1915 Danish Folketing election

Election for the lower house of Danish Parliament Denmark 1913 1918 All 114 seats in the Folketing 58 7 May 1915 yes Klaus Berntsen Venstre (Denmark) 44 43 Thorvald Stauning Social Democrats (Denmark) 32 32 Carl Theodor Zahle Danish Social Liberal Party 31 31 Højre 7 8 Prime Minister Carl Theodor Zahle Danish Social Liberal Party Carl Theodor Zahle Danish Social Liberal Party Folketing1915.svg Folketing elections were held in Denmark on 6 May 1915. In order to make amendments to the constitution, the government called for the dissolution of both the Folketing and the Landsting to allow a new Rigsdag to make the revisions. However, as this was during World War I, no campaigning took place,Hatting Jørgen Fabricius, K. Frisch, H. Hjelholt, H. Mackeprang, M. Møller, A. Den Danske Rigsdag 1849-1949 bind III - Rigsdagen og folket 1950 J. H. Schultz Forlag Copenhagen Danish Valgdeltagelsen efter 1866 119 and 104 of the 114 were uncontested.Elklit Jørgen Elklit, Jørgen Tonsgaard, Ole Valg og vælgeradfærd - Studier i dansk politik Det klassiske danske partisystem bliver til 1984 Forlaget Politica Århus Danish 87-7335-058-3 34 The corresponding Landsting election was held on 22 May.Rosenkrantz Palle Den danske regering og rigsdag 1903-1934 1934 Arthur Jensens Forlag Copenhagen Danish 33 Results File:1915 Danish general election Result.svg Venstre 43 –1 Social Democratic Party 32 0 Danish Social Liberal Party 31 0 Højre 8 +1 0 RosenkrantzRosenkrantz Palle Den danske regering og rigsdag 1903-1934 1934 Arthur Jensens Forlag Copenhagen Danish 30 References Folketing election Denmark Category:Folketing elections