Danish Folketing election, 1849

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The first Folketing elections were held in Denmark on 4 December 1849. [1] Adam Wilhelm Moltke remained Prime Minister after the elections.

Folketing Parliament of Denmark

The Folketing, also known as the Danish Parliament in English, is the unicameral national parliament (legislature) of Denmark. Established in 1849, until 1953 the Folketing was the lower house of a bicameral parliament, called the Rigsdag; the upper house was Landstinget. It meets in Christiansborg Palace, on the islet of Slotsholmen in central Copenhagen.

Denmark constitutional monarchy in Europe

Denmark, officially the Kingdom of Denmark, is a Nordic country and the southernmost of the Scandinavian nations. Denmark lies southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and is bordered to the south by Germany. The Kingdom of Denmark also comprises two autonomous constituent countries in the North Atlantic Ocean: the Faroe Islands and Greenland. Denmark proper consists of a peninsula, Jutland, and an archipelago of 443 named islands, with the largest being Zealand, Funen and the North Jutlandic Island. The islands are characterised by flat, arable land and sandy coasts, low elevation and a temperate climate. Denmark has a total area of 42,924 km2 (16,573 sq mi), land area of 42,394 km2 (16,368 sq mi), and the total area including Greenland and the Faroe Islands is 2,210,579 km2 (853,509 sq mi), and a population of 5.8 million.

Adam Wilhelm Moltke Danish politician

Adam Wilhelm, Greve Moltke was Prime Minister of Denmark from 1848 to 1852. He was the first Danish Prime Minister in the Danish constitutional monarchy outlined in 1848 and signed as the Danish Constitution on 5 June 1849 by Frederik VII of Denmark.

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Electoral system

The elections were held using first-past-the-post voting in single-member constituencies. [2] Only 14% of the population was eligible to vote in the elections, [3] 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. [4]

First-past-the-post voting voting system in which voters select one candidate, and the candidate who receives more votes than any other candidate wins

A first-past-the-post electoral system is one in which voters indicate on a ballot the candidate of their choice, and the candidate who receives the most votes wins. This is sometimes described as winner takes all. First-past-the-post voting is a plurality voting method. FPTP is a common, but not universal, feature of electoral systems with single-member electoral divisions, and is practiced in close to one third of countries. Notable examples include Canada, India, the United Kingdom, and the United States, as well as most of their current or former colonies and protectorates.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats
Society of the Friends of Peasants 45
National Liberal Party 42
Højre 8
Others6
Total101
Registered voters/turnout204,24032.5–
Source: Skov, Nohlen & Stöver

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References

  1. ↑ Kaare R Skov (1999) Demokratiets Danmarkshistorie – Gennem 150 år Aschenhoug, p7
  2. ↑ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p510 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7
  3. ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p525
  4. ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p511
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