The Industry Party ( da, Erhvervspartiet) was a political party in
Denmark
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, establishe ...
in the 1910s and 1920s. It aimed to represent small and medium traders, primarily in
Copenhagen
Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...
.
History
The party was established in 1917,
[Vincent E McHale (1983) ''Political parties of Europe'', Greenwood Press, p178 ] and received 1.3% of the vote in the
1918 elections
The following elections occurred in the year 1918. Many of these were disrupted by the 1918 Influenza Pandemic, and the First World War.
Europe
* 1918 Danish Folketing election
* 1918 Danish Landsting election
* 1918 Dutch general election
* 1918 ...
, when it won a single seat.
Dieter Nohlen
Dieter Nohlen (born 6 November 1939) is a German academic and political scientist. He currently holds the position of Emeritus Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg. An ex ...
& Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p552 The party increased its vote share to 2.9% 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.
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In 1922 the party split in two, with both factions significantly weakened.][ In the ]1924 elections
The following elections occurred in the year 1924.
Africa
* Egyptian parliamentary election
* Kenyan general election
* Sierra Leonean general election
* South African general election
* Southern Rhodesian general election
Asia
* Ceylonese ...
the party received just 0.2% of the national vote and lost all three seats.[
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Election results
Folketing
References
{{Danish political parties
Defunct political parties in Denmark
Political parties established in 1917
1917 establishments in Denmark
Political parties with year of disestablishment missing