Copenhagen ( da, København) is one of the 12

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of the

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, the national

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. The constituency was established in 2007 following the public administration structural reform. It consists of the

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Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...

, Dragør,

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and

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. The constituency currently elects 16 of the 179 members of the Folketing using the

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. At the 2019 general election it had 538,346 registered electors.

Electoral system

Copenhagen currently elects 16 of the 179 members of the Folketing using the

. Constituency seats are allocated using the

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. Compensatory seats are calculated based on the national vote and are allocated using the Sainte-Laguë method, initially at the provincial level and finally at the constituency level. Only parties that reach any one of three thresholds stipulated by section 77 of the Folketing (Parliamentary) Elections Act - winning at least one constituency seat; obtaining at least the Hare quota (valid votes in province/number of constituency seats in province) in two of the three provinces; or obtaining at least 2% of the national vote - compete for compensatory seats.

Election results

Summary

(Excludes compensatory seats)

Detailed

2019

Results of the 2019 general election held on 5 June 2019: Votes per municipality: The following candidates were elected:

Tommy Ahlers Tommy Ahlers (born 18 November 1975 in Haderslev) is a Danish former businessman and politician who was a member of the Folketing for the Venstre political party from 2015 to 2021. He was the Minister of Science, Technology, Information and Hi ...

(V), 48,277 votes; Katarina Ammitzbøll (C), 6,377 votes; Simon Emil Ammitzbøll-Bille (I), 2,715 votes;

Ida Auken Ida Margrete Meier Auken (born 22 April 1978, in Frederiksberg) is a Danish politician and member of the Folketing for the Social Democrats political party. She has been a member of parliament since 2007. She was Minister for the Environment o ...

(B), 21,723 votes;

Pia Olsen Dyhr Pia Olsen Dyhr (born 30 November 1971 in Vallensbæk, Copenhagen) is a Danish politician who has been a member of the Folketing for the Socialist People's Party since the 2007 general elections. Dyhr has served as Minister for Trade and Investm ...

(F), 20,047 votes;

Uffe Elbæk Uffe Elbæk (born 15 June 1954) is a Danish politician, social worker, author, journalist, entrepreneur. In 2013 he founded the green political party The Alternative, which he led until February 2020. He is an independent member of the Folketin ...

(Å), 7,587 votes; Martin Geertsen (V), 4,550 votes;

Jette Gottlieb Jette Ryde Gottlieb (born 23 September 1948 in Copenhagen) is a Danish politician, who is a member of the Folketing for the Red-Green Alliance political party. She was elected into parliament at the 2019 Danish general election, and was previousl ...

(Ø), 3,939 votes;

Peter Hummelgaard Thomsen Peter Hummelgaard Thomsen (born 17 January 1983) is a Danish writer and politician, who is a member of the Folketing for the Social Democrats political party. He has been the Minister of Employment since 2019. He was elected into parliament in t ...

(A), 11,611 votes; Jan E. Jørgensen (V), 8,321 votes; Rosa Lund (Ø), 7,532 votes; Rune Lund (Ø), 4,355 votes; Samira Nawa (B), 4,657 votes;

Halime Oguz Halime Oguz (born 15 June 1970 in Tavsancali, Turkey) is a Turkish-Danish politician, who is a member of the Folketing for the Socialist People's Party. She was elected into parliament at the 2019 Danish general election General elections w ...

(F), 1,278 votes; Lars Aslan Rasmussen (A), 9,632 votes; Jens Rohde (B), 6,175 votes;

Pernille Rosenkrantz-Theil Pernille Rosenkrantz-Theil (born 17 January 1977 in Skælskør) is a Danish politician, who is a member of the Folketing for the Social Democrats political party. From 2019 to 2022, she has served as Minister of Children and Education. She was ...

(A), 28,955 votes; Peter Skaarup (O), 4,875 votes;

Pernille Skipper Pernille Skipper (born 10 July 1984) is a former Danish politician. She was a member of the Folketing from 2011 to 2022, and was political spokesperson for the Red–Green Alliance from 2016 to 2021, succeeding Johanne Schmidt-Nielsen. In 2021 s ...

