1924 Danish Folketing election

1924 Danish Folketing election

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All 149 seats to the Folketing 75 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Thorvald Stauning Niels Neergaard Party Social Democrats Venstre Conservative Last election 48 seats, 32.2% 51 seats, 34.0% 27 seats, 17.9% Seats won 55 44 28 Seat change 7 7 1 Popular vote 469,949 362,682 242,955 Percentage 36.6% 28.3% 18.9%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Carl Theodor Zahle Johannes Schmidt-Wodder Party Social Liberals Schleswig Last election 18 seats, 12.1% 1 seat, 0.6% Seats won 20 1 Seat change 2 0 Popular vote 166,476 7,715 Percentage 13.0% 0.6%
Prime Minister before election Niels Neergaard Venstre Elected Prime Minister Thorvald Stauning Social Democrats

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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.

Results[]

Denmark[]

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Social Democratic Party	469,949	36.6	55	+7
Venstre	362,682	28.3	44	-7
Conservative People's Party	242,955	18.9	28	+1
Danish Social Liberal Party	166,476	13.0	20	+2
Justice Party of Denmark	12,643	1.0	0	New
Farmer Party	12,196	0.9	0	New
Schleswig Party	7,715	0.6	1	0
Communist Party of Denmark	6,219	0.5	0	0
Industry Party	2,102	0.2	0	–3
Invalid/blank votes	4,147	–	–	–
Total	1,287,084	100	148	0
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Faroe Islands[]

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