1939 Danish Folketing election

Election for the lower house of Danish Parliament Kingdom of Denmark 1935 1943 All 149 seats in the Folketing 75 3 April 1939 Elected in Denmark Thorvald Stauning Social Democrats (Denmark) 68 64 42.92 Thomas Madsen-Mygdal Venstre (Denmark) 28 30 18.20 Christmas Møller Conservative People's Party (Denmark) 26 26 17.74 Peter Rochegune Munch Danish Social Liberal Party 14 14 9.52 Valdemar Thomsen Farmers' Party (Denmark) 5 4 2.99 Aksel Larsen Communist Party of Denmark 2 3 2.41 Collective leadership Justice Party of Denmark 4 3 1.99 Frits Clausen National Socialist Workers' Party of Denmark 0 3 1.83 Jens Møller Schleswig Party 1 1 0.88 Elected in the Faroe Islands Andrass Samuelsen Union Party (Faroe Islands) 1 1 34.69 Prime Minister Thorvald Stauning Social Democrats (Denmark) Thorvald Stauning Social Democrats (Denmark) Folketing1939.svg Folketing elections were held in Denmark on 3 April 1939,Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p524 978-3-8329-5609-7 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.Nohlen & Stöver, p539Cohn Einar May 1939 Rigsdagsvalgene og Folkeafstemningen i April og Maj 1939 https://www.dst.dk/Site/Dst/Udgivelser/GetPubFile.aspx?id=20218&sid=valg1939 Danmarks Statistik Results File:1939 Danish Folketing election.svg Denmark Social Democratic Party 729619 64 –4 Venstre 309355 30 +2 Conservative People's Party 301625 26 0 Danish Social Liberal Party 161834 14 0 Farmers' Party 50829 4 –1 Communist Party of Denmark 40893 3 +1 Justice Party of Denmark 33783 3 –1 National Socialist Workers' Party 31032 3 +3 National Cooperation da Nationalt Samvirke 17350 0 New Schleswig Party 15016 1 0 Danish Unity 8553 0 New 9667 0 2159356 y Faroe Islands Union Party 2180 1 0 Social Democratic Party 1353 0 0 Business Party 588 0 New Self-Government 314 0 New Independents 1849 0 0 24 0 13197 Danmarks Statistik References Folketing Denmark Category:Folketing elections