Schleswig Party

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Schleswig Party
Slesvigsk Parti
German nameSchleswigsche Partei
Chairperson Rainer Naujeck
Founded1920
HeadquartersVestergade 30
6200 Aabenraa
Ideology Regionalism
German minority interests
Political position Centre
European affiliation European Free Alliance
Colours  Yellow
Regions
0 / 205
Municipal councils
10 / 2,436
Mayors
1 / 98
Election symbol
S
Website
www.slesvigsk-parti.dk
Schleswig Partys election poster 1939 SchleswigscheParteiSlesvigskParti1939.jpg
Schleswig Partys election poster 1939

The Schleswig Party (Danish : Slesvigsk Parti, German : Schleswigsche Partei) is a regional political party in Denmark representing the North Schleswig Germans.

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History

The party was established in August 1920 as the Schleswig Voters Club (German : Schleswigscher Wählerverein) following the Schleswig Plebiscites and the ceding of Northern Schleswig from Germany to Denmark. [1] It ran in the September 1920 Folketing elections, winning a single seat taken by Johannes Schmidt. [1] The party maintained its single seat in elections in 1924, 1926, 1929, 1932, 1935 and 1939. [2] [3]

The party did not run in the 1943 or 1945 elections, but returned to contest the 1947 elections, [4] in which it failed to win a seat. [2] The party remained seatless until the September 1953 elections, retaining its seat in 1957 and 1960. The 1964 elections saw the party lose its single seat, and it did not contest the 1966 elections.

The party returned to run in the 1968 elections, but failed to win a seat. After failing to win a seat in the 1971 elections, the party has not contested any further national elections, although it continues to participate in local politics in North Schleswig.

Between 1973 and 1979 the party was represented in Parliament by Jes Schmidt, a candidate elected through an electoral agreement with the Centre Democrats. After his death in 1979, the agreement between the two parties stopped because the SP proposed a candidate with a Waffen-SS past, thus unacceptable for the CD. [5]

Leaders

Election results

Folketing

ElectionVotesSeats
#%± pp#±
1920 (Sep) 7,5050.6%New
1 / 149
New
1924 7,7150.6%0.0
1 / 149
Steady2.svg 0
1926 10,4220.8%+0.2
1 / 149
Steady2.svg 0
1929 9,7870.7%–0.1
1 / 149
Steady2.svg 0
1932 9,8680.6%–0.1
1 / 149
Steady2.svg 0
1935 12,6170.8%+0.2
1 / 149
Steady2.svg 0
1939 15,0160.9%+0.1
1 / 149
Steady2.svg 0
19431945 Did not run
1947 7,4640.4%+0.4
0 / 150
Steady2.svg 0
1950 6,4060.3%–0.1
0 / 151
Steady2.svg 0
1953 (Apr) 8,4380.4%+0.1
0 / 151
Steady2.svg 0
1953 (Sep) 9,7210.5%+0.1
1 / 179
Increase2.svg 1
1957 9,2020.4%–0.1
1 / 179
Steady2.svg 0
1960 9,0580.4%0.0
1 / 179
Steady2.svg 0
1964 9,2740.4%0.0
0 / 179
Decrease2.svg 1
1966 Did not run
1968 6,8310.2%+0.2
0 / 179
Steady2.svg 0
1971 6,7430.2%0.0
0 / 179
Steady2.svg 0
1973Did not run

Landsting

ElectionVotesSeats
1928 6,736
0 / 76
1932 Did not run
1936 8,868
0 / 76
1939 11,122
0 / 76
19431953 Did not run

Local elections

Municipal elections
ElectionSeats
#±
1922
56 / 10,750
1925
64 / 11,329
Increase2.svg 8
1929
70 / 11,403
Increase2.svg 6
1933
72 / 11,425
Increase2.svg 2
1937
88 / 11,371
Increase2.svg 16
1943
1946
1950
45 / 11,499
1954
52 / 11,505
Increase2.svg 7
1958
50 / 11,529
Decrease2.svg 2
1962
44 / 11,414
Decrease2.svg 6
1966
42 / 10,005
Decrease2.svg 2
1970
20 / 4,677
Decrease2.svg 22
1974
16 / 4,735
Decrease2.svg 4
1978
14 / 4,759
Decrease2.svg 2
1981
12 / 4,769
Decrease2.svg 2
1985
14 / 4,773
Increase2.svg 2
1989
9 / 4,737
Decrease2.svg 5
1993
9 / 4,703
Steady2.svg 0
1997
8 / 4,647
Decrease2.svg 1
2001
7 / 4,685
Decrease2.svg 1
2005
4 / 2,522
Decrease2.svg 3
2009
6 / 2,468
Increase2.svg 2
2013
9 / 2,444
Increase2.svg 3
2017
10 / 2,432
Increase2.svg 1
2021
10 / 2,436
Steady2.svg 0
 
Regional elections
DateVotesSeats
#±
1935 4,737
6 / 299
1943
6 / 299
Steady2.svg 0
1946
1 / 299
Decrease2.svg 5
1950 3,123
2 / 299
Increase2.svg 1
1954 3,912
3 / 299
Increase2.svg 1
1958 4,069
3 / 303
Steady2.svg 0
1962 3,860
2 / 301
Decrease2.svg 1
1966 3,837
3 / 303
Increase2.svg 1
1970 7,501
1 / 366
Decrease2.svg 2
1974 6,454
2 / 370
Increase2.svg 1
1978 6,508
1 / 370
Decrease2.svg 1
1981 6,285
1 / 370
Steady2.svg 0
1985 5,593
1 / 374
Steady2.svg 0
1989 4,877
0 / 374
Decrease2.svg 1
1993 5,115
1 / 374
Increase2.svg 1
1997 4,538
1 / 374
Steady2.svg 0
2001 4,417
1 / 374
Steady2.svg 0
2005-2013 Did not run
2017 5,267
0 / 205
Steady2.svg 0
2021 Did not run
 
Mayors
YearSeats
No.±
2005
0 / 98
Steady2.svg 0
2009
0 / 98
Steady2.svg 0
2013
0 / 98
Steady2.svg 0
2017
0 / 98
Steady2.svg 0
2021
1 / 98
Increase2.svg 1

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