September 1920 Danish Folketing election

September 1920 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 Niels Neergaard Thorvald Stauning Party Venstre Social Democrats Conservative Last election 51 seats, 36.1% 42 seats, 29.9% 26 seats, 18.9% Seats won 51 48 27 Seat change 0 6 1 Popular vote 411,661 389,653 216,733 Percentage 34.0% 32.2% 17.9%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Carl Theodor Zahle ? Johannes Schmidt-Wodder Party Social Liberals Industry Schleswig Last election 16 seats, 11.5% 4 seats, 2.7% New Seats won 18 3 1 Seat change 2 1 1 Popular vote 147,120 27,403 7,505 Percentage 12.1% 2.3% 0.6%
Prime Minister before election Niels Neergaard Venstre Elected Prime Minister Niels Neergaard Venstre

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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]

Results[]

Denmark[]

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Venstre	411,661	34.0	51	0
Social Democratic Party	389,653	32.2	48	+6
Conservative People's Party	216,733	17.9	27	+1
Danish Social Liberal Party	147,120	12.1	18	+2
Industry Party	27,403	2.3	3	–1
Schleswig Party	7,505	0.6	1	New
Free Social Democrats	6,460	0.5	0	New
Danish Left Socialist Party	5,160	0.4	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	2,673	–	–	–
Total	1,214,368	100	148	+9
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Faroe Islands[]

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