1926 Danish Folketing election

1926 Danish Folketing election
Danish Realm
← 1924 2 December 1926 1929 →

All 149 seats in the Folketing
75 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader % Seats +/–
Elected in Denmark
Social Democrats Thorvald Stauning 37.16 53 −2
Venstre Thomas Madsen-Mygdal 28.27 46 +2
Conservatives Emil Piper 20.62 30 +2
Social Liberals Carl Theodor Zahle 11.28 16 −4
Justice Collective leadership 1.31 2 +2
Schleswig Party Johannes Schmidt-Wodder 0.78 1 0
Elected in the Faroe Islands
Union Andrass Samuelsen 63.05 1 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Thorvald Stauning
Social Democrats
Thomas Madsen-Mygdal
Venstre

Folketing elections were held in Denmark on 2 December 1926,[1] except in the Faroe Islands where they were held on 20 December. The Social Democratic Party remained the largest in the Folketing, with 53 of the 149 seats. Voter turnout was 77.0% in Denmark proper and 40.2% in the Faroes.[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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