Copenhagen County (Folketing constituency) explained

Population Total:444,739 (electorate in '05)

The Copenhagen County District (Danish: Københavns Amtskreds) was an electoral district for the Danish parliament (Folketing) from 1920 to 2006.[1] The county constituency consisted of Copenhagen County. The constituency was dissolved in the structural reform of 2007. Most of the area is now in the Greater Copenhagen constituency. However, the was transferred to the Copenhagen constituency, while three former municipalities to the north were transferred to the North Zealand constituency.

The county district was divided into the following constituencies, with their constituent municipalities in parentheses:

Election results 1971-2005

2005 election

At the 2005 Danish general election, there were 444,739 eligible voters in the Copenhagen County constituency. The district was awarded 20 mandates, including 6 additional mandates. The turnout was 85.81%.

PartyVotesPercentage+/-Mandates+/-Elected MPs
Social Democrats96,26625.4-3.65-Mogens Lykketoft (K)Mette Frederiksen (K)

Karen Hækkerup (K)

Morten Bødskov (K)

(T)

Venstre92,79424.5-4.15-Anders Fogh Rasmussen (K)Claus Hjort Frederiksen (K)

Gitte Lillelund Bech (K)

(T)

Danish People's Party56,50714.9+1.33-Pia Kjærsgaard (K)Søren Espersen (K)

Mikkel Dencker (T)

Conservative People's Party50,24313.3+3.83+Connie Hedegaard (K)Pia Christmas-Møller (K)

Charlotte Dyremose (T)

Danish Social Liberal Party36,0939.5+4.02+Moten Helveg Petersen (K) (T)
Socialist People's Party23,5306.2-0.71-Holger K. Nielsen (K)
Red-Green Alliance14,0553.7+1.01-Line Barfod (T)
Centre Democrats4,5951.2-1.20-
Christian Democrats3,7411.0-0.50-
The minority party9530.3new0new
Outside the parties1110.0new0new
In total378,88820+1
* The Christian Democrats ran in 2001 under the name Kristeligt Folkeparti.

2001 election

At the 2001 Danish general election, there were 449,464 eligible voters in the Copenhagen County constituency. The district was awarded 19 mandates, including 5 additional mandates. The turnout was 87.97%.

PartyVotesPercentage+/-Mandates+/-Elected MPs
Social Democrats114,35529.0-5.95-2Mogens Lykketoft (K)Karen Jespersen (K)

Mette Frederiksen (K)

(K)

Morten Bødskov (K)

Venstre112,79028.6+9.15+2Anders Fogh Rasmussen (K)Tove Fergo (K)

Gitte Lillelund Bech (K)

(K)

(T)

Danish People's Party53,55713.6+3.93+1Pia Kjærsgaard (K)Mikkel Dencker (K)

(T)

Conservative People's Party37,6309.5-1.92-Pia Christmas-Møller (K)Charlotte Dyremose (T)
Socialist People's Party27,3276.9-1.61-Holger K. Nielsen (K)
Danish Social Liberal Party21,7205.5+1.61-Morten Helveg Petersen (K)
Red-Green Alliance10,5862.7-0.41-Søren Søndergaard (T)
Centre Democrats9,5202.4-3.50-1
Christian Democrats5,9751.5+0.11-Bodil Kornbek (T)
Fremskridtspartiet1,1430.3-0.90-1
In total394,60319-1

1998 election

At the 1998 Danish general election, there were 449,823 eligible voters in Copenhagen County constituency. The district was awarded 20 mandates, including 6 additional mandates. The turnout was 87.40%.

PartyVotesPercentage+/-Mandates+/-Elected MPs
Social Democrats136,35934.9+2.47+Karen Jespersen (K)Mogens Lykketoft (K)

Helle Degn (K)

(K)

(K)

Hanne Andersen (T)

Dorte Bennedsen (T)

Venstre76,07419.5+2.43-Bertel Haarder (K) (K)

Tove Fergo (K)

Conservative People's Party44,65311.4-9.52-Pia Christmas-Møller (K) (K)
Danish People's Party37,9639.7new2newPia Kjærsgaard (K) (K)
Socialistisk Folkeparti33,0278.5-0.11-Holger K. Nielsen (K)
Centre Democrats22,8515.9+1.61-Mimi Jakobsen (K)
Radikale Venstre15,0883.9-1.11-Morten Helveg Petersen (T)
Enhedslisten11,9153.1-0.51-Søren Søndergaard (T)
Kristeligt Folkeparti5,6541.4+0.41+Flemming Kofod-Svendsen (T)
Progress Party4,8001.2-4.41- (T)
Outside the parties1,0910.3-1.20-
Democratic Renewal1,0190.3new0new
In total390,49420+2

1994 election

At the 1994 Danish general election, there were 457,119 eligible voters in Copenhagen County constituency. The district was awarded 18 mandates, including 3 additional mandates. The turnout was 85.95%.

