Elections 1953

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Other events

The following political elections took place in 1953 :

Africa

• Parliamentary elections in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan 1953
• Elections in the Federation of Rhodesia and Niasaland in 1953
• Parliamentary elections in Mauritius in 1953
• On April 15th the general election in South Africa in 1953
• Referendum in Southern Rhodesia in 1953

America

• On August 10, the 1953 Canadian General Election

Asia

• General election in Syria in 1953

Europe

Germany

• Bundestag election on September 6th
• State election in Hamburg on November 1st

Austria

• On February 22nd, the state elections in Burgenland in 1953
• On February 22nd, the state elections in Styria in 1953
• On February 22nd, the state elections in Carinthia in 1953
• On October 25, the state elections in Tyrol in 1953

Denmark

• On April 28, the referendum on a constitutional amendment
• Parliamentary elections on September 22nd (the first after the constitutional reform ). The Social Democrats remain the strongest parliamentary group in the Folketing with 74 out of 175 seats . The Agrarian Party wins 42 seats, the Conservatives 30. Hans Hedtoft (1903–1955) becomes the new Prime Minister ; it forms a social democratic minority government.

France

• Local elections on April 26th and May 3rd
• On 17./23. December the presidential election in France 1953 → René Coty

Other countries

• On June 7th the general election in Italy in 1953
• The general election in Norway on October 12, 1953
• General election in Iceland 1953