Danish Folketing election, 1939

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The Danish Folketing election of 1939 was held on 3 April 1939, except on the Faroe Islands where the election was held on 19 April. The election followed a dissolution of both chambers in order to call a referendum on changing the constitution. The referendum was held on 23 May but failed due to a low voter turnout.

Results

Party	Leader	Total votes	Percentage of ballots cast	Seats won	Gain/Loss
Social Democratic Party		762,619	42.9%	64	-4
Venstre		309,355	18.2%	30	+2
Conservative People's Party		301,625	17.8%	26	+0
Det Radikale Venstre		161,834	9.5%	14	+0
Det Frie Folkeparti		50,829	3.0%	4	-1
Communist Party of Denmark		40,893	2.4%	3	+1
Justice Party of Denmark		33,783	2.0%	3	-1
National Socialist Workers' Party of Denmark		31,032	1.8%	3	+3
Schleswig Party		15,016	0.9%	1	+0
Nationalt Samvirke		17,350	1.0%	0	+0
Dansk Samling		8,533	0.5%	0	+0
Union Party (Faroe Islands)[1]		2,180		1	+0
Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands)[1]		1,353		0	+0
Business Party (Faroe Islands)[1]		588		0	+0
Self-Government Party (Faroe Islands)[1]		314		0	+0
Outside the parties (Faroe Islands)[1]		1,849		0	+0
Total				149
Voter turnout		79.2%[2]
Source		[3]

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} On the Faroe Islands the election was held on 19 April 1939.
2. ^ On the Faroe Islands the voter turnout was 47.8%.
3. ^ Tågholt, Knud (1984) [1971] (in Danish). Hvem var minister - Dansk politik gennem mere end 100 år (2. edition ed.). Århus: Forlaget Aros. pp. 30–31, 34. ISBN 87-7003-204-1.