PartyVotesPercentage+/-Mandates+/-Elected MPs
Social Democrats126,39532.5-3.96-Karen Jespersen (K)Mogens Lykketoft (K)

Dorte Bennedsen (K)

Helle Degn (K)

(K)

Hanne Andersen (T)

Conservative People's Party81,17020.9-0.44-Torben Rechendorff (K) (K)

Stefan G. Rasmussen (K)

(T)

Venestre66,37417.1+7.13+Bertel Haarder (K) (K)

Tove Fergo (K)

Socialist People's Party33,3388.6-0.81-Holger K. Nielsen (K)
The Progress Party21,7745.6+1.71- (K)
Radical Left19,3575.0+0.71-Bjørn Elmquist (K)
The Center Democrats16,7184.3-3.41-Mimi Jakobsen (K)
The unit list14,1573.6+1.61+Søren Søndergaard (T)
Outside the parties5,7861.5new0new
Christian People's Party4,0411.0-0.10-
In total389,11018-1

1990 election

At the 1990 Danish general election, there were 458,585 eligible voters in Copenhagen County. The district was awarded 19 mandates, including 4 additional mandates. The turnout was 83.87%.

PartyVotesPercentage+/-Mandates+/-Elected MPs
The Social Democracy139,08536.4+8.67+1Mogens Lykketoft (K)Karen Jespersen (K)

Ivar Nørgaard (K)

Helle Degn (K)

Dorte Bennedsen (K)

Hanne Andersen (K)

(T)

Conservative People's Party81,30421.3-2.64-Poul Schlüter (K) (K)

(K)

(T)

Left38,03110.0+4.52+1Bertel Haarder (K) (K)
Socialist People's Party35,8859.4-6.42-1Holger K. Nielsen (K)Pernille Frahm (K)
The Center Democrats29,4907.7+1.01-Mimi Jakobsen (K)
Radical Left16,2624.3-2.51-Lone Dybkjær (K)
The Progress Party14,7543.9-3.11- (T)
Common Course9,5792.5+0.40-
The unit list7,5182.0new0new
Christian People's Party4,3291.1+0.11-Flemming Kofod-Svendsen (T)
The Greens3,1960.8-0.90-
Legal association2,2180.6new0new
Humanist Party1190.0new0new
In total381,77019+1

1988 election

At the 1988 Danish general election, there were 459,941 eligible voters in the Copenhagen County constituency. The district was awarded 18 mandates, including 3 additional mandates. The turnout was 86.63%.

PartyVotesPercentage+/-Mandates+/-Elected MPs
Social Democrats110,07627.8+1.46+1Svend Jakobsen (K)Helle Degn (K)

Ivar Nørgaard (K)

Dorte Bennedsen (K)

Mogens Lykketoft (T)

Hanne Andersen (T)

Conservative People's Party94,59523.9-0.94-2Poul Schlüter (K)Connie Hedegaard Koksbang (K)

(K)

(K)

Socialist People's Party62,49315.8-2.23-1 (K)Holger K. Nielsen (K)

(K)

The Progress Party27,7807.0+3.21-Mogens Glistrup (K)
Radical Left27,0356.8-0.91-Lone Dybkjær (K)
The Center Democrats26,5526.7-0.31-Mimi Jakobsen (K)
Left21,8795.5+2.01-Bertel Haarder (K)
Common Course8,3602.1-0.40-1
The Greens6,6551.7+0.10-
The Communist Party of Denmark4,0671.0-0.10-
Christian People's Party3,9301.0-0.21-Flemming Kofod-Svendsen (T)
The Left Socialists2,5030.6-0.90-
Outside the parties460.0+0.00-
In total395,97118-3

1987 election

At the 1987 Danish general election, there were 461,471 eligible voters in the Copenhagen County constituency. The district was awarded 21 mandates, including 6 additional mandates. The turnout was 87.93%.

PartyVotesPercentage+/-Mandates+/-Elected MPs
The Social Democracy106,50526.4-4.15-1Svend Jakobsen (K)Helle Degn (K)

Ivar Nørgaard (K)

Dorte Bennedsen (K)

Mogens Lykketoft (K)

Conservative People's Party99,84124.8-2.36-Poul Schlüter (K) (K)

Connie Hedegaard Koksbang (K)

(K)

(K)

Per Stig Møller (T)

Socialist People's Party72,58318.0+3.34+1 (K)Holger K. Nielsen (K)

(K)

(T)

