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][3]

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	Jens Møller
Party	Justice	National Socialists	Schleswig
Last election	4 seats, 2.5%	0 seats, 1.0%	1 seat, 0.8%
Seats won	3	3	1
Seat change	1	3	0
Popular vote	33,783	31,032	15,016
Percentage	2.0%	1.8%	0.9%

Prime Minister before election

Thorvald Stauning
Social Democrats

Elected Prime Minister

Thorvald Stauning
Social Democrats

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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	1	0
	Danish Unity	8,553	0.5	0	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: Danmarks Statistik

References

Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p524 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
Nohlen & Stöver, p539
Cohn, Einar (May 1939). "Rigsdagsvalgene og Folkeafstemningen i April og Maj 1939". Danmarks Statistik.

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See also: Elections and referendums in Greenland Faroe Islands

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