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Denmark 1926 general election

Final results from ParlGov, read : Social Democrats won 53 of 148 seats with 37.2% of the vote; 77.0% of registered voters cast a ballot.

Result

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats%Votes
Social Democrats5337.2497,106
Venstre4628.3378,137
Conservative People's Party3020.6275,793
Danish Social Liberal Party1611.3150,931
Justice Party of Denmark21.317,463
Schleswig Party10.810,422
Communist Party of Denmark00.45,678
Votes by party
  • Social Democrats 497,106
  • Venstre 378,137
  • Conservative People's Party 275,793
  • Danish Social Liberal Party 150,931
  • Justice Party of Denmark 17,463
  • Schleswig Party 10,422
  • Communist Party of Denmark 5,678

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

77.0% of the 1,742,604 registered voters cast a ballot (1,341,226 ballots). 1,337,647 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.

Votes and seats

  • Social Democrats37.2% of votes35.8% of seats
  • Venstre28.3% of votes31.1% of seats
  • Conservative People's Party20.6% of votes20.3% of seats
  • Danish Social Liberal Party11.3% of votes10.8% of seats
  • Justice Party of Denmark1.3% of votes1.4% of seats
  • Schleswig Party0.8% of votes0.7% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 2.3 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.7 by votes and 3.6 by seats; Social Democrats led Venstre by 8.9 points of the vote. How these are computed.

Sources and licence

Sources and licence

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