1849 Danish Folketing election 1849 Danish Folketing election The first Folketing elections were held in Denmark on 4 December 1849. Adam Wilhelm Moltke remained Prime Minister after the elections. The elections were held using first-past-the-post voting in single-member constituencies. 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.
Multi-member constituencies in the Parliament of the United Kingdom - Borough/Burgh Members of Parliament, CMP - County Members of Parliament, UMP - University Members of Parliament." Table 1: Constituencies and MPs, by type and country Table 2: Number of seats per constituency, by type and country "Key to categories in the following tables: BC - Borough/Burgh constituencies, CC - County constituencies, UC - University constituencies, Total C - Total constituencies, BMP - Borough/Burgh Members of Parliament, CMP - County Members of Parliament, UMP - University Members of Parliament." Monmouthshire (1 County constituency with 2 MPs and one single member Borough constituency) is included in Wales in these tables. Sources