Lisbeth Bech-Nielsen (née ''Lisbeth Bech Poulsen''; born 1 December 1982 in Sønderborg) is a Danish politician, who is a member of the

Folketing The Folketing ( da, Folketinget, ; ), also known as the Parliament of Denmark or the Danish Parliament in English, is the unicameral national legislature (parliament) of the Kingdom of Denmark—Denmark proper together with the Faroe Islands ...

for the Socialist People's Party. She was elected into the

in the

2011 Danish general election General elections were held in Denmark on 15 September 2011 to elect the 179 members of the Folketing. Of those 179, 175 members were elected in Denmark, two in the Faroe Islands and two in Greenland. The incumbent centre-right coalition led by ...

Political career

Bech-Nielsen first entered the

after the 2011 election, receiving 1,334 votes. She was reelected with 1,652 votes in

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...

. In both elections her seat was a

levelling seat Leveling seats ( da, tillægsmandat, sv, utjämningsmandat, no, utjevningsmandater, is, jöfnunarsæti, german: Ausgleichsmandat), commonly known also as adjustment seats, are an election mechanism employed for many years by all Nordic countrie ...

. In the 2019 election she received 2,645 votes, which was enough for a

district seat A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...

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"Valgte kandidater og stedfortrædere, Folketingsvalg onsdag 5. juni 2019" Retrieved 11 January 2021

External links

Biography on the website of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget)

References

Living people 1982 births People from Sønderborg Municipality 21st-century Danish women politicians Women members of the Folketing Socialist People's Party (Denmark) politicians Members of the Folketing 2011–2015 Members of the Folketing 2015–2019 Members of the Folketing 2019–2022 20th-century Danish women Members of the Folketing 2022–2026 {{Denmark-politician-stub