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Denmark 1909 general election

What was the result of the 1909 general election in Denmark?

Venstre won 37 of 114 seats with 24.0% of the vote. 70.9% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Denmark
  • Held:
  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Venstre won 37 of 114 seats with 24.0% of the vote; 70.9% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Social Democrats 24 28.7%
  • Venstre 37 24.0%
  • Conservative People's Party 21 19.8%
  • Danish Social Liberal Party 15 15.5%
  • Moderate Venstre 11 5.9%
  • Seats won
  • Share of the vote
58 of 114 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 24.0%

    Share of the vote won by Venstre

    Venstre won 37 of 114 seats. A majority needs 58.

  2. 70.9%

    Voter turnout

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats%Votes
Social Democrats2428.793,079
Venstre3724.077,949
Conservative People's Party2119.864,189
Danish Social Liberal Party1515.550,305
Moderate Venstre115.919,241
Independents65.718,423
Votes by party
  • Social Democrats 93,079
  • Venstre 77,949
  • Conservative People's Party 64,189
  • Danish Social Liberal Party 50,305
  • Moderate Venstre 19,241
  • Independents 18,423

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.

ParlGov marks results before 1945 as experimental: they may need revision, so we compare them with no other election.

How many people voted?

70.9% of the 460,553 registered voters cast a ballot (326,384 ballots). 324,283 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Venstre24.0% of votes32.5% of seats
  • Social Democrats28.7% of votes21.1% of seats
  • Conservative People's Party19.8% of votes18.4% of seats
  • Danish Social Liberal Party15.5% of votes13.2% of seats
  • Moderate Venstre5.9% of votes9.6% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 8.7 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.8 by votes and 4.7 by seats; Social Democrats led Venstre by 4.7 points of the vote.

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