April 1920 Danish Folketing election

April 1920 Danish Folketing election
Danish Realm
← 1918 26 April 1920 July 1920 →

All 140 seats in the Folketing
71 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
Elected in Denmark
Venstre Niels Neergaard 34.23 48 +4
Social Democrats Thorvald Stauning 29.32 42 +3
Conservatives Emil Piper 19.67 28 +6
Social Liberals Carl Theodor Zahle 11.93 17 −15
Industry 2.88 4 +3
Elected in the Faroe Islands
Union Oliver Effersøe 64.48 1 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Michael Pedersen Friis
Independent
Niels Neergaard
Venstre

Folketing elections were held in Denmark on 26 April 1920,[1] except in the Faroe Islands, where they were held on 20 May. The election campaign was the most aggressive and bitter in Denmark in the 20th century.[2] Voter turnout was 80.6% in Denmark proper and 58.8% in the Faroe Islands.[3]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p524 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Wendt. "Rigsdagen 1915-40". Den Danske Rigsdag 1849-1949 bind II - Rigsdagens histore 1866-1949. p. 392.
  3. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p. 537