September 1920 Danish Folketing election

September 1920 Danish Folketing election
Danish Realm
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All 149 seats in the Folketing
75 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader % Seats +/–
Elected in Denmark
Venstre Niels Neergaard 33.97 51 0
Social Democrats Thorvald Stauning 32.16 48 +6
Conservatives Emil Piper 17.89 27 +1
Social Liberals Carl Theodor Zahle 12.14 18 +2
Industry 2.26 3 −1
Schleswig Party Johannes Schmidt-Wodder 0.62 1 New
Elected in the Faroe Islands
Union Oliver Effersøe 60.22 1 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Niels Neergaard
Venstre
Niels Neergaard
Venstre

Folketing elections were held in Denmark on 21 September 1920,[1] except in the Faroe Islands, where they were held on 30 October. They were the first in which South Jutland County participated since the Schleswig Plebiscites and the return to Danish rule, and the total number of seats in the Folketing was increased from 140 to 149. The result was a victory for Venstre, which won 51 of the 149 seats. Voter turnout was 77.0% in Denmark proper and 56.2% in the Faroe Islands.[2]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p524 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p538

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