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July 1920 Danish Folketing election 
Summary
Folketing elections were held in Denmark on 6 July 1920,[1] except in the Faroe Islands, where they were held on 3 August. The result was a victory for Venstre, which won 51 of the 140 seats. Voter turnout was 74.9% in Denmark proper and 46.4% in the Faroe Islands.[2]
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All 140 seats in the Folketing 71 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Results edit
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Denmark | |||||
| Venstre | 344,351 | 36.11 | 51 | +3 | |
| Social Democratic Party | 285,166 | 29.91 | 42 | 0 | |
| Conservative People's Party | 180,293 | 18.91 | 26 | –2 | |
| Danish Social Liberal Party | 109,931 | 11.53 | 16 | –1 | |
| Industry Party | 25,627 | 2.69 | 4 | 0 | |
| Independents | 8,193 | 0.86 | 0 | New | |
| Total | 953,561 | 100.00 | 139 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 953,561 | 99.79 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 2,004 | 0.21 | |||
| Total votes | 955,565 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,276,302 | 74.87 | |||
| Faroe Islands | |||||
| Union Party–Venstre | 2,693 | 70.55 | 1 | 0 | |
| Independents | 1,124 | 29.45 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 3,817 | 100.00 | 1 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 3,817 | 99.61 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 15 | 0.39 | |||
| Total votes | 3,832 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 8,259 | 46.40 | |||
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | |||||
References edit
- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p524 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p538