1864 Danish Folketing election

Election for the lower house of Danish Parliament Folketing elections were held in Denmark on 7 June 1864.Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p523 978-3-8329-5609-7 The National Liberal Party emerged as the largest faction, winning 40 of the 101 seats.Kaare R Skov (1999) Demokratiets Danmarkshistorie – Gennem 150 år, København: Aschenhoug Following the elections, Christian Albrecht Bluhme became Prime Minister on 7 July.Nohlen & Stöver, p557 Electoral system The elections were held using first-past-the-post voting in single-member constituencies.Nohlen & Stöver, p510 Only 14% of the population was eligible to vote in the elections,Nohlen & Stöver, p526 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 File:1864 Danish Folketing election.svg National Liberal Party 40 –6 Society of the Friends of Peasants 39 +5 Højre 11 +6 Others 11 +2 0 238550 26.3 Skov, Nohlen & Stöver References Category:1864 in Denmark Category:19th-century elections in Denmark Denmark Denmark Category:Folketing elections Category:1860s in Danish politics