1918 Danish Folketing election

1918 Danish Folketing election
Denmark
← 1915 22 April 1918 April 1920 →

All 140 seats in the Folketing
71 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
Venstre Klaus Berntsen 29.41 45 +2
Social Democrats Thorvald Stauning 28.66 39 +7
Social Liberals Carl Theodor Zahle 20.67 32 +1
Conservatives Emil Piper 18.29 22 New
Industry 1.30 1 New
Independents 0.40 1 +1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Carl Theodor Zahle
Social Liberals
Carl Theodor Zahle
Social Liberals

Folketing elections were held in Denmark on 22 April 1918,[1] the first in which women could vote. The result was a victory for Venstre, which won 45 of the 140 seats in the Folketing, which had been expanded from 114 to 140 seats. Voter turnout was 75.5%.[2]

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