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Denmark April 1920 general election

What was the result of the April 1920 general election in Denmark?

Venstre won 48 of 139 seats with 34.2% of the vote. 80.6% 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 48 of 139 seats with 34.2% of the vote; 80.6% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Venstre 48 34.2%
  • Social Democrats 42 29.3%
  • Conservative People's Party 28 19.7%
  • Danish Social Liberal Party 17 11.9%
  • Industry Party 4 2.9%
  • Seats won
  • Share of the vote
70 of 139 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 34.2%

    Share of the vote won by Venstre

    Venstre won 48 of 139 seats. A majority needs 70.

  2. 80.6%

    Voter turnout

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats%Votes
Venstre4834.2350,563
Social Democrats4229.3300,345
Conservative People's Party2819.7201,499
Danish Social Liberal Party1711.9122,160
Industry Party42.929,464
Largest party without seats00.99,056
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.

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

How many people voted?

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 do the votes compare with the 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
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

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.

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