Danish Folketing election, 1910

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Danish Folketing election, 1910

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  1909 20 May 1910 1913  

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

  First party Second party
  Klaus Berntsen.jpg Stauning i1920-erne.jpg
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 changeIncrease2.svg9Steady2.svg0
Popular vote 118,902 98,718
Percentage 34.1% 28.3%

  Third party Fourth party
  Zahle.jpg Blank.png
Leader Carl Theodor Zahle ?
Party Social Liberals Højre
Last election 15 seats, 15.5% 21 seats, 19.8%
Seats won 20 13
Seat changeIncrease2.svg5Decrease2.svg8
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]

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Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Venstre 118,90234.157+9
Social Democratic Party 98,71828.3240
Højre 64,90418.613–8
Danish Social Liberal Party 64,88418.620+5
Independents1,4480.40–6
Invalid/blank votes3,028
Total351,8841001140
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

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References

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