1910 Danish Folketing election

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]

1910 Danish Folketing election
20 May 1910
All 114 seats to the Folketing
58 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
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 change 9 0
Popular vote 118,902 98,718
Percentage 34.1% 28.3%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Carl Theodor Zahle ?
Party Social Liberals Højre
Last election 15 seats, 15.5% 21 seats, 19.8%
Seats won 20 13
Seat change 5 8
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

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Results
Party Votes % Seats +/–
Venstre118,90234.157+9
Social Democratic Party98,71828.3240
Højre64,90418.613–8
Danish Social Liberal Party64,88418.620+5
Independents1,4480.40–6
Invalid/blank votes3,028–––
Total351,8841001140
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

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
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