1903 Danish Folketing election

Folketing elections were held in Denmark on 16 June 1903.[1]

1903 Danish Folketing election

16 June 1903

All 114 seats to the Folketing
58 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Johan Hendrik Deuntzer Peter Christian Knudsen
Party Venstre Social Democrats
Last election 76 seats 14 seats
Seats won 73 16
Seat change 3 2

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader ? ?
Party Højre Moderate Venstre
Last election 8 seats 16 seats
Seats won 12 12
Seat change 4 4

Prime Minister before election

Johan Henrik Deuntzer
Venstre

Elected Prime Minister

Johan Henrik Deuntzer
Venstre

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Campaign

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

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Venstre Reform Party113,00047.973–3
Højre49,10920.812+4
Social Democratic Party48,11720.416+2
Moderate Venstre19,1498.112–4
Others6,3242.71+1
Invalid/blank votes3,999
Total239,6981001140
Registered voters/turnout416,74857.5
Source: Mackie & Rose[2]

References

  1. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p524 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Thomas T Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) The International Almanac of Electoral History, Macmillan, pp92–94
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