Moderate Venstre, also known as the Moderate Liberals or Moderate Left, was a political party in
Denmark
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.
History
The party emerged as the largest faction in the
1892 Folketing elections, winning 39 of the 102 seats.
Dieter Nohlen
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& Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p551 The
1895 elections saw it defeated by the
Venstre Reform Party, finishing in second place with 27 seats. In
1898
Events
January
* January 1 – New York City annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York as the world's second largest. The city is geographically divided into five boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queen ...
the party was reduced to 23 seats, before falling to 16 seats in
1901
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Summary
Political and military
1901 started with the unification of multiple British colonies in Australia on January ...
, twelve seats in
1903
Events January
* January 1 – Edward VII is proclaimed Emperor of India.
* January 10 – The Aceh Sultanate was fully annexed by the Dutch forces, deposing the last sultan, marking the end of the Aceh War that have lasted for al ...
and nine seats in
1906
Events
January–February
* January 12 – Persian Constitutional Revolution: A nationalistic coalition of merchants, religious leaders and intellectuals in Persia forces the shah Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar to grant a constitution, ...
.
After the party recovered to win eleven seats in
1909
Events
January–February
* January 4 – Explorer Aeneas Mackintosh of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition escapes death by fleeing across ice floes.
* January 7 – Colombia recognizes the independence of Panama.
* Janu ...
, it merged into
Venstre before the
1910 elections
The following elections occurred in the year 1910.
Africa
* 1910 South African general election, South African general election
Europe
* 1910 Bosnian parliamentary election
* 1910 Croatian parliamentary election
* 1910 Danish Folketing election, ...
.
[''Party Transformations in European Democracies'', p297]
Election results
Folketing
References
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Defunct political parties in Denmark
Political parties with year of establishment missing