Danish Folketing election, 1939
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Folketing elections were held in Denmark on 3 April 1939,[1] except in the Faroe Islands where they were held on 19 April. They followed a dissolution of both chambers in order to call a referendum on changing the constitution. The referendum was held on 23 May but failed due to a low voter turnout. The result of the elections was a victory for the Social Democratic Party, which won 64 of the 149 seats. Voter turnout was 79.2% in Denmark proper and 47.8% in the Faroes.[2]
Results
Denmark
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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Social Democratic Party | 729,619 | 42.9 | 64 | –4 |
Venstre | 309,355 | 18.2 | 30 | +2 |
Conservative People's Party | 301,625 | 17.8 | 26 | 0 |
Danish Social Liberal Party | 161,834 | 9.5 | 14 | 0 |
Farmers' Party | 50,829 | 3.0 | 4 | –1 |
Communist Party of Denmark | 40,893 | 2.4 | 3 | +1 |
Justice Party of Denmark | 33,783 | 2.0 | 3 | –1 |
National Socialist Workers' Party | 31,032 | 1.8 | 3 | +3 |
National Cooperation | 17,350 | 1.0 | 0 | New |
Schleswig Party | 15,016 | 0.9 | 0 | –1 |
Danish Unity | 8,553 | 0.5 | 1 | New |
Invalid/blank votes | 9,667 | – | – | – |
Total | 1,709,556 | 100 | 148 | 0 |
Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
Faroe Islands
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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Union Party | 2,180 | 34.7 | 1 | 0 |
Independent | 1,849 | 29.4 | 0 | 0 |
Social Democratic Party | 1,353 | 21.5 | 0 | 0 |
Business Party | 588 | 9.4 | 0 | New |
Self-Government Party | 314 | 5.0 | 0 | New |
Invalid/blank votes | 24 | – | – | – |
Total | 6,308 | 100 | 1 | 0 |
Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
References
- ↑ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p524 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p539
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