Danish Folketing election, September 1920

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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.