Danish Folketing election, 1901

Danish Folketing election, 1901
Denmark
3 April 1901

All 114 seats to the Folketing
58 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Johan Hendrik Deuntzer ?
Party Venstre Moderate Venstre
Last election 63 seats, 43.6% 23 seats, 16.2%
Seats won 76 16
Seat change Increase13 Decrease7
Popular vote 103,495 25,618
Percentage 45.9% 11.4%

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Peter Christian Knudsen ?
Party Social Democrats Højre
Last election 12 seats, 14.2% 16 seats, 26.1%
Seats won 14 8
Seat change Increase2 Decrease8
Popular vote 43,015 53,517
Percentage 19.1% 23.7%

Prime Minister before election

Hannibal Sehested
Højre

Elected Prime Minister

Johan Henrik Deuntzer
Venstre

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

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Venstre Reform Party103,49545.976+13
Højre53,51723.78–8
Social Democratic Party43,01519.114+2
Moderate Venstre25,61811.416–7
Total 1140
Registered voters/turnout407,72361.4
Source: Nohlen & Stöver (voters/turnout)

References

  1. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p523 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7