Folketing
The Folketing ( da, Folketinget, ; ), also known as the Parliament of Denmark or the Danish Parliament in English, is the unicameral national legislature (parliament) of the Kingdom of Denmark—Denmark proper together with the Faroe Islands ...
elections were held in
Denmark
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, song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast")
, song_type = National and royal anthem
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, subdivision_type = Sovereign state
, subdivision_name = Kingdom of Denmark
, establish ...
on 26 February 1853.
[Kaare R Skov (1999) ''Demokratiets Danmarkshistorie – Gennem 150 år'' Aschenhoug] Christian Albrecht Bluhme of the
Højre
Højre (, ''Right'') was the name of two Danish political parties of Conservative
Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The c ...
party remained
Prime Minister
A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister i ...
after the elections, but after the government failed to win a vote on who would succeed
King Frederick VII on 18 April by the three-quarters majority necessary, the legislature was dissolved and
early elections were held in May.
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Electoral system
The elections were held using first-past-the-post voting
In a first-past-the-post electoral system (FPTP or FPP), formally called single-member plurality voting (SMP) when used in single-member districts or informally choose-one voting in contrast to ranked voting, or score voting, voters cast thei ...
in single-member constituencies.[ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p510 ] Only 14% of the population was eligible to vote in the elections, 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.[Nohlen & Stöver, p511]
Results
References
{{Danish elections
General
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In some usages the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colonel."general, adj. and n.". OED ...
1853 02
Denmark 1
Denmark
)
, song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast")
, song_type = National and royal anthem
, image_map = EU-Denmark.svg
, map_caption =
, subdivision_type = Sovereign state
, subdivision_name = Kingdom of Denmark
, establish ...