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All 114 seats in the Folketing 58 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Folketing elections were held in Denmark on 16 June 1903. [1]
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]
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Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
Venstre Reform Party | 113,000 | 47.94 | 73 | –3 | |
Højre | 49,109 | 20.84 | 12 | +4 | |
Social Democratic Party | 48,117 | 20.41 | 16 | +2 | |
Moderate Venstre | 19,149 | 8.12 | 12 | –4 | |
Others | 6,324 | 2.68 | 1 | +1 | |
Total | 235,699 | 100.00 | 114 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 235,699 | 98.33 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 3,999 | 1.67 | |||
Total votes | 239,698 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 416,748 | 57.52 | |||
Source: Mackie & Rose [2] |
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