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

}}

References

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