Danish Folketing election, 1918

Danish Folketing election, 1918
22 April 1918
All 140 seats to the Folketing
71 seats were needed for a majority

  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Klaus Berntsen Thorvald Stauning Carl Theodor Zahle
Party Venstre Social Democrats Social Liberals
Last election 43 seats 32 seats 31 seats
Seats won 45 39 32
Seat change Increase2 Increase7 Increase1
Popular vote 269,646 262,796 189,521
Percentage 29.4% 28.7% 20.7%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Emil Piper ?
Party Conservative People's Industry
Last election 8 seats[1] New
Seats won 22 1
Seat change Increase14 Increase1
Popular vote 167,743 11,934
Percentage 18.3% 1.3%
Prime Minister before election

Carl Theodor Zahle
Social Liberals

 Elected Prime Minister

Carl Theodor Zahle
Social Liberals

Folketing elections were held in Denmark on 22 April 1918,[2] the first in which women could vote. The result was a victory for Venstre, which won 45 of the 180 seats in the Folketing, which had been expanded from 114 to 140 seats. Voter turnout was 75.5%.[3]

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Venstre269,64629.445+2
Social Democratic Party262,79628.739+7
Danish Social Liberal Party189,52120.732+1
Conservative People's Party167,74318.322+14
Industry List11,9341.31New
New Right4,7640.50New
Voters of 19184,4070.50New
Socialist Workers Party1,4100.10New
Independent Social Democracy1,0860.10New
Independents3,6220.410
Invalid/blank votes3,468–––
Total920,397100140+26
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

  1. ↑ As Højre.
  2. ↑ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p524 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  3. ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p537
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