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1906 Danish Folketing election

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1906 Danish Folketing election
Denmark
← 1903 29 May 1906 1909 →

All 114 seats in the Folketing
58 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
Venstre Jens Christian Christensen 31.21 56 −17
Social Democrats Peter Christian Knudsen 25.36 24 +8
Højre 20.97 12 0
Social Liberals Carl Theodor Zahle 12.63 9 New
Moderate Venstre 6.78 9 −3
Independents 3.01 4 +1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Jens Christian Christensen
Venstre
Jens Christian Christensen
Venstre

Folketing elections were held in Denmark on 29 May 1906.[1] The result was a victory for the Venstre Reform Party, which won 56 of the 114 seats. Voter turnout was 69.8%.[2]

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Venstre Reform Party94,27231.2156–17
Social Democratic Party76,61225.3624+8
Højre63,33520.97120
Danish Social Liberal Party38,15112.639New
Moderate Venstre20,4876.789–3
Independents9,0993.014+3
No votes1160.04
Total302,072100.001140
Valid votes302,07298.80
Invalid/blank votes3,6661.20
Total votes305,738100.00
Registered voters/turnout438,34169.75
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

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  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p524 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p536