1939 Danish Folketing election

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]

1939 Danish Folketing election

3 April 1939
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 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%
Prime Minister before election Thorvald Stauning Social Democrats Elected Prime Minister Thorvald Stauning Social Democrats

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Denmark proper
	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
	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
	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
Registered voters/turnout		13,197	47.8	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p524 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
2. Nohlen & Stöver, p539