Danish Folketing election, 1924

11 April 1924

All 149 seats to the Folketing 75 seats were needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Thorvald Stauning	Niels Neergaard	Emil Piper
Party	Social Democrats	Venstre	Conservative People's
Last election	48 seats, 32.2%	51 seats, 34.0%	27 seats, 17.9%
Seats won	55	44	28
Seat change	7	7	1
Popular vote	469,949	362,682	242,955
Percentage	36.6%	28.3%	18.9%

	Fourth party	Fifth party

Leader	Carl Theodor Zahle	?
Party	Social Liberals	Schleswig
Last election	18 seats, 12.1%	1 seat, 0.6%
Seats won	20	1
Seat change	2	0
Popular vote	166,476	7,715
Percentage	13.0%	0.6%

Prime Minister before election

Niels Neergaard
Venstre

Elected Prime Minister

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

Denmark

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Social Democratic Party	469,949	36.6	55	+7
Venstre	362,682	28.3	44	-7
Conservative People's Party	242,955	18.9	28	+1
Danish Social Liberal Party	166,476	13.0	20	+2
Justice Party of Denmark	12,643	1.0	0	New
Farmer Party	12,196	0.9	0	New
Schleswig Party	7,715	0.6	1	0
Communist Party of Denmark	6,219	0.5	0	0
Industry Party	2,102	0.2	0	–3
Invalid/blank votes	4,147	–	–	–
Total	1,287,084	100	148	0
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Faroe Islands

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Venstre-Union Party	–	–	1	0
Invalid/blank votes	–	–	–	–
Total	–	–	1	0
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p524 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p538

Elections and referendums in Denmark

Folketing elections	1849 1852 1853 (Feb) 1853 (May) 1854 1855 1858 1861 1864 1866 (Jun) 1866 (Oct) 1869 1872 1873 1876 1879 1881 (May) 1881 (Jul) 1884 1887 1890 1892 1895 1898 1901 1903 1906 1909 1910 1913 1915 1918 1920 (Apr) 1920 (Jul) 1920 (Sep) 1924 1926 1929 1932 1935 1939 1943 1945 1947 1950 1953 (Apr) 1953 (Sep) 1957 1960 1964 1966 1968 1971 1973 1975 1977 1979 1981 1984 1987 1988 1990 1994 1998 2001 2005 2007 2011 2015 Next

Landsting elections	1849 1853 1855 1859 1863 1866 (Jun) 1866 (Oct) 1870 1874 1878 1882 1886 1890 1894 1898 1902 1906 1910 1914 1915 1918 1920 (Aug) 1920 (Oct) 1924 1928 1932 1936 1939 1943 (1945) 1947 1951 1953

European elections	1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014

Local elections	1900 1901 1902 1903 1906 1909 1913 1917 1921 1925 1929 1933 1935 1937 1943 1946 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013

Other elections	Constituent Assembly 1848 Rigsraadet 1856 1864 1865

Referendums	1916 1920 1939 1953 1961 1963 1969 1971 1972 1978 1986 1992 1993 1998 2000 2009 2014 2015

See also: Elections and referendums in the Faroe Islands Elections and referendums in Greenland

Elections and referendums in the Faroe Islands

Løgting elections	1906 1908 1910 1912 1914 1916 1918 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1943 1945 1946 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1980 1984 1988 1990 1994 1998 2002 2004 2008 2011 2015

Folketing elections	1920 (Apr) 1920 (Jul) 1920 (Sep) 1924 1926 1929 1932 1935 1939 1943 1945 1947 1950 1953 (Apr) 1953 (Sep) 1957 1960 1964 1966 1968 1971 1973 1975 1977 1979 1981 1984 1987 1988 1990 1994 1998 2001 2005 2007 2011 2015

Referendums	1907 1946 1973 2009

See also: Elections and referendums in Denmark Elections and referendums in Greenland

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