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1903 Danish Folketing election

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1903 Danish Folketing election
Denmark
← 1901 16 June 1903 1906 →

All 114 seats in the Folketing
58 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
Venstre Johan Hendrik Deuntzer 47.94 73 −3
Højre 20.84 12 +4
Social Democrats Peter Christian Knudsen 20.41 16 +2
Moderate Venstre 8.12 12 −4
Others 1 +1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Johan Henrik Deuntzer
Venstre
Johan Henrik Deuntzer
Venstre

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

Campaign

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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

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Venstre Reform Party113,00047.9473–3
Højre49,10920.8412+4
Social Democratic Party48,11720.4116+2
Moderate Venstre19,1498.1212–4
Others6,3242.681+1
Total235,699100.001140
Valid votes235,69998.33
Invalid/blank votes3,9991.67
Total votes239,698100.00
Registered voters/turnout416,74857.52
Source: Mackie & Rose[2]

References

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