1852 Danish Folketing election
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Folketing elections were held in Denmark on 4 August 1852.Kaare R Skov (1999) Demokratiets Danmarkshistorie – Gennem 150 år Aschenhoug Although the National Liberal Party became the largest party, Christian Albrecht Bluhme of the Højre party remained Prime Minister after the elections.
Electoral system
The elections were held using first-past-the-post voting in single-member constituencies.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p510 {{ISBN|978-3-8329-5609-7}} Only 15% of the population was eligible to vote in the elections,Nohlen & Stöver, p525 with suffrage restricted to men over 30 who were not receiving poor relief (or who had not paid back any previous poor relief received), were not classed as "dependents" (those who were privately employed but did not have a household) and who had lived in their constituency for a certain length of time.Nohlen & Stöver, p511
Results
File:Folketingsvalget 1852 - Valgkort.svg
{{Election results
|image=File:1852 Danish Folketing election.svg
|party1=National Liberal Party|votes1=|seats1=47|sc1=+5
|party2=Society of the Friends of Peasants|votes2=|seats2=40|sc2=–5
|party3=Højre|votes3=|seats3=9|sc3=+1
|party4=Others|votes4=|seats4=5|sc4=–1
|total_sc=0
|electorate=211002|turnout=26.6
|source=Skov, Nohlen & Stöver
}}