The Centre Democrats (, CD) were a Danish political party.
thumb|The Centre Democrats (Centrum-Demokraterne) in 1977
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.
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As of September 2007, the party holds one seat in the Folketing (represented by Louise Frevert) and two in the Copenhagen municipality council (represented by Frevert and the current party leader Ben Haddou).
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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: Bjarne Møgelhøj
- 2007–2008: Ben Haddou
Election results
Parliament (Folketing)
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Date
! colspan="3"| Votes
! colspan="2"| Seats
|-
! #
! %
! ± pp
! #
! ±
|-
! 1973
| 236.784
| 7.8%
| +7.8
|
| New
|-
! 1975
| 66.316
| 2.2%
| -5.6
|
| 10
|-
! 1977
| 200.347
| 6.4%
| +4.2
|
| 7
|-
! 1979
| 102.132
| 3.2%
| -3.2
|
| 5
|-
! 1981
| 258.522
| 8.3%
| +5.1
|
| 9
|-
! 1984
| 154.553
| 4.6%
| -3.7
|
| 7
|-
! 1987
| 161.070
| 4.8%
| +0.2
|
| 1
|-
! 1988
| 155.464
| 4.7%
| -0.1
|
| 0
|-
! 1990
| 165.556
| 5.1%
| +0.4
|
| 0
|-
! 1994
| 94.496
| 2.8%
| -2.3
|
| 4
|-
! 1998
| 146.802
| 4.3%
| +1.5
|
| 3
|-
! 2001
| 61.031
| 1.8%
| -2.5
|
| 8
|-
! 2005
| 33.880
| 1.0%
| -0.8
|
| 0
|-
! 2007
| colspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |Did not run.
|}
Municipal elections
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Date
! colspan="2"| Seats
|-
! #
! ±
|-
! 2001
|
| 0
|-
! 2005
|
| 2
|-
|}
Regional elections
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Date
! rowspan="2"| Votes
! colspan="2"| Seats
|-
! #
! ±
|-
! 2001
| 24,914
|
| 0
|-
! 2005
| 4,987
|
| 3
|}
European Parliament elections
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Date
! colspan="3"| Votes
! colspan="2"| Seats
|-
! #
! %
! ± pp
! #
! ±
|-
! 1979
| 107.790
| 6.1%
| +6.1
|
| New
|-
! 1984
| 131.984
| 6.6%
| +0.5
|
| 0
|-
! 1989
| 142.190
| 8.0%
| +1.4
|
| 1
|-
! 1994
| 18.365
| 0.9%
| -7.1
|
| 2
|-
! 1999
| 68.717
| 3.5%
| +2.6
|
| 0
|-
! 2004
| colspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |Did not run.
|}
Notes
References
External links
- centrumdemokraterne.dk - Official website (archived)