1935 Danish Folketing election

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{{Infobox legislative election

| country = Kingdom of Denmark

| previous_election = 1932

| next_election = 1939

| seats_for_election = All 149 seats in the Folketing

| majority_seats = 75

| election_date = 22 October 1935

| heading1 = Elected in Denmark

| leader1 = Thorvald Stauning

| party1 = Social Democrats (Denmark)

| last_election1 = 62

| seats1 = 68

| percentage1 = 46.11

| leader2 = Thomas Madsen-Mygdal

| party2 = Venstre (Denmark)

| last_election2 = 38

| seats2 = 28

| percentage2 = 17.82

| leader3 = Christmas Møller

| party3 = Conservative People's Party (Denmark)

| last_election3 = 27

| seats3 = 26

| percentage3 = 17.75

| leader4 = {{nowrap|Peter Rochegune Munch}}

| party4 = Danish Social Liberal Party

| last_election4 = 14

| seats4 = 14

| percentage4 = 9.20

| leader5 =

| party5 = Farmers' Party (Denmark)

| last_election5 = New

| seats5 = 5

| percentage5 = 3.21

| leader6 = Collective leadership

| party6 = Justice Party of Denmark

| last_election6 = 4

| seats6 = 4

| percentage6 = 2.50

| leader7 = Aksel Larsen

| party7 = Communist Party of Denmark

| last_election7 = 2

| seats7 = 2

| percentage7 = 1.65

| leader8 =

| party8 = Schleswig Party

| last_election8 = 1

| seats8 = 1

| percentage8 = 0.77

| heading9 = Elected in the Faroe Islands

| leader9 = Andrass Samuelsen

| party9 = Union Party (Faroe Islands)

| last_election9 = 1

| seats9 = 1

| percentage9 = 41.22

| title = Prime Minister

| before_election = Thorvald Stauning

| before_party = Social Democrats (Denmark)

| after_election = Thorvald Stauning

| after_party = Social Democrats (Denmark)

| map = Folketing1935.svg

}}{{Politics of Denmark}}

Folketing elections were held in Denmark on 22 October 1935,Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p524 {{ISBN|978-3-8329-5609-7}} except in the Faroe Islands where they were held on 11 November. The Social Democratic Party led by Prime minister Thorvald Stauning remained the largest in the Folketing, winning 68 of the 149 seats. Voter turnout was 80.7% in Denmark proper and 55.4% in the Faroes.Nohlen & Stöver, p539 It was in this election that the Social Democrats used the famous slogan "Stauning or Chaos".

Results

{{Election results

|image=File:1935 Danish Folketing.svg

|header1=Denmark

|party2=Social Democratic Party|votes2=759102|seats2=68|sc2=+6

|party3=Conservative People's Party|votes3=293393|seats3=26|sc3=–1

|party4=Venstre|votes4=292247|seats4=28|sc4=–10

|party5=Danish Social Liberal Party|votes5=151507|seats5=14|sc5=0

|party6=Farmers' Party|votes6=52793|seats6=5|sc6=New

|party7=Justice Party of Denmark|votes7=41199|seats7=4|sc7=0

|party8=Communist Party of Denmark|votes8=27135|seats8=2|sc8=0

|party9=National Socialist Workers' Party|votes9=16257|seats9=0|sc9=0

|party10=Schleswig Party|votes10=12617|seats10=1|sc10=0

|party11=Society Party|votes11=188|seats11=0|sc11=New

|invalid=4694

|electorate=2044997

|total_sc=0

|embedded = {{Election results|embed=y

|header1=Faroe Islands

|party2=Union PartyVenstre|votes2=2732|seats2=1|sc2=0

|party3=Social Democratic Party|votes3=1717|seats3=0|sc3=0

|party4=Independents|votes4=2179|seats4=0|sc4=0

|invalid=35

|electorate=12021

|total_sc=0

|source=Nohlen & Stöver

}}}}

References

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