The Danish Landsting

Landsting (Denmark)

The Landsting was a house of the Rigsdag in Denmark from 1849 until 1953, when the bicameral system was abolished. The house had powers equal to the Folketing, which made the two houses of parliament hard to distinguish....

 election of 1902 was held on 19 September 1902, with the exception that the Faroese

Faroe Islands

The Faroe Islands are an island group situated between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, approximately halfway between Scotland and Iceland. The Faroe Islands are a self-governing territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, along with Denmark proper and Greenland...

 candidate was elected on 6 August.

Of the twelve constituencies the seats representing constituencies number 3 (Sorø County and Præstø County

Præstø County

Præstø County is a former province in Denmark, located on the southern part of Zealand.It was established in 1750 as a merger between Tryggevælde County and Vordingborg County...

), number 5 (Maribo County), number 6 (Odense County

Odense County

Odense County is a former province in Denmark, located on the northern half of the island of Funen in central Denmark. Odense County was established in 1806 and abolished in 1970 when it merged with Svendborg County forming the new Funen County....

 and Svendborg County

Svendborg County

Svendborg County is a former province in Denmark, located on the southern half of the island of Funen in central Denmark. Svendborg County was established in 1793 and abolished in 1970 when it merged with Odense County forming the new Funen County....

), number 8 (Thisted County

Thisted County

Thisted County is a former province in Denmark, located on the north-westernmost part of the country It encompassed the westernmost part of the island of Vendsyssel-Thy...

, parts of Viborg County

Viborg County

Viborg Amt is a former county in the north-central part of the Jutland peninsula in western Denmark. The county was abolished on 1 January 2007, when most of it merged into Region Midtjylland...

 and parts of Ringkøbing County), number 10 (Vejle County

Vejle County

Vejle Amt is a former county on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in southern Denmark. The county was abolished effective January 1, 2007, when it was divided between Region Midtjylland and Region of Southern Denmark...

, Skanderborg County and parts of Ribe County

Ribe County

Ribe Amt is a former county on the Jutland peninsula of southwest Denmark. It included Denmark's fifth largest city, Esbjerg. The county was abolished effective January 1, 2007, when it merged into Region of Southern Denmark .-List of County Mayors:-Municipalities :...

), number 11 (the remaining parts of Ribe County

Ribe County

Ribe Amt is a former county on the Jutland peninsula of southwest Denmark. It included Denmark's fifth largest city, Esbjerg. The county was abolished effective January 1, 2007, when it merged into Region of Southern Denmark .-List of County Mayors:-Municipalities :...

 and parts of Ringkøbing County) and number 12 (the Faroe Islands) were up for election.

Results

Party	Leader	Total number of votes cast	Seats elected	Seats not up for election	Total number of seats	Gain/Loss
Højre Højre Højre was the name of two Danish political parties of Conservative persuasion.The first Højre party existed from 1848 to 1866....			6	23	29
Venstre Reform Party			10	11	21
Frikonservative			7	3	10
Moderate Venstre Moderate Venstre Moderate Venstre may refer to the following political parties:*Moderate Venstre , since 1910 a part of Venstre *Moderate Liberal Party in Norway, since 1906 a part of the Conservative Party...			3	0	3
Social Democratic Party Social Democrats (Denmark) The Social Democrats , is a Danish political party committed to the political ideology of social democracy. It is the major coalition partner in Denmark's government since the 2011 parliamentary election, and party leader Helle Thorning-Schmidt is the current Prime Minister of Denmark...			0	1	1
Other parties			1	1	2
Total			27	39	66
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