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1924 Danish Folketing election

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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 Vote % 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

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

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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 PartyVenstre10
Total10
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

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