Moderate Venstre (Denmark)

Moderate Venstre, also known as the Moderate Liberals or Moderate Left, was a political party in Denmark.

Moderate Left
Moderate Venstre
AbbreviationF
Split fromVenstre

History edit

The party emerged as the largest faction in the 1892 Folketing elections, winning 39 of the 102 seats.[1] The 1895 elections saw it defeated by the Venstre Reform Party, finishing in second place with 27 seats. In 1898 the party was reduced to 23 seats, before falling to 16 seats in 1901, twelve seats in 1903 and nine seats in 1906.

After the party recovered to win eleven seats in 1909, it merged into Venstre before the 1910 elections.[2]

Election results edit

Folketing edit

Election Votes % +/– Seats +/– Size Status
1892 28.1 New
39 / 102
New 1st Support
1895 42,635
27 / 144
  12   2nd Support
1898 36,395
23 / 114
  4   2nd Support
1901 26,993 11.99
16 / 114
  7   2nd Opposition
1903 19,149 8.12   3.87
12 / 114
  4   3rd Opposition
1906 20,487 6.78   1.34
9 / 114
  3   4th Opposition
1909 19,241 5.93   0.85
11 / 114
  2   5th Opposition

References edit

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p551 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Party Transformations in European Democracies, p297