1849 Danish Folketing election

Election for the lower house of Danish Parliament The first Folketing elections were held in Denmark on 4 December 1849.Kaare R Skov (1999) Demokratiets Danmarkshistorie – Gennem 150 år Aschenhoug, p7 Adam Wilhelm Moltke remained Prime Minister after the elections. Electoral system The elections were held using first-past-the-post voting in single-member constituencies.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p510 978-3-8329-5609-7 Only 14% of the population was eligible to vote in the elections,Nohlen & Stöver, p525 with suffrage restricted to men over 30 who were not receiving poor relief (and had paid back all 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 thumb|Map of the election, showing the elected members in each constituency. File:1849 Danish Folketing election.svg Society of the Friends of Peasants 45 National Liberal Party 42 Højre 8 Others 6 204240 32.5 Skov, Nohlen & Stöver References Folketing Category:19th-century elections in Denmark Denmark Denmark Category:Folketing elections Category:1840s in Danish politics