1 new seat was added.Cohn Einar November 1950 Folketingsvalget den 5. september https://www.dst.dk/Site/Dst/Udgivelser/GetPubFile.aspx?id=20214&sid=valg1950 Danmarks Statistik 5–10 Results File:1950 Danish Folketing.svg Denmark proper Social Democrats 813224 59 +2 Venstre 438188 32 –14 Conservative People's Party 365236 27 +10 Justice Party of Denmark 168784 12 +6 Danish Social Liberal Party 167969 12 +2 Communist Party of Denmark 94523 7 –2 Schleswig Party 6406 0 0 5614 2516118 0 y Faroe Islands Union Party 1686 1 0 Social Democratic Party 1394 1 +1 Self-Government 535 0 0 30 16584 0 Nohlen & Stöver References Category:1950 elections in Denmark Category:September 1950 in Europe Category:Folketing elections