1957 Danish general election

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{{Infobox legislative election

| election_name = 1957 Danish general election

| country = Kingdom of Denmark

| previous_election = 1953

| next_election = 1960

| seats_for_election = All 179 seats in the Folketing

| majority_seats = 90

| election_date = 14 May 1957

| party1 = Social Democrats (Denmark) | leader1 = H. C. Hansen | last_election1 = 74 | seats1 = 70 | percentage1 = 39.40

| party2 = Venstre (Denmark) | leader2 = Erik Eriksen | last_election2 = 42 | seats2 = 45 | percentage2 = 25.06

| party3 = Conservative People's Party (Denmark) | leader3 = Aksel Møller | last_election3 = 30 | seats3 = 30 | percentage3 = 16.62

| party4 = Danish Social Liberal Party | leader4 = Jørgen Jørgensen | last_election4 = 14 | seats4 = 14 | percentage4 = 7.78

| party5 = Justice Party of Denmark | leader5 = Helge Madsen | last_election5 = 6 | seats5 = 9 | percentage5 = 5.31

| party6 = Communist Party of Denmark | leader6 = Aksel Larsen | last_election6 = 8 | seats6 = 6 | percentage6 = 3.13

| party7 = Schleswig Party | leader7 = | last_election7 = 1 | seats7 = 1 | percentage7 = 0.40

| heading8 = Elected in the Faroe Islands

| party8 = People's Party (Faroe Islands) | leader8 = Hákun Djurhuus | last_election8 = new | seats8 = 1 | percentage8 = 37.56

| party9 = Union Party (Faroe Islands) | leader9 = Johan Poulsen | last_election9 = 0 | seats9 = 1 | percentage9 = 33.80

| heading10 = Elected in Greenland

| party10 = Independents | leader10 = – | last_election10 = 2 | seats10 = 2 | percentage10 = 100

| title = Prime Minister

| posttitle = Prime Minister-elect

| before_election = Hans Christian Hansen

| before_party = Social Democrats (Denmark)

| after_election = Hans Christian Hansen

| after_party = Social Democrats (Denmark)

| turnout = 83.73%

| map=Folketing1957.svg

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General elections were held in Denmark on 14 May 1957.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p524 {{ISBN|978-3-8329-5609-7}} The Social Democratic Party remained the largest in the Folketing, with 70 of the 179 seats. Voter turnout was 84% in Denmark proper, 38% in the Faroe Islands and 62% in Greenland (although only one of its two constituencies was contested as the incumbent in the other was re-elected unopposed).Nohlen & Stöver, p542 The electoral threshold was 60,000 votes.