1918 Danish Folketing election

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]

1918 Danish Folketing election
Denmark
22 April 1918
All 140 seats in the Folketing
71 seats needed for a majority
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
Venstre Klaus Berntsen 29.41 45 +2
Social Democrats Thorvald Stauning 28.66 39 +7
Social Liberals Carl Theodor Zahle 20.67 32 +1
Conservatives Emil Piper 18.29 22 New
Industry 1.30 1 New
Independents – 0.40 1 +1
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Electoral system

The Folketing was elected by a mixture of proportional representation in Copenhagen and first-past-the-post voting in single-member constituencies in the rest of the country.[3] Outside of Copenhagen there were 20 regional levelling seats in addition to three national levelling seats, which were intended make the results more proportional.

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.

Results
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Venstre269,64629.4145+2
Social Democratic Party262,79628.6639+7
Danish Social Liberal Party189,52120.6732+1
Conservative People's Party167,74318.2922New
Industry List11,9341.301New
New Right4,7640.520New
Voters of 19184,4070.480New
Socialist Workers Party1,4100.150New
Independent Social Democracy1,0860.120New
Independents3,6220.4010
Total916,929100.00140+26
Valid votes916,92999.62
Invalid/blank votes3,4680.38
Total votes920,397100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,218,90175.51
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References
  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p524 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p537
  3. Saby, R. S. (1919). "Danish Parliamentary Elections of 1918". American Political Science Review. 13 (4): 656–662. doi:10.2307/1944222. ISSN 0003-0554.
  4. The Parliamentary Electoral System in Denmark Archived 2022-01-21 at the Wayback Machine Folketing
  5. Adolph, Jensen (July 1918). "Rigsdagsvalgene i April-Maj 1918 med Suppleringsvalg i Tiden 1915-18". Danmarks Statistik.
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