July 1920 Danish Folketing election

Folketing elections were held in Denmark on 6 July 1920,[1] except in the Faroe Islands, where they were held on 3 August. The result was a victory for Venstre, which won 51 of the 140 seats. Voter turnout was 74.9% in Denmark proper and 46.4% in the Faroe Islands.[2]

6 July 1920

All 140 seats in the Folketing
71 seats needed for a majority

Party	Leader	%	Seats	+/–
Elected in Denmark
Venstre	Niels Neergaard	36.11	51	+3
Social Democrats	Thorvald Stauning	29.91	42	0
Conservatives	Emil Piper	18.91	26	-2
Social Liberals	Carl Theodor Zahle	11.53	16	-1
Industry		2.69	4	0
Elected in the Faroe Islands
Union	Oliver Effersøe	70.55	1	0

Prime Minister before	Prime Minister after
Niels Neergaard Venstre	Niels Neergaard Venstre

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Ballot paper

Results



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Denmark
	Venstre	344,351	36.11	51	+3
	Social Democratic Party	285,166	29.91	42	0
	Conservative People's Party	180,293	18.91	26	–2
	Danish Social Liberal Party	109,931	11.53	16	–1
	Industry Party	25,627	2.69	4	0
	Independents	8,193	0.86	0	New
Total		953,561	100.00	139	0

Valid votes		953,561	99.79
Invalid/blank votes		2,004	0.21
Total votes		955,565	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,276,302	74.87
Faroe Islands
	Union Party–Venstre	2,693	70.55	1	0
	Independents	1,124	29.45	0	0
Total		3,817	100.00	1	0

Valid votes		3,817	99.61
Invalid/blank votes		15	0.39
Total votes		3,832	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		8,259	46.40
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p524 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
Nohlen & Stöver, p538

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