1929 Danish Folketing election

Election for the lower house of Danish Parliament Kingdom of Denmark 1926 1932 All 149 seats in the Folketing 75 24 April 1929 Elected in Denmark Thorvald Stauning Social Democrats (Denmark) 53 61 41.77 Thomas Madsen-Mygdal Venstre (Denmark) 46 43 28.31 Christmas Møller Conservative People's Party (Denmark) 30 24 16.47 Peter Rochegune Munch Danish Social Liberal Party 16 16 10.68 Collective leadership Justice Party of Denmark 2 3 1.82 Johannes Schmidt-Wodder Schleswig Party 1 1 0.69 Elected in the Faroe Islands Andrass Samuelsen Union Party (Faroe Islands) 1 1 55.63 Prime Minister Thomas Madsen-Mygdal Venstre (Denmark) Thorvald Stauning Social Democrats (Denmark) Folketing1929.svg Folketing elections were held in Denmark on 24 April 1929,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 29 May. The Social Democratic Party remained the largest in the Folketing, with 61 of the 149 seats. Voter turnout was 79.7% in Denmark proper and 58.0% in the Faroes.Nohlen & Stöver, p539 Social Democrat Thorvald Stauning returned to the Prime Ministership by forming a coalition government with the Social Liberals, a position he would hold until 1942. Results File:1929 Danish Folketing.svg Denmark Social Democratic Party 593191 61 +8 Venstre 402121 43 –3 Conservative People's Party 233935 24 –6 Danish Social Liberal Party 151746 16 0 Justice Party of Denmark 25810 3 +1 Schleswig Party 9787 1 0 Communist Party of Denmark 3656 0 0 2904 1786092 0 y Faroe Islands Union Party–Venstre 3486 1 0 Social Democratic Party 2780 0 0 17 10837 0 Nohlen & Stöver References Folketing Denmark Category:Folketing elections