Schleswig Party

Schleswig Party Slesvigsk Parti
Party logo
Leader	Carsten Leth Schmidt
Founded	1920
Headquarters	Vestergade 30 6200 Aabenraa
Ideology	Regionalism
Colours	Yellow
Folketing	0 / 179
European Parliament	0 / 13
Municipal councils	9 / 2,444
Website
www.slesvigsk-parti.dk
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The Schleswig Party (Danish: Slesvigsk Parti, German: Schleswigsche Partei) is a political party in Denmark representing the North Schleswig Germans.

History

The party was established in August 1920 as the Schleswig Voters Club (German: Schleswigscher Wählerverein) following the Schleswig Plebiscites and the ceding of Northern Schleswig from Germany to Denmark. It ran in the September 1920 Folketing elections, winning a single seat taken by Johannes Schmidt. The party maintained its single seat in elections in 1924, 1926, 1929, 1932 and 1935, but lost its parliamentary representation in the 1939 elections.

The party did not run in the 1943 or 1945 elections, but returned to contest the 1947 elections, in which it failed to win a seat. The party remained seatless until the September 1953 elections, retaining its seat in 1957 and 1960. The 1964 elections saw the party lose its single seat, and it did not contest the 1966 elections.

The party returned to run in the 1968 elections, but failed to win a seat. After failing to win a seat in the 1971 elections, the party has not contested any further national elections, although it continues to participate in local politics in North Schleswig.

Between 1973 and 1979 the party was represented in Parliament by Jes Schmidt, a candidate elected through an electoral agreement with the Centre Democrats. After his death in 1979, the agreement between the two parties stopped because the SP proposed a candidate with a Waffen-SS past, thus unacceptable for the CD.

Leaders

• Johannes Schmidt (1920–35)
• Hans Christian Jepsen (1983–91)
• Peter Bieling (1991–99)
• Gerhard Mammen (1999–2010)
• Marit Jessen Rüdiger (2010–12)
• Carsten Leth Schmidt (2012–)

Election results

Folketing

Election	Votes			Seats
	#	%	± pp	#	±
1920 (Sep)	7,505	0.6%	New	1 / 179	New
1924	7,715	0.6%	0.0	1 / 179	0
1926	10,422	0.8%	+0.2	1 / 179	0
1929	9,787	0.7%	–0.1	1 / 179	0
1932	9,868	0.6%	–0.1	1 / 179	0
1935	12,617	0.8%	+0.2	1 / 179	0
1939	15,016	0.9%	+0.1	0 / 179	1
1943–1945	Did not run
1947	7,464	0.4%	+0.4	0 / 179	0
1950	6,406	0.3%	–0.1	0 / 179	0
1953 (Apr)	8,438	0.4%	+0.1	0 / 179	0
1953 (Sep)	9,721	0.5%	+0.1	1 / 179	1
1957	9,202	0.4%	–0.1	1 / 179	0
1960	9,058	0.4%	0.0	1 / 179	0
1964	9,274	0.4%	0.0	0 / 179	1
1966	Did not run
1968	6,831	0.2%	+0.2	0 / 179	0
1971	6,743	0.2%	0.0	0 / 179	0
1973–	Did not run

Landsting

Election	Votes	Seats
1928	6,736	0 / 76
1932	Did not run
1936	8,868	0 / 76
1939	11,122	0 / 76
1943–1953	Did not run

Municipal elections

Election	Seats
	#	±
1937	Unknown
1943	Unknown
1946	Unknown
1950	Unknown
1954	Unknown
1958	Unknown
1962	Unknown
1966	42 / 10,005
1970	20 / 4,677	22
1974	16 / 4,735	4
1978	14 / 4,759	2
1981	12 / 4,769	2
1985	14 / 4,773	2
1989	9 / 4,737	5
1993	9 / 4,703	0
1997	8 / 4,647	1
2001	7 / 4,685	1
2005	4 / 2,522	3
2009	6 / 2,468	2
2013	9 / 2,444	3

Amt & Regional elections

Date	Votes	Seats
		#	±
1935	4737	6 / 299	New
1943		6 / 299	0
1946		1 / 299	5
1950	3123	2 / 299	1
1954	3912	3 / 299	1
1958	4069	3 / 303	0
1962	3860	2 / 301	1
1966	3837	3 / 303	1
1970	7501	1 / 366	2
1974	6454	2 / 370	1
1978	6508	1 / 370	1
1981	6285	1 / 370	0
1985	5593	1 / 374	0
1981	4877	0 / 374	1
1993	5115	1 / 374	1
1997	4538	1 / 374	0
2001	4417	1 / 374	0
2005-2013	Did not run

External links

• Party website