1909 Danish Folketing election

1909 Danish Folketing election

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All 114 seats to the Folketing 58 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg Peter Christian Knudsen ? Party Venstre Social Democrats Højre Last election 56 seats, 31.2% 24 seats, 25.4% 12 seats, 21.0% Seats won 37 24 21 Seat change 19 0 9 Popular vote 77,949 93,079 64,189 Percentage 24.0% 28.7% 19.8%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Carl Theodor Zahle ? Party Social Liberals Moderate Venstre Last election 9 seats, 12.6% 9 seats, 6.8% Seats won 15 11 Seat change 6 2 Popular vote 50,305 19,241 Percentage 15.5% 5.9%
Prime Minister before election Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg Venstre Elected Prime Minister Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg Venstre

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Folketing elections were held in Denmark on 25 May 1909.^[1] Although the Social Democratic Party received the largest share of the vote, the Venstre Reform Party won the most seats. Voter turnout was 71.3%.^[2]

Results[]

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Social Democratic Party	93,079	28.7	24	0
Venstre Reform Party	77,949	24.0	37	–19
Højre	64,189	19.8	21	+9
Danish Social Liberal Party	50,305	15.5	15	+6
Moderate Venstre	19,241	5.9	11	+2
Independents	18,423	5.7	6	+2
No votes	1,272	0.4	–	–
Invalid/blank votes	3,101	–	–	–
Total	326,384	100	114	0
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

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