1950 Danish Folketing election

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{{Infobox legislative election

| election_name = 1950 Danish Folketing election

| country = Kingdom of Denmark

| previous_election = 1947

| next_election = 1953

| seats_for_election = All 151 seats in the Folketing

| majority_seats = 76

| election_date = 5 September 1950

| party1 = Social Democrats (Denmark) | leader1 = Hans Hedtoft | last_election1 = 57 | seats1 = 59 | percentage1 = 39.59

| party2 = Venstre (Denmark) | leader2 = Erik Eriksen | last_election2 = 49 | seats2 = 32 | percentage2 = 21.33

| party3 = Conservative People's Party (Denmark)| leader3 = Ole Bjørn Kraft | last_election3 = 17 | seats3 = 27 | percentage3 = 17.78

| party4 = Justice Party of Denmark | leader4 = Oluf Pedersen | last_election4 = 6 | seats4 = 12 | percentage4 = 8.22

| party5 = Danish Social Liberal Party | leader5 = Jørgen Jørgensen | last_election5 = 10 | seats5 = 12 | percentage5 = 8.18

| party6 = Communist Party of Denmark | leader6 = Aksel Larsen | last_election6 = 9 | seats6 = 7 | percentage6 = 4.60

| heading8 = Elected in the Faroe Islands

| party8 = Union Party (Faroe Islands) | leader8 = Johan Poulsen | last_election8 = 1 | seats8 = 1 | percentage8 = 46.64

| party9 = Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands) | leader9 = Peter Mohr Dam | last_election9 = 0 | seats9 = 1 | percentage9 = 38.56

| title = Prime Minister

| posttitle = Prime Minister-elect

| before_election = Hans Hedtoft

| before_party = Social Democrats (Denmark)

| after_election = Erik Eriksen

| after_party = Venstre (Denmark)

| turnout = 81.87%

| map=Folketing1950.svg

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Folketing elections were held in Denmark on 5 September 1950,Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p524 {{ISBN|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