Radical Left31,0777.7+1.01-Lone Dybkjær (K)
The Center Democrats28,3397.0+1.71-Mimi (Stilling) Jakobsen (K)
The Progress Party15,2713.8+0.71-Mogens Glistrup (T)
Left14,1193.5-1.71-Bertel Haarder (T)
Common Course10,2322.5new1newPreben Møller Hansen (T)
The Greens6,4891.6new0new
The Left Socialists6.1371.5-1.90-1
Christian People's Party4,9141.2-0.11-Flemming Kofod-Svendsen (T)
Communist Party of Denmark4,3151.1+0.20-
Legal association2,0310.5-1.30-
Humanist Party8060.2new0new
The International-Socialist Workers' Party2030.1-0.00-
Marxist-Leninist Party960.0+0.00-
Outside the parties310.0-0.00-
In total402,98921-

1984 election

At the 1984 Danish general election, there were 459,635 eligible voters in the Copenhagen County constituency. The district was awarded 21 mandates, including 6 additional mandates. The turnout was 89.82%.

PartyVotesPercentage+/-Mandates+/-Elected MPs
The Social Democracy125.10630.5-0.66-1Svend Jakobsen (K)Ivar Nørgaard (K)

Helle Degn (K)

Mogens Lykketoft (K)

Dorte Bennedsen (K)

Hanne Andersen (T)

Conservative People's Party110,97727.1+7.36+1Poul Schlüter (K) (K)

(K)

(K)

Per Stig Møller (K)

Connie Hedegaard Koksbang (T)

Socialist People's Party60,28614.7+0.33- (K) (K)

(T)

Radical Left27,2766.7+0.71-Lone Dybkjær (K)
The Center Democrats21,6645.3-3.61-1Mimi (Stilling) Jakobsen (K)
Left21,2455.2+1.51-Bertel Haarder (K)
The Left Socialists13,8843.4-0.41-Anne Grete Holmsgård (T)
Progress Party12,5193.1-4.81-Mogens Glistrup
  • (T)
Legal association7,4531.8+0.00-
Christian People's Party5,4801.3+0.41+1Flemming Kofod-Svendsen (T)
Communist Party of Denmark3,7880.9-0.60-
The International-Socialist Workers' Party3110.1+0.00-
Marxist-Leninist Party930.0new0-
Outside the parties380.0-0.00-
In total410,12021-
* Mogens Glistrup was subsequently declared ineligible, and his mandate went to Pia Kjærsgaard instead.

1981 election

At the 1981 Danish general election, there were 455,064 eligible voters in the Copenhagen County constituency. The district was awarded 21 mandates, including 6 additional mandates. The turnout was 85.17%.

PartyVotesPercentage+/-Mandates+/-Elected MPs
The Social Democracy119,88731.1-6.27-1Ivar Nørgaard (K)Svend Jakobsen (K)

Mogens Lykketoft (K)

Helle Degn (K)

Dorte Bennedsen (K)

Lise Østergaard (T)

(T)

Conservative People's Party76,19719.8+2.85+2Poul Schlüter (K)Lis Møller (K)

(K)

(T)

(T)

Socialist People's Party55,49614.4+7.03+2 (K) (K)

Holger K. Nielsen (K)

The Center Democrats34,4418.9+5.22+1Mimi (Stilling) Jakobsen (K) (K)
The Progress Party30,3797.9-1.21-1Mogens Glistrup (K)
Radical Left23,1916.0-0.91-Lone Dybkjær (K)
The Left Socialists14,8313.8-1.71- (T)
Left14,1603.7-2.11-Bertel Haarder (T)
Legal association6,7581.8-1.60-1
The Communist Party of Denmark5,8451.5-0.90-
Christian People's Party3,5310.9-0.20-
Communist Workers Party5720.1-0.40-
The International-Socialist Workers' Party2360.1new0new
Outside the parties430.0new0new
In total385,56721+2

1979 election

At the 1979 Danish general election, there were 451,188 eligible voters in the Copenhagen County constituency. The district was awarded 19 mandates, including 4 additional mandates. The turnout was 87.45%.

PartyVotesPercentage+/-Mandates+/-Elected MPs
Social Democrats146,16537.3-0.08+2Dorte Bennedsen (K)Ivar Nørgaard (K)

Helle Degn (K)

Svend Jakobsen (K)

Lise Østergaard (K)

(K)

(T)

(T)

Conservative People's Party66,52817.0+5.33+1Poul Schlüter (K) (K)

(K)

The Progress Party35,5119.1-4.12-Mogens Glistrup (K) (K)
Socialist People's Party29,0827.4+2.01- (K)
Radical Left27,0956.9+3.51-Lone Dybkjær (K)
Left22,5665.8+1.01-Bertel Haarder (K)
The Left Socialists21,5055.5+1.41- (K)
The Center Democrats14,4373.7-5.21-Mimi Jakobsen (T)
Legal association13,1633.4-0.81- (T)
The Communist Party of Denmark9,5772.4-2.20-1
Christian People's Party4,2531.1-0.50-1
Communist Workers Party2,0350.5new0new
In total391,91719+1

1977 election

At the 1977 Danish general election, there were 427,550 eligible voters in the Copenhagen County constituency. The district was awarded 18 mandates, including 3 additional mandates. The turnout was 90.72%.

