Denmark 1939 general election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Social Democrats won 64 of 148 seats with 42.9% of the vote; 79.2% of registered voters cast a ballot.
- Denmark
- Held
Result
- Social Democrats64
- Venstre30
- Conservative People's Party26
- Danish Social Liberal Party14
- Farmers' Party4
- Communist Party of Denmark3
- Justice Party of Denmark3
- National Socialist Workers' Party of Denmark3
- Danish Unity1
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | % | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democrats | 64 | 42.9 | 729,619 |
| Venstre | 30 | 18.2 | 309,355 |
| Conservative People's Party | 26 | 17.8 | 301,625 |
| Danish Social Liberal Party | 14 | 9.5 | 161,834 |
| Farmers' Party | 4 | 3.0 | 50,829 |
| Communist Party of Denmark | 3 | 2.4 | 40,893 |
| Justice Party of Denmark | 3 | 2.0 | 33,783 |
| National Socialist Workers' Party of Denmark | 3 | 1.8 | 31,032 |
| National Cooperation | 0 | 1.0 | 17,350 |
| Danish Unity | 1 | 0.5 | 8,553 |
Votes by party
- Social Democrats 729,619
- Venstre 309,355
- Conservative People's Party 301,625
- Danish Social Liberal Party 161,834
- Farmers' Party 50,829
- Communist Party of Denmark 40,893
- Justice Party of Denmark 33,783
- National Socialist Workers' Party of Denmark 31,032
- National Cooperation 17,350
- Danish Unity 8,553
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
Turnout
79.2% of the 2,159,356 registered voters cast a ballot (1,709,556 ballots). 1,699,889 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Social Democrats42.9% of votes43.2% of seats
- Venstre18.2% of votes20.3% of seats
- Conservative People's Party17.8% of votes17.6% of seats
- Danish Social Liberal Party9.5% of votes9.5% of seats
- Farmers' Party3.0% of votes2.7% of seats
- Communist Party of Denmark2.4% of votes2.0% of seats
- Justice Party of Denmark2.0% of votes2.0% of seats
- National Socialist Workers' Party of Denmark1.8% of votes2.0% of seats
- Danish Unity0.5% of votes0.7% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 1.7 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.8 by votes and 3.7 by seats; Social Democrats led Venstre by 24.7 points of the vote. How these are computed.
Sources and licence
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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