Industry Party
Industry Party Erhvervspartiet | |
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| Founded | 1917 |
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The Industry Party (Danish: Erhvervspartiet) was a political party in Denmark in the 1910s and 1920s. It aimed to represent small and medium traders, primarily in Copenhagen.
History
[edit]The party was established in 1917,[1] and received 1% of the vote in the 1918 elections, when it won a single seat.[2] The party increased its vote share to 3% in the April 1920 elections, winning four seats. It maintained its four seats in the July 1920 elections, but was reduced to three seats in the September 1920 elections.[2]
In 1922 the party split in two, with both factions significantly weakened.[1] In the 1924 elections the party received just 0.2% of the national vote and lost all three seats.[2]
Election results
[edit]Folketing
[edit]| Election | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– |
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| 1918 | 11,934 | 1.30 | New | 1 / 140
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New |
| April 1920 | 29,464 | 2.88 | +1.58 | 4 / 139
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 3
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| July 1920 | 25,627 | 2.69 | –0.19 | 4 / 139
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| September 1920 | 27,403 | 2.26 | –0.43 | 3 / 148
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 1
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| 1924 | 2,102 | 0.16 | –2.10 | 0 / 148
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3
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References
[edit]- ^ a b Vincent E. McHale (1983) Political parties of Europe, Greenwood Press, p178 ISBN 0-313-23804-9
- ^ a b c Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p552 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
