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Danish Folketing election, 1935
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Thorvald Stauning
Thomas Madsen-Mygdal
Christmas Møller
Party
Social Democrats
Venstre
Conservatives
Last election
62 seats, 42.7%
38 seats, 24.7%
27 seats, 18.7%
Seats won
68
28
26
Seat change
6
10
1
Popular vote
759,102
292,247
293,393
Percentage
46.1%
17.8%
17.8%
Fourth party
Fifth party
Sixth party
Leader
Peter Rochegune Munch
?
Collective leadership
Party
Social Liberals
Farmers'
Justice
Last election
14 seats, 9.4%
New
4 seats, 2.7%
Seats won
14
5
4
Seat change
0
5
0
Popular vote
151,507
52,793
41,199
Percentage
9.2%
3.2%
2.5%
Seventh party
Eighth party
Leader
Aksel Larsen
?
Party
Communists
Schleswig Party
Last election
2 seats, 1.1%
1 seat, 0.6%
Seats won
2
1
Seat change
0
0
Popular vote
27,135
12,617
Percentage
1.9%
0.8%
Folketing elections were held in Denmark on 22 October 1935,[ 1] except in the Faroe Islands where they were held on 11 November. The Social Democratic Party led by Prime minister Thorvald Stauning remained the largest in the Folketing, with 68 of the 149 seats. Voter turnout was 80.7% in Denmark proper and 55.4% in the Faroes.[ 2] It was in this election that the Social Democrats used the famous slogan "Stauning or Chaos ".
Results
Denmark
Party
Votes
%
Seats
+/–
Social Democratic Party
759,102
46.1
68
+6
Conservative People's Party
293,393
17.8
26
–1
Venstre
292,247
17.8
28
–10
Danish Social Liberal Party
151,507
9.2
14
0
Farmers' Party
52,793
3.2
5
New
Justice Party of Denmark
41,199
2.5
4
0
Communist Party of Denmark
27,135
1.9
2
0
National Socialist Workers' Party
16,257
1.0
0
0
Schleswig Party
12,617
0.8
1
0
Society Party
188
0.0
0
New
Invalid/blank votes
4,649
–
–
–
Total
1,651,132
100
148
0
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
Faroe Islands
References
^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook , p524 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
^ Nohlen & Stöver, p539