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Danish Folketing election, 1909

Danish Folketing election, 1909
Denmark
1906 ←
25 May 1909 → 1910

All 114 seats to the Folketing
58 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  HolsteinLedreborg.jpg P. Knudsen.jpg Blank.png
Leader Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg Peter Christian Knudsen  ?
Party Venstre Social Democrats Højre
Last election 56 seats, 31.2% 24 seats, 25.4% 12 seats, 21.0%
Seats won 37 24 21
Seat change Decrease19 Steady0 Increase9
Popular vote 77,949 93,079 64,189
Percentage 24.0% 28.7% 19.8%

  Fourth party Fifth party
  Zahle.jpg
Leader Carl Theodor Zahle  ?
Party Social Liberals Moderate Venstre
Last election 9 seats, 12.6% 9 seats, 6.8%
Seats won 15 11
Seat change Increase6 Increase2
Popular vote 50,305 19,241
Percentage 15.5% 5.9%

Prime Minister before election

Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg
Venstre

Elected Prime Minister

Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg
Venstre


Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg
Venstre

Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg
Venstre

Folketing elections were held in Denmark on 25 May 1909. Although the Social Democratic Party received the largest share of the vote, the Venstre Reform Party won the most seats. Voter turnout was 71.3%.


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