Danish Folketing election, 1926

Danish Folketing election, 1926

2 December 1926

All 149 seats to the Folketing 75 seats were needed for a majority   First party Second party Third party   Leader Thorvald Stauning Thomas Madsen-Mygdal Emil Piper Party Social Democrats Venstre Conservative People's Last election 55 seats, 36.6% 44 seats, 28.3% 28 seats, 18.9% Seats won 53 46 30 Seat change 2 2 2 Popular vote 497,106 378,137 275,793 Percentage 37.2% 28.3% 20.6%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Carl Theodor Zahle Collective leadership ? Party Social Liberals Justice Schleswig Last election 20 seats, 13.0% 0 seats, 1.0% 1 seat, 0.6% Seats won 16 2 1 Seat change 4 2 0 Popular vote 150,931 17,463 10,422 Percentage 11.3% 1.3% 0.8%

Prime Minister before election Thorvald Stauning Social Democrats Elected Prime Minister Thomas Madsen-Mygdal Venstre

Folketing elections were held in Denmark on 2 December 1926,^[1] except in the Faroe Islands where they were held on 20 December. The Social Democratic Party remained the largest in the Folketing, with 53 of the 149 seats. Voter turnout was 77.0% in Denmark proper and 40.2% in the Faroes.^[2]

Results

Denmark

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Social Democratic Party	497,106	37.2	53	–2
Venstre	378,137	28.3	46	+2
Conservative People's Party	275,793	20.6	30	+2
Danish Social Liberal Party	150,931	11.3	16	–4
Justice Party of Denmark	17,463	1.3	2	+2
Schleswig Party	10,422	0.8	1	0
Communist Party of Denmark	5,678	0.4	0	0
South Jutland Self-Government Party	2,117	0.1	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	3,579	–	–	–
Total	1,341,226	100	148	0
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Faroe Islands

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Venstre-Union Party	2,600	63.0	1	0
Social Democratic Party	1,019	24.7	0	New
Independent	505	12.2	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	31	–	–	–
Total	4,155	100	1	0
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

1. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p524 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
2. Nohlen & Stöver, p538