1901 Danish Folketing election
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{{Infobox legislative election
| election_name = 1901 Danish Folketing election
| country = Denmark
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1898
| next_election = 1903
| seats_for_election = All 114 seats in the Folketing
| majority_seats = 58
| election_date = 3 April 1901
| leader1 = Johan Henrik Deuntzer
| party1 = Venstre (Denmark)
| last_election1 = 63
| seats1 = 76
| percentage1 = 42.87
| party2 = Højre
| last_election2 = 16
| seats2 = 8
| percentage2 = 24.04
| leader3 = {{nowrap|Peter Christian Knudsen}}
| party3 = Social Democrats (Denmark)
| last_election3 = 12
| seats3 = 14
| percentage3 = 17.06
| leader4 =
| party4 = Moderate Venstre (Denmark)
| last_election4 = 23
| seats4 = 16
| percentage4 = 11.99
| title = Prime Minister
| before_election = Hannibal Sehested
| before_party = Højre
| before_image = File:Hannibal Sehested 1900.jpg
| after_election = Johan Henrik Deuntzer
| after_party = Venstre (Denmark)
| after_image = File:J. H. Deuntzer by Elfelt.jpg
|map=Folketing1901.svg}}{{Politics of Denmark}}
Folketing elections were held in Denmark on 3 April 1901.Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p523 {{ISBN|978-3-8329-5609-7}}
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.
Results
{{Election results
|image=File:1901 Danish general election Result.svg
|party1=Venstre Reform Party|votes1=96481|seats1=76|sc1=+13
|party2=Højre|votes2=54103|seats2=8|sc2=–8
|party3=Social Democratic Party|votes3=38398|seats3=14|sc3=+2
|party4=Moderate Venstre|votes4=26993|seats4=16|sc4=–7
|party5=Others|votes5=9091|seats5=0|sc5=0
|invalid=3510
|total_sc=0
|electorate=404271
|source=Mackie & RoseThomas T Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) The International Almanac of Electoral History, Macmillan, pp92–94
}}