Danish Folketing election, 1915

Danish Folketing election, 1915

7 May 1915

All 114 seats to the Folketing 58 seats were needed for a majority   First party Second party   Leader Klaus Berntsen Thorvald Stauning Party Venstre Social Democrats Last election 44 seats, 34.1% 32 seats, 29.6% Seats won 43 32 Seat change 1 0   Third party Fourth party   Leader Carl Theodor Zahle ? Party Social Liberals Højre Last election 31 seats, 18.6% 7 seats, 22.4% Seats won 31 8 Seat change 0 1

Prime Minister before election Carl Theodor Zahle Social Liberals Elected Prime Minister Carl Theodor Zahle Social Liberals

The Danish Folketing election of 1915 was held on 7 May 1915. As required to change the Constitution, the government called for the dissolution of both the Folketing and the Landsting in order for the new Rigsdag to be able to introduce the new constitution. However, as this was during World War I, no campaigning took place,^[1] and the election was settled without voting in 104 of 114 constituencies.^[2] Therefore, it is impossible to give numbers for the actual support the respective parties received from the voters.

The corresponding Landsting election was held on 21 May.^[3]

Results

Party	Leader	Seats won	Gain/Loss
Venstre		43	-1
Social Democratic Party		32	+0
Det Radikale Venstre		31	+0
Højre		8	+1
Total		114
Source		[4]

References

1. Hatting, Jørgen (1950). "Valgdeltagelsen efter 1866". In Fabricius, K., Frisch, H., Hjelholt, H., Mackeprang, M. & Møller, A. (eds.). Den Danske Rigsdag 1849-1949 bind III - Rigsdagen og folket (in Danish). Copenhagen: J. H. Schultz Forlag. p. 119.
2. Elklit, Jørgen (1984). "Det klassiske danske partisystem bliver til". In Elklit, Jørgen; Tonsgaard, Ole (eds.). Valg og vælgeradfærd - Studier i dansk politik (in Danish). Århus: Forlaget Politica. p. 34. ISBN 87-7335-058-3.
3. Rosenkrantz, Palle (1934). Den danske regering og rigsdag 1903-1934 (in Danish). Copenhagen: Arthur Jensens Forlag. p. 33.
4. Rosenkrantz. Den danske regering og rigsdag 1903-1934. p. 30.