Danish Folketing election, 1909

Danish Folketing election, 1909

25 May 1909
All 114 seats to the Folketing 58 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   160x160px 160x160px Leader Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg Peter Christian Knudsen  ? Party Venstre Social Democrats Højre Last election 56 seats, 31.2% 24 seats, 25.4% 12 seats, 21.0% Seats won 37 24 21 Seat change 19 0 9 Popular vote 77,949 93,079 64,189 Percentage 24.0% 28.7% 19.8%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Carl Theodor Zahle  ? Party Social Liberals Moderate Venstre Last election 9 seats, 12.6% 9 seats, 6.8% Seats won 15 11 Seat change 6 2 Popular vote 50,305 19,241 Percentage 15.5% 5.9%
Prime Minister before election Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg Venstre Elected Prime Minister Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg Venstre

Folketing elections were held in Denmark on 25 May 1909. Although the Social Democratic Party received the largest share of the vote, the Venstre Reform Party won the most seats. Voter turnout was 71.3%.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Social Democratic Party	93,079	28.7	24	0
Venstre Reform Party	77,949	24.0	37	–19
Højre	64,189	19.8	21	+9
Danish Social Liberal Party	50,305	15.5	15	+6
Moderate Venstre	19,241	5.9	11	+2
Independents	18,423	5.7	6	+2
No votes	1,272	0.4	–	–
Invalid/blank votes	3,101	–	–	–
Total	326,384	100	114	0
Source: Nohlen & Stöver