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1939 Danish Folketing election
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Thorvald Stauning
Thomas Madsen-Mygdal
Christmas Møller
Party
Social Democrats
Venstre
Conservatives
Last election
68 seats, 46.1%
28 seats, 17.8%
26 seats, 17.8%
Seats won
64
30
26
Seat change
4
2
0
Popular vote
729,619
309,355
301,625
Percentage
42.9%
18.2%
17.8%
Fourth party
Fifth party
Sixth party
Leader
Peter Rochegune Munch
?
Aksel Larsen
Party
Social Liberals
Farmers'
Communists
Last election
14 seats, 9.2%
5 seats, 3.2%
2 seats, 1.9%
Seats won
14
4
3
Seat change
0
1
1
Popular vote
161,834
50,829
40,893
Percentage
9.5%
3.0%
2.4%
Seventh party
Eighth party
Ninth party
Leader
Collective leadership
Frits Clausen
Arne Sørensen
Party
Justice
National Socialists
Danish Unity
Last election
4 seats, 2.5%
0 seats, 1.0%
New
Seats won
3
3
1
Seat change
1
3
1
Popular vote
33,783
31,032
8,553
Percentage
2.0%
1.8%
0.5%
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
Party
Votes
%
Seats
+/–
Denmark proper
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Social Democratic Party
729,619
42.9
64
–4
bgcolor=Template:Venstre (Denmark)/meta/color |
Venstre
309,355
18.2
30
+2
bgcolor=Template:Conservative People's Party (Denmark)/meta/color |
Conservative People's Party
301,625
17.8
26
0
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Danish Social Liberal Party
161,834
9.5
14
0
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Farmers' Party
50,829
3.0
4
–1
bgcolor=Template:Communist Party of Denmark/meta/color |
Communist Party of Denmark
40,893
2.4
3
+1
bgcolor=Template:Justice Party of Denmark/meta/color |
Justice Party of Denmark
33,783
2.0
3
–1
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National Socialist Workers' Party
31,032
1.8
3
+3
National Cooperation
17,350
1.0
0
New
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Schleswig Party
15,016
0.9
0
–1
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Danish Unity
8,553
0.5
1
New
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Independents
28
0.0
0
0
Invalid/blank votes
9,667
–
–
–
Total
1,709,556
100
148
0
Registered voters/turnout
2,159,356
79.2
–
–
Faroe Islands
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Union Party
2,180
34.7
1
0
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Independent
1,849
29.4
0
0
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Social Democratic Party
1,353
21.5
0
0
Business Party
588
9.4
0
New
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Self-Government Party
314
5.0
0
New
Invalid/blank votes
24
–
–
–
Total
6,308
100
1
0
Registered voters/turnout
13,197
47.8
–
–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
References