Danish Folketing election, 1910

Danish Folketing election, 1910

20 May 1910

All 114 seats to the Folketing 58 seats were needed for a majority   First party Second party   Leader Klaus Berntsen Thorvald Stauning Party Venstre Social Democrats Last election 48 seats, 29.9%[1] 24 seats, 28.7% Seats won 57 24 Seat change 9 0 Popular vote 118,902 98,718 Percentage 34.1% 28.3%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Carl Theodor Zahle ? Party Social Liberals Højre Last election 15 seats, 15.5% 21 seats, 19.8% Seats won 20 13 Seat change 5 8 Popular vote 64,884 64,904 Percentage 18.6% 18.6%

Prime Minister before election Carl Theodor Zahle Social Liberals Elected Prime Minister Klaus Berntsen Venstre

Folketing elections were held in Denmark on 20 May 1910.^[2] The result was a victory for Venstre, which won 57 of the 114 seats. Voter turnout was 74.8%.^[3]

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Venstre	118,902	34.1	57	+9
Social Democratic Party	98,718	28.3	24	0
Højre	64,904	18.6	13	–8
Danish Social Liberal Party	64,884	18.6	20	+5
Independents	1,448	0.4	0	–6
Invalid/blank votes	3,028	–	–	–
Total	351,884	100	114	0
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

1. Total seats and votes of Venstre and Moderate Venstre
2. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p524 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
3. Nohlen & Stöver, p536