1918 Danish General Election
Women vote22 April 1918 · The change of system · 140 seats, 71 for a majority
The Folketing was elected by rural–urban proportional representation. Copenhagen had 24 members elected by party-list proportional representation using the d'Hondt system, while in the rest of the country 93 members (42 in the Danish Islands and 51 in Jutland) were elected in single-member constituencies using first-past-the-post voting.
Prime Minister before
Carl Theodor Zahle
Social Liberals Carl Theodor Zahle
Prime Minister (continued)
Carl Theodor Zahle
Social Liberals
Largest force
Venstre
45 of 140 seats
Turnout
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The result
Venstre
29.4% of votes · +2 seats
45
seats
Social Democratic Party
28.7% of votes · +7 seats
39
seats
Danish Social Liberal Party
20.7% of votes · +1 seats
32
seats
Conservative People's Party
18.3% of votes
22
seats
Industry List
1.3% of votes
1
seats
Independents
0.4% of votes · 0 seats
1
seats