1924 Danish Folketing election

Election for the lower house of Danish Parliament Kingdom of Denmark September 1920 1926 All 149 seats in the Folketing 75 11 April 1924 Elected in Denmark Thorvald Stauning Social Democrats (Denmark) 48 55 36.63 Niels Neergaard Venstre (Denmark) 51 44 28.27 Emil Piper Conservative People's Party (Denmark) 27 28 18.94 Carl Theodor Zahle Danish Social Liberal Party 18 20 12.98 Johannes Schmidt-Wodder Schleswig Party 1 1 0.60 Elected in the Faroe Islands Oliver Effersøe Union Party (Faroe Islands) 1 1 – Prime Minister Niels Neergaard Venstre (Denmark) Thorvald Stauning Social Democrats (Denmark) Folketing1924.svg Folketing elections were held in Denmark on 11 April 1924.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p524 978-3-8329-5609-7 The result was a victory for the Social Democratic Party led by Thorvald Stauning, which won 55 of the 149 seats. Voter turnout was 78.6% in Denmark proper.Nohlen & Stöver, p538 In the Faroe Islands constituency there was only one candidate, who was returned unopposed. Results File:1924 Danish general election Result.svg Denmark Social Democratic Party 469949 55 +7 Venstre 362682 44 -7 Conservative People's Party 242955 28 +1 Danish Social Liberal Party 166476 20 +2 Justice Party of Denmark 12643 0 New Farmer Party 12196 0 New Schleswig Party 7715 1 0 Communist Party of Denmark 6219 0 0 Industry Party 2102 0 –3 4147 1637564 0 y Faroe Islands Union Party–Venstre – 1 0 0 Nohlen & Stöver References Folketing Denmark Category:Folketing elections