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Nørrebro (nomination District)
Nørrebro nominating district is one of the 92 nominating districts that exists for Danish elections following the 2007 municipal reform. It is one of the 9 nominating districts in Copenhagen Municipality. It was created in 1915, though its boundaries have been changed since then. In general elections, the district is an extremely strong area for parties commonly associated with the red bloc, with them having won 77.1% of the vote in the 2022 election, the highest any bloc received in a nominating district that year. General elections results General elections in the 2020s 2022 Danish general election General elections in the 2010s 2019 Danish general election 2015 Danish general election 2011 Danish general election General elections in the 2000s 2007 Danish general election 2005 Danish general election 2001 Danish general election General elections in the 1990s 1998 Danish general election 1994 Danish general election 1990 Danish general election Gener ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folketing
The Folketing ( , ), 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 and Greenland. Established in 1849, the Folketing was the lower house of the bicameral parliament called the Rigsdag until 1953; the upper house was the Landsting. The Folketing meets in Christiansborg Palace, on the islet of Slotsholmen in central Copenhagen. It passes all laws, approves the cabinet, and supervises the work of the government. It is also responsible for adopting the state's budgets and approving the state's accounts. As set out in the Constitution of Denmark, the Folketing shares power with the reigning monarch. But in practice, the monarch's role is limited to signing laws passed by the legislature; this must be done within 30 days of adoption. The Folketing consists of 179 members; including two from Greenland and two from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conservative People's Party (Denmark)
The Conservative People's Party (, DKF), also known as The Conservatives () is a Centre-right politics, centre-right List of political parties in Denmark, political party in Denmark. The party is a member of the International Democracy Union and the European People's Party. History The party was founded in 1916 based mostly on its predecessor, ''Højre'' ("Right") after its downfall, but also on the Free Conservatives and a moderate faction of the liberal party Venstre (Denmark), ''Venstre'' ("Left"). The party was a part of the coalition government during Denmark in World War II, World War II, where the leader John Christmas Møller provided the voice for BBC London's daily radio to Denmark. However, while a number of conservatives participated in the resistance movement, some conservatives were sympathetic to Fascism, fascist ideology, and the Young Conservatives (Denmark), youth wing of the party praised several fascist movements in Europe during the 1930s. Since World Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minority Party (Denmark)
The Minority Party () is a former Danish political party that did not gain parliamentary representation. History The Minority Party was founded in 2000 by a group of minority groups. One of the party's primus motors were Rune Engelbreth Larsen, who was chairman of the party during the 2005 parliamentary election. Engelbreth Larsen was formerly known as editor of the intellectual left-wing dissident magazine Faklen (The Torch). During the 2005 election campaign, the Minority Party opposed the consensus among most Danish parties to tighten immigration controls further. The chairman of the party, Rune Engelbreth Larsen, went so far as to call the chairman of the nationalist Danish People's Party a racist. In the 2005 election, the Minority Party only got 0.3 percent of the votes and did not achieve parliamentary representation. Many saw this as a result of the offensive and confrontational way the party dealt with the Danish People's Party, but mostly that they failed to ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centre Democrats (Denmark)
The Centre Democrats (, CD) were a Danish political party. History The party was formed in 1973 by Erhard Jakobsen, a former MP and mayor of Gladsaxe, as a centrist splinter group from the Danish Social Democrats. 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. On 26 January 2008, an extraordinary party conference decided to dissolve the party by 1 February 2008. Party leaders * 1973–1989: Erhard Jakobsen * 1989–2005: Mimi Jakobsen * 2005–2007 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 Danish General Election
General elections were held in Denmark on 8 February 2005.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p525 Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen's Venstre remained the largest party in the Folketing and his governing coalition with the Conservative People's Party remained intact, with the Danish People's Party providing the parliamentary support needed for the minority government. The Danish Social Liberal Party made the biggest gains of any party, although it remained outside the governing group of parties. The elections marked the second time in a row that the Social Democrats were not the largest party in parliament, a change from most of the 20th century. The Social Democrats lost five seats and leader Mogens Lykketoft resigned immediately after the elections. Voter turnout was 85% in Denmark proper, 73% in the Faroe Islands and 59% in Greenland.Nohlen & Stöver, p550 Background Prior to the SARS pandemic in 2003 and with Boxing Day tsuna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Danish General Election
