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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]
The Folketing was elected by rural–urban proportional representation. Copenhagen had 24 members elected by party-list proportional representation using the d'Hondt system, while in the rest of the country 93 members (42 in the Danish Islands and 51 in Jutland) were elected in single-member constituencies using first-past-the-post voting. There were a further 23 leveling seats to make the results more proportional. [3]
Of the 23 leveling seats, twenty (nine in the islands and eleven in Jutland) were allocated on a regional basis, and three (one in the islands and two in Jutland) were allocated based on the nationwide vote (including Copenhagen). [3] The allocation of candidates to leveling seats was based on a best-loser rule, using a form of Scorporo; in each single-member constituency a Hare quota of votes for the appropriate region was subtracted from the winner's votes and the remainders were pooled at a county level. The candidates with the highest proportion of the votes relative to the region's Hare quota were allocated the leveling seats. [3]
The 1918 elections were the only ones in Danish history to feature this mixed system. [4] [5] Future elections would be entirely using proportional representation with the single-member districts not affecting the party-level results.
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Venstre | 269,646 | 29.41 | 45 | +2 | |
| Social Democratic Party | 262,796 | 28.66 | 39 | +7 | |
| Danish Social Liberal Party | 189,521 | 20.67 | 32 | +1 | |
| Conservative People's Party | 167,743 | 18.29 | 22 | New | |
| Industry List | 11,934 | 1.30 | 1 | New | |
| New Right | 4,764 | 0.52 | 0 | New | |
| Voters of 1918 | 4,407 | 0.48 | 0 | New | |
| Socialist Workers Party | 1,410 | 0.15 | 0 | New | |
| Independent Social Democracy | 1,086 | 0.12 | 0 | New | |
| Independents | 3,622 | 0.40 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 916,929 | 100.00 | 140 | +26 | |
| Valid votes | 916,929 | 99.62 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 3,468 | 0.38 | |||
| Total votes | 920,397 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,218,901 | 75.51 | |||
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | |||||
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Greater Copenhagen is one of the 12 multi-member constituencies of the Folketing, the national legislature of Denmark. The constituency was established in 2007 following the public administration structural reform. It consists of the municipalities of Albertslund, Ballerup, Brøndby, Gentofte, Gladsaxe, Glostrup, Herlev, Høje-Taastrup, Hvidovre, Ishøj, Lyngby-Taarbæk, Rødovre and Vallensbæk. The constituency currently elects 11 of the 179 members of the Folketing using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2022 general election it had 371,085 registered electors.
North Zealand is one of the 12 multi-member constituencies of the Folketing, the national legislature of Denmark. The constituency was established in 2007 following the public administration structural reform. It consists of the municipalities of Allerød, Egedal, Fredensborg, Frederikssund, Furesø, Gribskov, Halsnæs, Helsingør, Hillerød, Hørsholm and Rudersdal. The constituency currently elects 10 of the 179 members of the Folketing using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2022 general election it had 341,544 registered electors.
Funen is one of the 12 multi-member constituencies of the Folketing, the national legislature of Denmark. The constituency was established in 2007 following the public administration structural reform. It consists of the municipalities of Ærø, Assens, Faaborg-Midtfyn, Kerteminde, Langeland, Middelfart, Nordfyn, Nyborg, Odense and Svendborg. The constituency currently elects 12 of the 179 members of the Folketing using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2022 general election it had 378,832 registered electors.
South Jutland is one of the 12 multi-member constituencies of the Folketing, the national legislature of Denmark. The constituency was established in 2007 following the public administration structural reform. It consists of the municipalities of Aabenraa, Billund, Esbjerg, Fanø, Fredericia, Haderslev, Kolding, Sønderborg, Tønder, Varde, Vejen and Vejle. The constituency currently elects 17 of the 179 members of the Folketing using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2022 general election it had 526,547 registered electors.
East Jutland is one of the 12 multi-member constituencies of the Folketing, the national legislature of Denmark. The constituency was established in 2007 following the public administration structural reform. It consists of the municipalities of Aarhus, Favrskov, Hedensted, Horsens, Norddjurs, Odder, Randers, Samsø, Skanderborg and Syddjurs. The constituency currently elects 18 of the 179 members of the Folketing using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2022 general election it had 602,870 registered electors.
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