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April 1920 Danish Folketing Election
Folketing elections were held in Denmark on 26 April 1920,Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p524 except in the Faroe Islands, where they were held on 20 May. The election campaign was the most aggressive and bitter in Denmark in the 20th century. Voter turnout was 80.6% in Denmark proper and 58.8% in the Faroe Islands. Background In what is referred to as Easter Crisis of 1920, on 29 March King Christian X dismissed the government, the Cabinet of Zahle II consisting of members of the Danish Social Liberal Party, replacing it with a caretaker cabinet led by Otto Liebe on 30 March, as he was of the opinion that Central Schleswig should be returned to Denmark regardless of the outcome of the Schleswig Plebiscites. This led to massive protests and was referred to as a coup d'état by the Danish Social Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party. On 5 April 1920 a compromise was reached, the government was replaced with another caretak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1918 Danish Folketing Election
Folketing elections were held in Denmark on 22 April 1918,Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p524 the first in which women could vote. The result was a victory for Venstre, which won 45 of the 140 seats in the Folketing, which had been expanded from 114 to 140 seats. Voter turnout was 75.5%. Electoral system The Folketing was elected by a mixture of proportional representation in Copenhagen and first-past-the-post voting in single-member constituencies in the rest of the country. Outside of Copenhagen there were 20 regional levelling seats in addition to three national levelling seats, which were intended make the results more proportional. The 1918 elections were the only ones in Danish history to feature this mixed system. Future elections would be entirely using proportional representation with the single-member districts not affecting the party-level results. Results References {{Danish elections Elections in Denmark Denma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |