August 1920 Danish Landsting election
Landsting elections were held in Denmark on 10 August 1920, with the exceptions that the seats elected by the resigning parliament were elected on 26 June,[1] the Faroese member was elected on 23 August,[1] and the electors that elected the candidates standing in the constituencies were elected on 30 July.[2]
The seats of all seven constituencies as well as the seats elected by the parliament were up for election.
Results
[edit]Party | Seats | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Electors | Parliament | Total | +/– | |||
Venstre | 24 | 7 | 31 | +5 | ||
Social Democratic Party | 15 | 4 | 19 | +4 | ||
Conservative People's Party | 10 | 4 | 14 | –4 | ||
Danish Social Liberal Party | 5 | 3 | 8 | –4 | ||
Total | 54 | 18 | 72 | 0 | ||
Source: Wendt[2] |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Rosenkrantz, Palle (1934). Den danske regering og rigsdag 1903-1934 (in Danish). Copenhagen: Arthur Jensens Forlag. pp. 400–407.
- ^ a b Wendt, Frantz W. (1951). "Rigsdagen 1915-40". In Bomholt, J.; Fabricius, K.; Hjelholt, H.; Mackeprang, M.; Møller, A. (eds.). Den Danske Rigsdag 1849-1949 bind II - Rigsdagens histore 1866-1949 (in Danish). Copenhagen: J. H. Schultz Forlag. p. 404.