1951 Danish Landsting election
Partial Landsting elections were held in Denmark on 3 April 1951,[1] electing representatives of the second (Zealand and Lolland-Falster), third (Bornholm) and fifth (Southern Jutland) constituencies.
Electoral system
[edit]The elections took place in two rounds, with the public electing 2,072 members of an electoral college on 3 April, who in turn elected the members of the Landsting on 10 April.
Results
[edit]Party | Votes | % | Electors | Seats | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
People's | Parliament | Not up | Total | +/– | |||||
Social Democratic Party | 259,425 | 38.72 | 813 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 33 | 0 | |
Venstre | 162,398 | 24.24 | 555 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 22 | +1 | |
Conservative People's Party | 115,500 | 17.24 | 357 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | –1 | |
Danish Social Liberal Party | 57,416 | 8.57 | 159 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | –1 | |
Justice Party of Denmark | 49,216 | 7.35 | 133 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1 | |
Communist Party of Denmark | 19,215 | 2.87 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Danish Unity | 6,803 | 1.02 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Faroese representative | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Total | 669,973 | 100.00 | 2,072 | 28 | 19 | 28 | 76 | 0 |
References
[edit]- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p. 524 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7