General elections were held in Denmark on 13 November 2007. The elections allowed Prime minister of Denmark, prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen to continue for a third term in a coalition government consisting of Venstre (Denmark), Venstre and the Conservative People's Party (Denmark), Conservative People's Party with parliamentary support from the Danish People's Party. They were the first elections held using the current constituencies. Electoral system The 179 members of the Folketing were elected by party-list proportional representation in multi-member constituencies, with levelling seats filled using overall party vote shares. The Constituencies of Denmark, districts were re-drawn prior to the elections, reducing the number to 12, which elected between two and 20 members. Contesting parties Coalitions According to the Constitution of Denmark, Denmark is governed according to the principle of negative parliamentarism, meaning that while a government doesn't need the majo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Venstre lost power to a centre-left coalition led by the Social Democrats making Helle Thorning-Schmidt the country's first female Prime Minister. The Social Liberal Party and the Socialist People's Party became part of the three-party government. The new parliament convened on 4 October, the first Tuesday of the month. Background Anders Fogh Rasmussen, who had been re-elected Prime Minister following the 2007 parliamentary election, resigned on 5 April 2009 to become the Secretary General of NATO in August. Polls indicated a preference for early elections over simply having Finance Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen take over as PM; the Social Democrats' Helle Thorning-Schmidt was also suggested as the preferred candidate for PM. Howeve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Danish General Election
General elections were held in the Kingdom of Denmark on 18 June 2015 to elect the 179 members of the Folketing. 175 members were elected in the Denmark proper, two in the Faroe Islands and two in Greenland. Although the ruling Social Democrats became the largest party in the Folketing and increased their seat count, the opposition Venstre party was able to form a minority government headed by Lars Løkke Rasmussen with the support of the Danish People's Party, the Liberal Alliance and the Conservative People's Party. Background Following the 2011 general election, a minority government was formed by the Social Democrats, the Social Liberal Party and the Socialist People's Party. The government was supported by the Red–Green Alliance. Helle Thorning-Schmidt, the leader of the Social Democrats, became Prime Minister. The government had rocky relations with the Red–Green Alliance, relying on their ''ad hoc'' support to pass bills instead of a formalized alliance. As a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stram Kurs
(), () is a far-right, nationalist, anti-Islam political party in Denmark and Sweden founded in 2017 by Danish-Swedish lawyer Rasmus Paludan. The party is almost exclusively associated with its founder and his anti-Islam activism and demonstrations. The party was on the ballot in the 2019 Danish general election, where it gained 1.8% of the votes, below the 2% election threshold. History The party was founded on 16 March 2017 by Rasmus Paludan. It ran in six municipalities in the 2017 Danish local elections, but it failed to receive more than 200 votes in any municipality, preventing the party from gaining a seat on any council. It also ran unsuccessfully in two of the five Danish regions. Paludan became known on YouTube, where videos on the party's channel have gained 20 million views as of April 2019. The videos were often filmed during demonstrations that Hard Line held in ghettoes, during which Paludan deliberately provoked Muslims, such as by drawing Muhammad to rais ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Citizen List
The Citizen List () is a centre-right List of political parties in Denmark, political party in Denmark. Under the name Klaus Riskær Pedersen Party, after its founder , it entered the 2019 Danish general election, 2019 general election, failing to win any seats. Following the defeat, Riskær announced that the party would not again stand in an election, but later reversed that decision. In December 2019 he changed the party's name to its current name. Background In 1989, Klaus Riskær Pedersen ran in the 1989 European Parliament election in Denmark, European Parliament election for Venstre (Denmark), Venstre. Although fifth on the ballot, he received enough votes to become one of Venstre's three representatives in the European Parliament. Riskær declared bankruptcy in 1992 and in 1993 he was excluded from Venstre. He continued in the European Parliament as an independent politician. He founded the party ''De liberale 2000 (The Liberal 2000)'' and intended to run for the next Eur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 Danish General Election
General elections were held in the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark on 5 June 2019 to elect all 179 members of the Folketing; 175 in Geography of Denmark, Denmark proper, two in the Faroe Islands and two in Greenland. The elections took place ten days after the 2019 European Parliament election in Denmark, European Parliament elections. The elections resulted in a victory for the "red bloc", comprising parties that supported the Social Democrats (Denmark), Social Democrats' leader Mette Frederiksen as candidate for prime minister. The "red bloc", consisting of the Social Democrats, the Danish Social Liberal Party, Social Liberals, Socialist People's Party (Denmark), Socialist People's Party, the Red–Green Alliance (Denmark), Red–Green Alliance, the Faroe Islands, Faroese Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands), Social Democratic Party and the Greenlandic Siumut, won 93 of the 179 seats, securing a parliamentary majority. Meanwhile, the incumbent governing coalition, consisti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Democrats (Denmark)
The Christian Democrats (, KD) are a political party in Denmark. The party was founded in April 1970 as the Christian People's Party (, KrF) to oppose the liberalization of restrictions on pornography and the legalization of abortion. The party renamed itself to its current name in 2003. Originally, the party was not considered part of the European Christian-democratic tradition, and it was better known as a religious conservative party. The Christian Democrats are a member of the European People's Party (EPP) and the Centrist Democrat International. History The party was formed in 1970. Since its inception, the party has enjoyed an intermittent presence in the Parliament of Denmark, rarely winning much more than the two percent minimum required to gain seats under Denmark's proportional representation system, and frequently falling below the threshold, as has happened in every election from the 2005 parliamentary election onwards. Despite its small size, the party has served ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
