Denmark 1909 general election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Venstre won 37 of 114 seats with 24.0% of the vote; 70.9% of registered voters cast a ballot.
- Denmark
- Held
Result
- Venstre37
- Social Democrats24
- Conservative People's Party21
- Danish Social Liberal Party15
- Moderate Venstre11
- Independents6
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | % | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democrats | 24 | 28.7 | 93,079 |
| Venstre | 37 | 24.0 | 77,949 |
| Conservative People's Party | 21 | 19.8 | 64,189 |
| Danish Social Liberal Party | 15 | 15.5 | 50,305 |
| Moderate Venstre | 11 | 5.9 | 19,241 |
| Independents | 6 | 5.7 | 18,423 |
Votes by party
- Social Democrats 93,079
- Venstre 77,949
- Conservative People's Party 64,189
- Danish Social Liberal Party 50,305
- Moderate Venstre 19,241
- Independents 18,423
ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes. How we read it.
ParlGov marks results before 1945 as experimental: they may need revision, so we compare them with no other election.
Share of the vote
Turnout
70.9% of the 460,553 registered voters cast a ballot (326,384 ballots). 324,283 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Venstre24.0% of votes32.5% of seats
- Social Democrats28.7% of votes21.1% of seats
- Conservative People's Party19.8% of votes18.4% of seats
- Danish Social Liberal Party15.5% of votes13.2% of seats
- Moderate Venstre5.9% of votes9.6% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 8.7 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.8 by votes and 4.7 by seats; Social Democrats led Venstre by 4.7 points of the vote. How these are computed.
Sources and licence
Sources and licence
- ParlGov 2024 Release (Döring and Manow), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
- Wikidata, party colours (P465) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
Our text and compilation: CC BY 4.0. How to reuse and cite this page.