Centre Democrats (Denmark) Explained

Country:Denmark
Centre Democrats
Native Name:Centrum-Demokraterne
Abbreviation:CD
Leader:Ben Haddou
Headquarters:Omøgade 8, 2. sal
2100 København Ø
Split:Social Democrats
Ideology:Centrism[1]
Social democracy[2]
Liberal conservatism[3]
Position:Centre[4]
Europarl:European People's Party (1984-1994)
Colours:Purple
Symbol:D

The Centre Democrats (Danish: Centrum-Demokraterne, CD) were a Danish political party.

History

The party was formed in 1973[5] by Erhard Jakobsen, a former MP and mayor of Gladsaxe, as a centrist splinter group from the Danish Social Democrats.[6] It participated in both centre-right governments (1982–1988) and centre-left governments (1993–1996).

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.[7]

On 26 January 2008, an extraordinary party conference decided to dissolve the party by 1 February 2008.[8]

Party leaders

Election results

Parliament (Folketing)

DateVotesSeats
%± pp±
1973236.7847.8% +7.8New
197566.3162.2% -5.6 10
1977200.3476.4% +4.2 7
1979102.1323.2% -3.2 5
1981258.5228.3% +5.1 9
1984154.5534.6% -3.7 7
1987161.0704.8% +0.2 1
1988155.4644.7% -0.1 0
1990165.5565.1% +0.4 0
199494.4962.8% -2.3 4
1998146.8024.3% +1.5 3
200161.0311.8% -2.5 8
200533.8801.0% -0.8 0
2007Did not run.

Municipal elections

DateSeats
±
2001 0
2005 2

Regional elections

DateVotesSeats
±
24,914 0
20054,987 3

European Parliament elections

DateVotesSeats
%± pp±
1979107.7906.1% +6.1New
1984131.9846.6% +0.5 0
1989142.1908.0% +1.4 1
199418.3650.9% -7.1 2
199968.7173.5% +2.6 0
2004Did not run.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Denmark. https://web.archive.org/web/20040405132640/http://www.parties-and-elections.de/denmark.html. 5 April 2004. Parties and Elections in Europe. Nordsieck. Wolfram. 27 May 2019. dead.
  2. Book: Ezrow, Lawrence. Electoral systems and party responsiveness. Norman. Schofield. Gonzalo. Caballero. Political Economy of Institutions, Democracy and Voting. https://books.google.com/books?id=-wthzLK6m8gC&pg=PA319. 2011. Springer Science & Business Media. 978-3-642-19519-8. 319.
  3. Web site: Denmark. https://web.archive.org/web/20030203034847/http://www.parties-and-elections.de/denmark.html. 3 February 2003. Parties and Elections in Europe. Nordsieck. Wolfram. 27 May 2019. dead.
  4. Book: Lane. Jan-Erik. Jan-Erik Lane. Ersson. Svante. Comparative European Politics. The Nordic Countries: Compromise and Corporatism in the Welfare State. https://books.google.com/books?id=TZF8AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA260. 260. Routledge. Josep Colomer . Colomer. Josep M.. 3rd. 978-0-203-89452-1. 25 July 2008.
  5. Book: Western Europe 2003. 8 May 2016. 30 November 2002. Psychology Press. 978-1-85743-152-0. 132.
  6. Book: Cook. Chris. Francis. Mary. 1979. The first European elections: A handbook and guide. London. Macmillan Press. 0-333-26575-0.
  7. http://www.jp.dk/aar/artikel:aid=3335600/
  8. http://jp.dk/indland/indland_politik/article1245957.ece jp.dk - CD nedlægger sig selv