General elections were held in

Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") , song_type = National and royal anthem , image_map = EU-Denmark.svg , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of Denmark , establish ...

on 14 May 1957. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p524 The

Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties Fo ...

remained the largest in the

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, with 70 of the 179 seats. Voter turnout was 84% in Denmark proper, 38% in the

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and 62% in

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(although only one of its two constituencies was contested as the incumbent in the other was re-elected unopposed).Nohlen & Stöver, p542 The

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was 60,000 votes.

Results

References

{{Danish Elections Elections in Denmark

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