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Landsting elections were held in Denmark on 21 September 1898. [1]
Of the twelve constituencies the seats representing constituencies number 1 (the city of Copenhagen), number 2 (Copenhagen County, Frederiksborg County and Holbæk County), number 4 (Bornholm County), number 7 (Hjørring County and Aalborg County) and number 9 (Aarhus County, Randers County and parts of Viborg County) were up for election.
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| Party | Seats | |||||
| Won | Not up | Total | ||||
| Højre | 14 | 28 | 42 | |||
| Venstre Reform Party | 9 | 4 | 13 | |||
| Moderate Venstre | 1 | 7 | 8 | |||
| Social Democratic Party | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Other parties | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Total | 27 | 39 | 66 | |||
| Source: Bang [1] | ||||||
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