Landsting elections were held in Denmark on 21 September 1928, [1] with the exceptions that the electors were elected on 14 September, [2] that the candidates elected by the resigning parliament were elected on 15 August, [3] and that the Faroese candidate was elected by the Løgting on 23 August. [4]
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). [4]
Party | Votes | % | Electors | Seats | |||||
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People's | Parliament | Not up | Total | +/– | |||||
Venstre | 168,612 | 35.10 | 645 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 28 | −3 | |
Social Democratic Party | 166,382 | 34.63 | 612 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 27 | +2 | |
Conservative People's Party | 77,757 | 16.18 | 267 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 0 | |
Danish Social Liberal Party | 53,979 | 11.24 | 184 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0 | |
Schleswig Party | 6,736 | 1.40 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Justice Party of Denmark | 5,944 | 1.24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Other parties | 1,019 | 0.21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Faroese representative | – | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1 | |||
Total | 480,429 | 100.00 | 1,743 | 29 | 19 | 28 | 76 | 0 | |
Source: Wendt, [1] Nordengaard [4] |