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Landsting elections were held in Denmark on 14 April 1939, [1] with the exception that the electors that elected the candidates standing in the constituencies were elected on 3 April. [2]
As the election followed a dissolution of both chambers in order to call a referendum on changing the constitution, the seats of all seven constituencies as well as the seats elected by the parliament were up for election.
The referendum was held on 23 May but failed due to a low voter turnout.
| Party | Votes | % | Electors | Seats | |||||
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| People's | Parliament | Total | +/– | ||||||
| Social Democratic Party | 509,132 | 41.43 | 1,663 | 27 | 8 | 35 | +4 | ||
| Venstre | 248,495 | 20.22 | 829 | 13 | 5 | 18 | –4 | ||
| Conservative People's Party | 236,075 | 19.21 | 702 | 9 | 4 | 13 | –2 | ||
| Danish Social Liberal Party | 124,925 | 10.17 | 370 | 6 | 2 | 8 | +1 | ||
| Free People's Party | 35,835 | 2.92 | 97 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | ||
| Communist Party of Denmark | 19,934 | 1.62 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
| National Socialist Workers' Party | 15,889 | 1.29 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Justice Party of Denmark | 18,129 | 1.48 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Schleswig Party | 11,122 | 0.91 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| National Cooperation | 7,087 | 0.58 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
| Danish Unity | 2,317 | 0.19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
| Faroese representative | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 1,228,940 | 100.00 | 3,768 | 56 | 19 | 76 | 0 | ||
| Source: Wendt, [1] Nordengaard [2] | |||||||||
There are three types of elections in Denmark: elections to the national parliament, local elections, and elections to the European Parliament. Referendums may also be called to consult the Danish citizens directly on an issue of national concern.
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Landsting elections were held in Denmark on 1 October 1920, with the exceptions that the seats elected by the resigning parliament were elected on 10 September, except for the representative of South Jutland County who was elected on October 7, the Faroese member was elected on 3 February 1921, and the electors that elected the candidates standing in the constituencies were elected on 24 September 1920.
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Landsting elections were held in Denmark on 20 September 1910, with the exception that the Faroese candidate was elected on 1 September.
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Folketing elections were held in Denmark on 28 January 1887.
A referendum on the sale of the Danish West Indian Islands to the United States of America was held in Denmark on 14 December 1916. The non-binding referendum saw 283,670 vote in favor of the sale of the Danish West Indian Islands and 158,157 against. The residents of the islands were not allowed to vote on the matter, but in an unofficial vote on Saint Croix arranged by David Hamilton Jackson, 4,027 voted in favor of the sale and only seven voted against. As a result of the referendum the islands were formally relinquished to the United States by the Treaty of the Danish West Indies on 31 March 1917 as the United States Virgin Islands for a sum of US$25,000,000 in gold.
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Events from the year 1902 in Denmark.
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