PartyVotesPercentage+/-Mandates+/-Elected MPs
The Social Democracy143,96437.3+9.66-Kjeld Olesen (K)Ivar Nørgaard (K)

Dorte Bennedsen (K)

Svend Jakobsen (K)

Helle Degn (K)

Ejler Koch (K)

The Progress Party50,90113.2-1.22-1Mogens Glistrup (K) (K)
Conservative People's Party45,30311.7+3.72+1Poul Schlüter (K) (K)
The Center Democrats34,3098.9+5.61- (K)
Socialist People's Party20,8955.4-2.31-1Ole Olsen (K)
Left18,3924.8-13.01-2Bertel Haarder (K)
The Communist Party of Denmark17,9004.6-0.81- (K)
Legal association16,3454.2+2.11+1 (K)
The Left Socialists15,6614.1+1.01- (T)
Radical Left13,2643.4-3.91-Grethe Philip (T)
Christian People's Party6,0431.6-1.61- (T)
The Pensioners' Party2,5660.7new0new
Outside the parties240.0-0.00-
In total385,56718-2

1975 election

At the 1975 Danish general election, there were 421,074 eligible voters in Copenhagen County. The district was awarded 20 mandates, including 5 additional mandates. The turnout was 89.62%

PartyVotesPercentage+/-Mandates+/-Elected MPs
Social Democrats103,94527.7+6.06+1Kjeld Olesen (K)Ivar Nørgaard (K)

Svend Jakobsen (K)

Dorte Bennedsen (K)

(K)

(T)

Venstre66,66317.8+10.73+1 (K) (K)

Jens Jacobsen (K)

Progress Party53,91314.4-1.63-Mogens Glistrup (K) (K)

(K)

Conservative People's Party29,8518.0-4.01-1Poul Schlüter (K)
Socialist People's Party29,0387.7-1.32-Morten Lange (K) (T)
Danish Social Liberal Party27,2837.3-2.31-1Grethe Philip (K)
Communist Party of Denmark20,0875.4+0.61- (K)
Centre Democrats12,5213.3-8.81-1 (T)
Christian People's Party12,1173.2+1.11- (T)
The Left Socialists11,4613.1+0.81+1 (T)
Legal association7,9452.1-1.10-1
Outside the parties610.0-0.00-
In total374,88520-1

1973 election

At the 1973 Danish general election, there were 417,851 eligible voters in the Copenhagen County constituency. The district was awarded 21 mandates, including 6 additional mandates. The turnout was 90.81%.

PartyVotesPercentage+/-Mandates+/-Elected MPs
Social Democrats81,87621.7-12.25-2Kjeld Olesen (K)Ivar Nørgaard (K)

Svend Jakobsen (K)

(T)

Helle Degn (T)

Progress Party60,46316.0new3newMogens Glistrup (K)Palle Tillisch (K)

(K)

Centre Democrats45,66712.1new2new (K) (K)
Conservative People's Party45,19412.0-13.82-4Poul Schlüter (K) (K)
Danish Social Liberal Party36,2809.6-4.12-1Grethe Philip (K) (K)
Socialist People's Party34,0279.0-3.82-Morten Lange (K) (T)
Venstre26,8887.1+0.42+1 (K) (T)
Communist Party of Denmark18,2164.8+3.11+1 (K)
Legal association12,2563.2+1.51+1 (T)
The Left Socialists8,7072.3-0.20-
Christian People's Party7,8802.1+1.31+1 (T)
Outside the parties650.0-0.20-
In total377,51921+2

1971 election

At the 1971 Danish general election, there were 401,997 voters in Copenhagen County. The district was awarded 19 mandates, including 4 additional mandates. The turnout was 88.94%.

PartyVotesPercentageMandatesElected MPs
Social Democrats120,40333.97 (K)Ivar Nørgaard (K)

Kjeld Olesen (K)

Helle Degn (K)

Svend Jakobsen (K)

(K)

(T)

Conservative People's Party91,57825.86 (K) (K)

Poul Schlüter (K)

(K)

(T)

(T)

Danish Social Liberal Party48,78513.73Grethe Philip (K) (K)

(T)

Socialist People's Party45,37412.82Morten Lange (K) (K)
Venstre23,9026.71 (K)
The Left Socialists8,8052.50
Communist Party of Denmark6.1311.70
Legal association6,0471.70
Christian People's Party2,9920.80
Outside the parties8420.20
In total354,85919

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2011-09-04 . Portræt af en storkreds: Københavns Omegn . 2024-10-28 . Christiansborg.

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