Denmark April 1920 general election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Venstre won 48 of 139 seats with 34.2% of the vote; 80.6% of registered voters cast a ballot.
- Denmark
- Held
Result
- Venstre48
- Social Democrats42
- Conservative People's Party28
- Danish Social Liberal Party17
- Industry Party4
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | % | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venstre | 48 | 34.2 | 350,563 |
| Social Democrats | 42 | 29.3 | 300,345 |
| Conservative People's Party | 28 | 19.7 | 201,499 |
| Danish Social Liberal Party | 17 | 11.9 | 122,160 |
| Industry Party | 4 | 2.9 | 29,464 |
| Largest party without seats | 0 | 0.9 | 9,056 |
Votes by party
- Venstre 350,563
- Social Democrats 300,345
- Conservative People's Party 201,499
- Danish Social Liberal Party 122,160
- Industry Party 29,464
- Largest party without seats 9,056
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
80.6% of the 1,274,377 registered voters cast a ballot (1,027,288 ballots). 1,024,206 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Venstre34.2% of votes34.5% of seats
- Social Democrats29.3% of votes30.2% of seats
- Conservative People's Party19.7% of votes20.1% of seats
- Danish Social Liberal Party11.9% of votes12.2% of seats
- Industry Party2.9% of votes2.9% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 1.0 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.9 by votes and 3.7 by seats; Venstre led Social Democrats by 4.9 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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