Industry Party

Industry Party

Erhvervspartiet
Industry Party Erhvervspartiet
Founded	1917
	Politics of Denmark; Political parties; Elections;

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

The party was established in 1917,^[1] and received 1.3% of the vote in the 1918 elections, when it won a single seat.^[2] 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.^[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

Folketing

Election	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
1918	11,934	1.3%	New	1 / 140	New
April 1920	29,464	2.9%	+1.6	4 / 139	3
July 1920	25,627	2.7%	–0.2	4 / 139
September 1920	27,403	2.3%	–0.4	3 / 148	1
1924	2,102	0.2%	–2.1	0 / 148	3

References

^ ^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