Danish constitutional referendum, 1920
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A constitutional referendum was held in Denmark
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 on 6 September 1920. It was held in order to make changes to the constitution
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 of Denmark
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 from 1915 that had been made necessary to facilitate the reunification of Southern Jutland
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into the kingdom of Denmark. The changes were approved by 96.9% of voters, with a 49.6% turnout. A total of 614,227 of the 1,291,745 registered voters voted in favour, meaning that 47.6% of eligible voters had voted for the proposals, above the 45% required by the constitution.

Results

Choice Votes %
For 614,227 96.9
Against 19,592 3.1
Invalid/blank votes 6,940
Total 640,759 100
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
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