Centre Democrats (Denmark)
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The Centre Democrats (Template:Langx, CD) were a Danish political party.
History
The party was formed in 1973<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> by Erhard Jakobsen, a former MP and mayor of Gladsaxe, as a centrist splinter group from the Danish Social Democrats.<ref name="cookfrancis">Template:Cite book</ref> It participated in both centre-right governments (1982–1988) and centre-left governments (1993–1996).Template:Fact
In the 2001 election, it lost its parliamentary representation, a severe setback for the party. In the 2005 election, it got 33,635 votes (1% of votes nationwide). It also ran in several municipalities in the Danish municipal election in November 2005. It also ran in simultaneous elections to the new Regional Councils, except in Region Midtjylland, where a local party official forgot to hand in the required number of voters' signatures before the deadline closed.<ref>[1] Template:Webarchive</ref>
On 26 January 2008, an extraordinary party conference decided to dissolve the party by 1 February 2008.<ref>jp.dk - CD nedlægger sig selv</ref>
Party leaders
- 1973–1989: Erhard Jakobsen
- 1989–2005: Mimi Jakobsen
- 2005–2007: Bjarne Møgelhøj
- 2007–2008: Ben Haddou
Election results
Parliament (Folketing)
| Date | Votes | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | ± pp | # | ± | |
| 1973 | 236.784 | 7.8% | +7.8 | Template:Composition bar | New |
| 1975 | 66.316 | 2.2% | -5.6 | Template:Composition bar | Template:Decrease 10 |
| 1977 | 200.347 | 6.4% | +4.2 | Template:Composition bar | Template:Increase 7 |
| 1979 | 102.132 | 3.2% | -3.2 | Template:Composition bar | Template:Decrease 5 |
| 1981 | 258.522 | 8.3% | +5.1 | Template:Composition bar | Template:Increase 9 |
| 1984 | 154.553 | 4.6% | -3.7 | Template:Composition bar | Template:Decrease 7 |
| 1987 | 161.070 | 4.8% | +0.2 | Template:Composition bar | Template:Increase 1 |
| 1988 | 155.464 | 4.7% | -0.1 | Template:Composition bar | Template:Steady 0 |
| 1990 | 165.556 | 5.1% | +0.4 | Template:Composition bar | Template:Steady 0 |
| 1994 | 94.496 | 2.8% | -2.3 | Template:Composition bar | Template:Decrease 4 |
| 1998 | 146.802 | 4.3% | +1.5 | Template:Composition bar | Template:Increase 3 |
| 2001 | 61.031 | 1.8% | -2.5 | Template:Composition bar | Template:Decrease 8 |
| 2005 | 33.880 | 1.0% | -0.8 | Template:Composition bar | Template:Steady 0 |
| 2007 | Did not run. | ||||
Municipal elections
| Date | Seats | |
|---|---|---|
| # | ± | |
| 2001 | Template:Composition bar | Template:Steady 0 |
| 2005 | Template:Composition bar | Template:Decrease 2 |
Regional elections
| Date | Votes | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|
| # | ± | ||
| 2001 | 24,914 | Template:Composition bar | Template:Steady 0 |
| 2005 | 4,987 | Template:Composition bar | Template:Decrease 3 |
European Parliament elections
| Date | Votes | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | ± pp | # | ± | |
| 1979 | 107.790 | 6.1% | +6.1 | Template:Composition bar | New |
| 1984 | 131.984 | 6.6% | +0.5 | Template:Composition bar | Template:Steady 0 |
| 1989 | 142.190 | 8.0% | +1.4 | Template:Composition bar | Template:Increase 1 |
| 1994 | 18.365 | 0.9% | -7.1 | Template:Composition bar | Template:Decrease 2 |
| 1999 | 68.717 | 3.5% | +2.6 | Template:Composition bar | Template:Steady 0 |
| 2004 | Did not run. | ||||
Notes
References
External links
- centrumdemokraterne.dk - Official website (archived)