Danish Folketing election, 1909

Danish Folketing election, 1909
Denmark
25 May 1909

All 114 seats to the Folketing
58 seats were needed for a majority

  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg Peter Christian Knudsen ?
Party Venstre Social Democrats Højre
Last election 56 seats, 31.2% 24 seats, 25.4% 12 seats, 21.0%
Seats won 37 24 21
Seat change Decrease19 Steady0 Increase9
Popular vote 77,949 93,079 64,189
Percentage 24.0% 28.7% 19.8%

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Carl Theodor Zahle ?
Party Social Liberals Moderate Venstre
Last election 9 seats, 12.6% 9 seats, 6.8%
Seats won 15 11
Seat change Increase6 Increase2
Popular vote 50,305 19,241
Percentage 15.5% 5.9%

Prime Minister before election

Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg
Venstre

Elected Prime Minister

Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg
Venstre

Folketing elections were held in Denmark on 25 May 1909.[1] Although the Social Democratic Party received the largest share of the vote, the Venstre Reform Party won the most seats. Voter turnout was 71.3%.[2]

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Social Democratic Party93,07928.7240
Venstre Reform Party77,94924.037–19
Højre64,18919.821+9
Danish Social Liberal Party50,30515.515+6
Moderate Venstre19,2415.911+2
Independents18,4235.76+2
No votes1,2720.4
Invalid/blank votes3,101
Total326,3841001140
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

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