Danish Landsting election, 1936

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The Danish Landsting election of 1936 was held on 22 September 1936, [1] with the exceptions that the electors were elected on 15 September [2] and that the candidates elected by the resigning parliament were elected on 14 August. [1]

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The election was a victory for the government parties, the Social Democratic Party and Det Radikale Venstre, and for the first time since 1870 did a Danish government have a majority of the seats in both chambers of parliament. [1]

The Social Democrats, officially Social Democracy, is a social-democratic political party in Denmark. It was the major coalition partner in government from the 2011 parliamentary election, with then-party leader Helle Thorning-Schmidt as Prime Minister. After the 2015 parliamentary election, the party is no longer in government, though it regained the position as the largest party in the Danish parliament, the Folketing, with 47 of 179 seats. Helle Thorning-Schmidt withdrew as party leader on the night of the election as a direct consequence of the loss of government control, and she was succeeded on 28 June 2015 by the former vice leader, Mette Frederiksen.

Of the seven constituencies the seats elected by the resigning parliament and the seats representing constituencies number two (Copenhagen County, Frederiksborg County, Holbæk County, Sorø County, Præstø County and Maribo County), number three (Bornholm County), number five (Vejle County, Aarhus County, Skanderborg County, Ringkøbing County, Ribe County, Aabenraa County, Haderslev County, Sønderborg County and Tønder County) and number seven (the Faroe Islands). [2]

Copenhagen County Former county

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Præstø County province in Denmark, located on the southern part of Zealand

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Results

Party Leader Seats elected by the resigning parliament Total number of votes cast Seats elected by electors Seats not up for election [a] Total number of seats Gain/loss
Social Democratic Party 7 228,685 12 12 31 +4
Venstre 7 132,264 7 8 22 -6
Conservative People's Party 3 118,094 6 6 15 +2
Det Radikale Venstre 2 57,109 3 2 7 +0
Det Frie Folkeparti 0 19,624 0 0 0 +0
Justice Party of Denmark 0 9,427 0 0 0 +0
Schleswig Party 0 8,868 0 0 0 +0
National Socialist Workers' Party of Denmark 0 2,012 0 0 0 +0
Outside the parties [b] 0 1 0 1 +0
Total 19 480,429 29 28 76
Source [1] [2]

Notes

a The candidates elected at the 1932 election, who were elected for a term of eight years.
b The Faroese member, who was elected by the Løgting.

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References

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