(Ø) 38,954 votes; and Carl Valentin (F), 2,074 votes.

2015

Results of the 2015 general election held on 18 June 2015: Votes per municipality: The following candidates were elected: Yildiz Akdogan (A), 7,037 votes; Simon Emil Ammitzbøll-Bille (I), 21,794 votes;

(B), 18,600 votes; Pelle Dragsted (Ø), 3,827 votes;

(F), 14,487 votes;

(Å), 37,478 votes; Martin Henriksen (O), 7,625 votes;

(A), 8,294 votes; Jan E. Jørgensen (V), 8,500 votes; Laura Lindahl (I), 8,310 votes;

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(Å), 2,143 votes;

Søren Pind Søren Pind (born 20 November 1969) is a Danish lawyer and politician, a member of the center-right party Venstre. He served as Danish Minister of Justice from 2015 to 2016, and as Minister of Science, Technology, Information and Higher Educat ...

(V), 20,903 votes; Mette Reissmann (A), 4,880 votes;

Johanne Schmidt-Nielsen Johanne Schmidt-Nielsen (born 22 February 1984 in Odense) is a former member of the Danish parliament for the Red-Green Alliance. Schmidt-Nielsen has been referred to as the "new queen of the Red-Green Alliance" by parts of the press.Sjølie, Mar ...

(Ø), 44,405 votes; Peter Skaarup (O), 28,555 votes; Finn Sørensen (Ø), 2,862 votes; and Helle Thorning-Schmidt (A), 68,809 votes.

2011

Results of the 2011 general election held on 15 September 2011: Votes per municipality: The following candidates were elected: Simon Emil Ammitzbøll-Bille (I), 16,426 votes;

(F), 14,656 votes; Özlem Cekic (F), 8,685 votes;

(B), 6,703 votes; Martin Geertsen (V), 5,589 votes; Karen Hækkerup (A), 7,355 votes; Martin Henriksen (O), 3,856 votes; Jan E. Jørgensen (V), 5,165 votes; Lone Loklindt (B), 3,441 votes; Rosa Lund (Ø), 3,370 votes;

Per Stig Møller Per Stig Møller (, informal: Per Stig; born 27 August 1942 in Frederiksberg) is a Danish politician. He was a member of the Folketing (Danish national parliament) for the Conservative People's Party from 1984 until 2015, and was Minister for ...

(C), 12,756 votes;

(V), 42,072 votes; Mette Reissmann (A), 5,128 votes; Manu Sareen (B), 41,202 votes;

(Ø), 50,350 votes; Peter Skaarup (O), 24,069 votes; Finn Sørensen (Ø), 2,310 votes; Villy Søvndal (F), 20,814 votes; and Helle Thorning-Schmidt (A), 54,346 votes.

2007

Results of the 2007 general election held on 13 November 2007: Votes per municipality: The following candidates were elected: Yildiz Akdogan (A), 2,226 votes; Christine Antorini (A), 6,181 votes;

(F), 25,737 votes; Özlem Cekic (F), 12,377 votes; Lone Dybkjær (B), 13,684 votes; Karen Hækkerup (A), 5,517 votes; Martin Henriksen (O), 2,568 votes; Anne Grete Holmsgaard (F), 14,369 votes; Rikke Hvilshøj (V), 11,277 votes;

Naser Khader Naser Khader ( ar, ناصر خضر Levantine pronunciation: ; born 1 July 1963) is a Syrian-Danish politician who is a member of the Folketing as an independent politician. Until 2021 he was a member of the Conservative People's Party. ...

(Y), 13,780 votes;

(C), 24,984 votes;

(V), 25,945 votes; Kamal Qureshi (F), 18,125 votes;

(Ø), 11,066 votes; Helle Sjelle (C), 6,033 votes; Peter Skaarup (O), 33,434 votes; and Helle Thorning-Schmidt (A), 74,121 votes.

Notes

References

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