Danish Folketing election, 1929

Danish Folketing election, 1929

24 April 1929

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 People's Last election 53 seats, 37.2% 46 seats, 28.3% 30 seats, 20.6% Seats won 61 43 24 Seat change 8 3 6 Popular vote 593,191 402,121 233,935 Percentage 41.8% 28.3% 16.5%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Peter Rochegune Munch Collective leadership ? Party Social Liberals Justice Schleswig Last election 16 seats, 11.3% 2 seats, 1.3% 1 seat, 0.8% Seats won 16 3 1 Seat change 0 1 0 Popular vote 151,746 25,810 9,787 Percentage 10.7% 1.8% 0.7%

Prime Minister before election Thomas Madsen-Mygdal Venstre Elected Prime Minister Thorvald Stauning Social Democrats

Folketing elections were held in Denmark on 24 April 1929,^[1] 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.^[2]

Results

Denmark

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Social Democratic Party	593,191	41.8	61	+8
Venstre	402,121	28.3	43	–3
Conservative People's Party	233,935	16.5	24	–6
Danish Social Liberal Party	151,746	10.7	16	0
Justice Party of Denmark	25,810	1.8	3	+1
Schleswig Party	9,787	0.7	1	0
Communist Party of Denmark	3,656	0.2	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	2,904	–	–	–
Total	1,423,150	100	148	0
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Faroe Islands

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Venstre-Union Party	3,486	55.6	1	0
Social Democratic Party	2,780	44.4	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	17	–	–	–
Total	6,283	100	1	0
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

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