July 1920 Danish Folketing election

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{{Infobox legislative election

| country = Kingdom of Denmark

| previous_election = April 1920

| next_election = September 1920

| seats_for_election = All 140 seats in the Folketing

| majority_seats = 71

| election_date = 6 July 1920

| heading1 = Elected in Denmark

| leader1 = Niels Neergaard

| party1 = Venstre (Denmark)

| last_election1 = 48

| seats1 = 51

| percentage1 = 36.11

| leader2 = Thorvald Stauning

| party2 = Social Democrats (Denmark)

| last_election2 = 42

| seats2 = 42

| percentage2 = 29.91

| leader3 = Emil Piper

| party3 = Conservative People's Party (Denmark)

| last_election3 = 28

| seats3 = 26

| percentage3 = 18.91

| leader4 = Carl Theodor Zahle

| party4 = Danish Social Liberal Party

| last_election4 = 17

| seats4 = 16

| percentage4 = 11.53

| leader5 =

| party5 = Industry Party

| last_election5 = 4

| seats5 = 4

| percentage5 = 2.69

| heading6 = Elected in the Faroe Islands

| leader6 = Oliver Effersøe

| party6 = Union Party (Faroe Islands)

| last_election6 = 1

| seats6 = 1

| percentage6 = 70.55

| title = Prime Minister

| before_election = Niels Neergaard

| before_party = Venstre (Denmark)

| after_election = Niels Neergaard

| after_party = Venstre (Denmark)

| map = Folketing1920jul.svg

}}{{Politics of Denmark}}

File:Ballot paper of 1920 (July) Danish parliament election.jpg

Folketing elections were held in Denmark on 6 July 1920,Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p524 {{ISBN|978-3-8329-5609-7}} except in the Faroe Islands, where they were held on 3 August. The result was a victory for Venstre, which won 51 of the 140 seats. Voter turnout was 74.9% in Denmark proper and 46.4% in the Faroe Islands.Nohlen & Stöver, p538

Results

{{Election results

|image=File:1920 Jul Danish general election Result.svg

|header1=Denmark

|party2=Venstre|votes2=344351|seats2=51|sc2=+3

|party3=Social Democratic Party|votes3=285166|seats3=42|sc3=0

|party4=Conservative People's Party|votes4=180293|seats4=26|sc4=–2

|party5=Danish Social Liberal Party|votes5=109931|seats5=16|sc5=–1

|party6=Industry Party|votes6=25627|seats6=4|sc6=0

|party7=Independents|votes7=8193|seats7=0|sc7=New

|invalid=2004

|electorate=1276302

|total_sc=0

|embedded = {{Election results|embed=y

|header1=Faroe Islands

|party2=Union PartyVenstre|votes2=2693|seats2=1|sc2=0

|party3=Independents|votes3=1124|seats3=0|sc3=0

|invalid=15

|electorate=8259

|total_sc=0

|source=Nohlen & Stöver

}}}}

References

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{{Danish elections}}

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