1901 Danish Folketing election
Denmark
3 April 1901

All 114 seats in the Folketing
58 seats needed for a majority
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
Venstre Johan Henrik Deuntzer 42.87 76 +13
Højre 24.04 8 −8
Social Democrats Peter Christian Knudsen 17.06 14 +2
Moderate Venstre 11.99 16 −7
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Hannibal Sehested
Højre
Johan Henrik Deuntzer
Venstre

Folketing elections were held in Denmark on 3 April 1901.[1]

Campaign

Eight of the 114 seats were uncontested, of which six were won by the Venstre Reform Party and two by the Social Democratic Party.[2]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Venstre Reform Party96,48142.8776+13
Højre54,10324.048–8
Social Democratic Party38,39817.0614+2
Moderate Venstre26,99311.9916–7
Others9,0914.0400
Total225,066100.001140
Valid votes225,06698.46
Invalid/blank votes3,5101.54
Total votes228,576100.00
Registered voters/turnout404,27156.54
Source: Mackie & Rose[2]

References

  1. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p523 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. 1 2 Thomas T Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) The International Almanac of Electoral History, Macmillan, pp92–94
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