1924 Danish Folketing election

1924 Danish Folketing election
Danish Realm
← September 1920 11 April 1924 1926 →

All 149 seats in the Folketing
75 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader % Seats +/–
Elected in Denmark
Social Democrats Thorvald Stauning 36.63 55 +7
Venstre Niels Neergaard 28.27 44 −7
Conservatives Emil Piper 18.94 28 +1
Social Liberals Carl Theodor Zahle 12.98 20 +2
Schleswig Party Johannes Schmidt-Wodder 0.60 1 0
Elected in the Faroe Islands
Union Oliver Effersøe 1 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Niels Neergaard
Venstre
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

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Denmark
Social Democratic Party469,94936.6355+7
Venstre362,68228.2744-7
Conservative People's Party242,95518.9428+1
Danish Social Liberal Party166,47612.9820+2
Justice Party of Denmark12,6430.990New
Farmer Party12,1960.950New
Schleswig Party7,7150.6010
Communist Party of Denmark6,2190.4800
Industry Party2,1020.160–3
Total1,282,937100.001480
Valid votes1,282,93799.68
Invalid/blank votes4,1470.32
Total votes1,287,084100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,637,56478.60
Faroe Islands
Union Party–Venstre10
Total10
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

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