1918 Danish Folketing election
Folketing elections were held in Denmark on 22 April 1918, the first in which women could vote. The result was a victory for Venstre, which won 45 of the 180 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 multi-member constituencies and first-past-the-post voting in single-member constituencies. The 1918 elections were the only ones in Danish history to feature this mixed system.Results
