Denmark 1943 general election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Social Democrats won 66 of 148 seats with 44.5% of the vote; 89.5% of registered voters cast a ballot.
- Denmark
- Held
Result
- Social Democrats66
- Conservative People's Party31
- Venstre28
- Danish Social Liberal Party13
- Danish Unity3
- National Socialist Workers' Party of Denmark3
- Farmers' Party2
- Justice Party of Denmark2
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | % | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democrats | 66 | 44.5 | 894,632 |
| Conservative People's Party | 31 | 21.0 | 421,523 |
| Venstre | 28 | 18.7 | 376,850 |
| Danish Social Liberal Party | 13 | 8.7 | 175,179 |
| Danish Unity | 3 | 2.2 | 43,367 |
| National Socialist Workers' Party of Denmark | 3 | 2.1 | 43,309 |
| Justice Party of Denmark | 2 | 1.6 | 31,323 |
| Farmers' Party | 2 | 1.2 | 24,572 |
| Independents | 0 | 0.0 | 28 |
Votes by party
- Social Democrats 894,632
- Conservative People's Party 421,523
- Venstre 376,850
- Danish Social Liberal Party 175,179
- Danish Unity 43,367
- National Socialist Workers' Party of Denmark 43,309
- Justice Party of Denmark 31,323
- Farmers' Party 24,572
- Independents 28
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
89.5% of the 2,280,716 registered voters cast a ballot (2,040,583 ballots). 2,010,783 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Social Democrats44.5% of votes44.6% of seats
- Conservative People's Party21.0% of votes20.9% of seats
- Venstre18.7% of votes18.9% of seats
- Danish Social Liberal Party8.7% of votes8.8% of seats
- Danish Unity2.2% of votes2.0% of seats
- National Socialist Workers' Party of Denmark2.1% of votes2.0% of seats
- Justice Party of Denmark1.6% of votes1.4% of seats
- Farmers' Party1.2% of votes1.4% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 0.3 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.5 by votes and 3.5 by seats; Social Democrats led Conservative People's Party by 23.5 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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