Denmark 1918 general election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Venstre won 45 of 139 seats with 29.4% of the vote; 75.5% of registered voters cast a ballot.
- Denmark
- Held
Result
- Venstre45
- Social Democrats39
- Danish Social Liberal Party32
- Conservative People's Party22
- Industry Party1
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | % | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venstre | 45 | 29.4 | 269,646 |
| Social Democrats | 39 | 28.7 | 262,796 |
| Danish Social Liberal Party | 32 | 20.7 | 189,521 |
| Conservative People's Party | 22 | 18.3 | 167,743 |
| Industry Party | 1 | 1.3 | 11,934 |
| Largest party without seats | 0 | 0.5 | 4,764 |
Votes by party
- Venstre 269,646
- Social Democrats 262,796
- Danish Social Liberal Party 189,521
- Conservative People's Party 167,743
- Industry Party 11,934
- Largest party without seats 4,764
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
75.5% of the 1,218,901 registered voters cast a ballot (920,397 ballots). 916,929 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Venstre29.4% of votes32.4% of seats
- Social Democrats28.7% of votes28.1% of seats
- Danish Social Liberal Party20.7% of votes23.0% of seats
- Conservative People's Party18.3% of votes15.8% of seats
- Industry Party1.3% of votes0.7% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 3.3 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.1 by votes and 3.8 by seats; Venstre led Social Democrats by 0.7 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
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