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The third Danish Folketing election of 1920 was held on 21 September 1920, except on the Faroe Islands where the election was held on 30 October. The election was the first in which South Jutland County participated since the Schleswig Plebiscites and the return to Danish rule, and the total number of seats in the Folketing was increased from 140 to 149.

Party Leader Total votes Percentage of ballots cast Seats won Gain/Loss
Venstre 414,904 34.1% 51 +0
Social Democratic Party 389,653 32.0% 48 +6
Conservative People's Party 216,733 17.8% 27 +1
Det Radikale Venstre 149,262 12.3% 18 +2
Erhvervspartiet 27,403 2.3% 3 -1
Schleswig Party 7,505 0.6% 1 +1
Free Social Democrats 6,460 0.5% 0 +0
Danmark Venstresocialistiske parti 5,160 0.4% 0 +0
Union Party (Faroe Islands)[1] 3,243 1 +0
Outside the parties (Faroe Islands)[1] 2,142 0 +0
Total 149
Voter turnout 77.0%[2]
Source [3]

Notes

  1. ^ a b On the Faroe Islands the election was held on 30 October 1920.
  2. ^ On the Faroe Islands the voter turnout was 56.2%.
  3. ^ Tågholt, Knud (1984) [1971] (in Danish). Hvem var minister - Dansk politik gennem mere end 100 år (2. edition ed.). Århus: Forlaget Aros. pp. 30–31, 34. ISBN 87-7003-204-1.  







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