1935 Danish Folketing election

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".

22 October 1935

All 149 seats to the Folketing
75 seats were needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Thorvald Stauning	Thomas Madsen-Mygdal	Christmas Møller
Party	Social Democrats	Venstre	Conservative
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
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%

Prime Minister before election

Thorvald Stauning
Social Democrats

Elected Prime Minister

Thorvald Stauning
Social Democrats

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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

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Venstre-Union Party	2,732	41.2	1	0
Independent	2,179	32.9	0	0
Social Democratic Party	1,717	25.9	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	35	–	–	–
Total	6,663	100	1	0
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

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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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See also: Elections and referendums in Greenland Faroe Islands

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