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1932 Danish Folketing election
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Thorvald Stauning
Thomas Madsen-Mygdal
Christmas Møller
Party
Social Democrats
Venstre
Conservatives
Last election
61 seats, 41.8%
43 seats, 28.3%
24 seats, 16.5%
Seats won
62
38
27
Seat change
1
7
3
Popular vote
660,839
381,862
289,531
Percentage
42.7%
24.7%
18.7%
Fourth party
Fifth party
Sixth party
Leader
Peter Rochegune Munch
Collective leadership
Aksel Larsen
Party
Social Liberals
Justice
Communists
Last election
16 seats, 10.7%
3 seats, 1.8%
0 seats, 0.2
Seats won
14
4
2
Seat change
2
1
2
Popular vote
145,221
41,238
17,179
Percentage
9.4%
2.7%
1.1%
Seventh party
Leader
?
Party
Schleswig Party
Last election
1 seat, 0.7%
Seats won
1
Seat change
0
Popular vote
9,868
Percentage
0.6%
Folketing elections were held in Denmark on 16 November 1932,[ 1] except in the Faroe Islands where they were held on 12 December. The Social Democratic Party remained the largest in the Folketing, with 62 of the 149 seats. Voter turnout was 81.5% in Denmark proper and 59.2% in the Faroes.[ 2]
Results
Denmark
Party
Votes
%
Seats
+/–
Social Democratic Party
660,839
42.7
62
+1
Venstre
381,862
24.7
38
–5
Conservative People's Party
289,531
18.7
27
+3
Danish Social Liberal Party
145,221
9.4
14
–2
Justice Party of Denmark
41,238
2.7
4
+1
Communist Party of Denmark
17,179
1.1
2
+2
Schleswig Party
9,868
0.6
1
0
National Socialist Workers' Party
757
0.1
0
New
Independents
587
0.0
0
New
Invalid/blank votes
4,039
–
–
–
Total
1,551,121
100
148
0
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
Faroe Islands
References