1924 Danish Folketing election

1924 Danish Folketing election
Danish Realm
← September 1920 11 April 1924 1926 →

All 149 seats in the Folketing
75 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader % Seats +/–
Elected in Denmark
Social Democrats Thorvald Stauning 36.63 55 +7
Venstre Niels Neergaard 28.27 44 −7
Conservatives Emil Piper 18.94 28 +1
Social Liberals Carl Theodor Zahle 12.98 20 +2
Schleswig Party Johannes Schmidt-Wodder 0.60 1 0
Elected in the Faroe Islands
Union Oliver Effersøe 1 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Niels Neergaard
Venstre
Thorvald Stauning
Social Democrats

Folketing elections were held in Denmark on 11 April 1924.[1] The result was a victory for the Social Democratic Party led by Thorvald Stauning, which won 55 of the 149 seats. Voter turnout was 78.6% in Denmark proper.[2] In the Faroe Islands constituency there was only one candidate, who was returned unopposed.

  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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