Denmark 1935 general election

Final results from ParlGov, read 5 October 2026: Social Democrats won 68 of 148 seats with 46.1% of the vote; 80.7% of registered voters cast a ballot.

Denmark
Held Tuesday 22 October 1935

Result

75 for a majority

Seats and votes by party

Party	Seats	%	Votes
Social Democrats	68	46.1	759,102
Conservative People's Party	26	17.8	293,393
Venstre	28	17.8	292,247
Danish Social Liberal Party	14	9.2	151,507
Farmers' Party	5	3.2	52,793
Justice Party of Denmark	4	2.5	41,199
Communist Party of Denmark	2	1.9	27,135
National Socialist Workers' Party of Denmark	0	1.0	16,257
Schleswig Party	1	0.8	12,617

Votes by party

Social Democrats 759,102
Conservative People's Party 293,393
Venstre 292,247
Danish Social Liberal Party 151,507
Farmers' Party 52,793
Justice Party of Denmark 41,199
Communist Party of Denmark 27,135
National Socialist Workers' Party of Denmark 16,257
Schleswig Party 12,617

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes. How we read it.

ParlGov marks results before 1945 as experimental: they may need revision, so we compare them with no other election.

Share of the vote

Social Democrats46.1%
Conservative People's Party17.8%
Venstre17.8%
Danish Social Liberal Party9.2%
Farmers' Party3.2%
Justice Party of Denmark2.5%
Communist Party of Denmark1.9%
National Socialist Workers' Party of Denmark1.0%

Turnout

80.7% of the 2,044,997 registered voters cast a ballot (1,651,132 ballots). 1,646,438 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.

Votes and seats

Social Democrats46.1% of votes45.9% of seats
Venstre17.8% of votes18.9% of seats
Conservative People's Party17.8% of votes17.6% of seats
Danish Social Liberal Party9.2% of votes9.5% of seats
Farmers' Party3.2% of votes3.4% of seats
Justice Party of Denmark2.5% of votes2.7% of seats
Communist Party of Denmark1.9% of votes1.4% of seats
Schleswig Party0.8% of votes0.7% of seats

Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 1.2 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); Social Democrats led Conservative People's Party by 28.3 points of the vote. How these are computed.

Sources and licence

ParlGov 2024 Release (Döring and Manow), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
Wikidata, party colours (P465) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal

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