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

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

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

1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p. 524 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7