1873 Danish Folketing election household) and who had lived in their constituency for a certain length of time. 1873 Danish Folketing election Folketing elections were held in Denmark on 14 November 1873. The result was a narrow victory for the Højre Coalition, which won 51 of the 101 seats. Ludvig Holstein-Holsteinborg remained Prime Minister following the elections. The elections were held using first-past-the-post voting in single-member constituencies. Only 15% 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
Constitution of Denmark parliament, the , consisting of the Landsting and the Folketing. The most significant change in the Constitution of 1953 was the abolishment of the Landsting, leaving the unicameral Folketing. It also enshrined fundamental civil rights, which remain in the current constitution: such as "habeas corpus" (section 71), private property rights (section 72) and freedom of speech (section 77). The Constitutional Act has been changed (replaced) very few times, but always with the consent of Danish citizens. The wording in the Act is so general that it can still be applied today, despite major changes in society and political life in