Constituencies of Denmark
{{Short description|Constituencies used for elections to the Folketing}}
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{{Politics of Denmark}}
Constituencies ({{langx|da|valgkredse}}) are used for elections to the Folketing, the national parliament of Denmark.{{Cite web|title=Retsinformation|url=https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2011/107#K10|access-date=2020-10-08|website=www.retsinformation.dk}} Denmark proper is divided into 10 constituencies largely corresponding to the Provinces of Denmark, (which themselves are statistical divisions of the regions of the country) each electing multiple members using open-list proportional representation.{{Cite web|title=Folketingsvalg|url=https://www.ft.dk/da/folkestyret/valg-og-afstemninger/folketingsvalg|access-date=2020-11-30|website=Folketinget}} Those constituencies are then divided into 92 opstillingskredse (nomination districts) which mainly serve the purpose of nominating candidates, but historically functioned as single-member constituencies electing one member using plurality voting.{{Cite journal|last=Adolph|first=Jensen|date=June 1920|title=Folketingsvalget den 26. april 1920|url=https://www.dst.dk/Site/Dst/Udgivelser/GetPubFile.aspx?id=20224&sid=valg1920|journal=Danmarks Statistik}}
List of constituencies (2007 onwards)
The following is the list of constituencies used from 2007 onwards.{{Cite journal|date=27 November 2007|title=Folketingsvalget den 13. november 2007|url=https://www.dst.dk/Site/Dst/Udgivelser/GetPubFile.aspx?id=20332&sid=valg2007|journal=Danmarks Statistik}}
The Faroe Islands has been one single constituency since 1850.{{Cite journal|date=1854|title=Tabellariske Oversigter over de Valgherettigede samt over Valgrettens Afbenyttelse ved Folkethingsvalgene i Kongeriget Danmark i Aarene 1852 og 1853.|url=https://www.dst.dk/Site/Dst/Udgivelser/GetPubFile.aspx?id=20241&sid=valg1852-1853|journal=Danmarks Statistik|pages=52}} Since 1947 it has elected two members using proportional representation. Greenland has been represented by two members since 1953. Prior to 1975, it was divided into two single-member constituencies.{{Cite journal|last=Cohn|first=Einar|date=November 1953|title=Folketingsvalget den 22. september 1953|url=https://www.dst.dk/Site/Dst/Udgivelser/GetPubFile.aspx?id=20213&sid=valg1953|journal=Danmarks Statistik|pages=160}}{{Cite journal|last=Skak-Nielsen|first=N. V.|date=April 1975|title=Folketingsvalget den 9. januar 1975|url=https://www.dst.dk/Site/Dst/Udgivelser/GetPubFile.aspx?id=20205&sid=valg1975|journal=Danmarks Statistik|pages=00}}
Prior to the reforms creating the current regions of Denmark in 2007, the constituencies were largely based on the counties, with the exception of Copenhagen, which was divided into 3 separate constituencies.
List of nomination districts
=A. Capital Division=
== Copenhagen ==
== Greater Copenhagen ==
== North Zealand ==
== Bornholm ==
=B. Zealand & Southern Denmark=
== Zealand ==
== Funen ==
== South Jutland ==
=C. Mid & Northern Jutland=
== East Jutland ==
== West Jutland ==
== North Jutland ==
1971-2005
The following constituencies were used in the elections between 1971 and 2005.{{Cite journal|date=21 February 2005|title=Folketingsvalget den 8. februar 2005|url=https://www.dst.dk/Site/Dst/Udgivelser/GetPubFile.aspx?id=20331&sid=valg|journal=Danmarks Statistik}}
File:Folketing_Amtskredse1971.svg
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!Constituency !Counties !Constituency seats (2005) |
Søndre Storkreds
|Parts of Copenhagen Municipality |4 |
Østre Storkreds
|Parts of Copenhagen Municipality |6 |
Vestre Storkreds
|Parts of Copenhagen Municipality and Frederiksberg. |4 |
Copenhagen County
|14 |
Frederiksborg
|9 |
Roskilde
|5 |
Vestsjælland
|8 |
Storstrøm
|7 |
Bornholm
|2 |
Fyn
|12 |
Sønderjylland
|7 |
Ribe
|Ribe |6 |
Vejle
|9 |
Ringkøbing
|7 |
Århus
|16 |
Viborg
|6 |
Nordjylland
|13 |
= Previous nominating districts (1971-2005) =
{{Cite web|date=27 June 2004|title=Bekendtgørelse af lov om valg til Folketinget|url=https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2004/704|url-status=live|website=Retsinformation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211018125804/https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2004/704 |archive-date=2021-10-18 }}
== Copenhagen ==
== Frederiksberg ==
== Københavns Amt ==
== Frederiksborg ==
- Helsingør (Helsingør)
- Fredensborg (Birkerød, Fredensborg-Humlebæk, Græsted-Gilleleje, Hørsholm & Karlebo)
- Hillerød (Allerød, Farum, Hillerød, Slangerup, Stenløse & Ølstykke)
- Frederiksværk (Frederikssund, Frederiksværk, Helsinge, Hundested, Jægerspris, Skibby & Skævinge)
== Roskilde ==
== Vestsjælland ==
- Holbæk (Holbæk, Jernløse, Tornved & Tølløse)
- Nykøbing (Bjergsted, Dragsholm, Nykøbing-Rørvig, Svinninge, Trundholm)
- Kalundborg (Gørlev, Hvidebæk, Høng & Kalundborg)
- Ringsted (Dianalund, Haslev, Ringsted & Stenlille)
- Sorø (Fuglebjerg, Hashøj, Skælskør & Sorø)
- Slagelse (Korsør & Slagelse)
== Storstrøm ==
- Præstø (Fakse, Fladså, Præstø, Rønnede & Stevns)
- Næstved (Holmegaard, Næstved & Suså)
- Vordingborg (Langebæk, Møn & Vordingborg)
- Nakskov (Højreby, Nakskov, Ravnsborg & Rudbjerg)
- Maribo (Holeby, Maribo , Nysted, Rødby & Sakskøbing)
- Nykøbing (Nykøbing F., Nørre Alslev, Stubbekøbing & Sydfalster)
== Bornholm ==
== Fyn ==
- Odense Øst (Odense)
- Odense Vest (Odense)
- Odense Syd (Odense)
- Kerteminde (Kerteminde, Langeskov, Munkebo, Ullerslev & Årslev)
- Middelfart (Assens, Ejby, Glamsbjerg, Middelfart & Nørre Aaby)
- Otterup (Bogense, Otterup, Søndersø, Tommerup, Vissenbjerg & Aarup)
- Nyborg (Egebjerg, Gudme, Nyborg, Ryslinge & Ørbæk)
- Svendborg (Rudkøbing, Svendborg, Sydlangeland & Tranekær)
- Fåborg (Broby, Fåborg, Haarby, Marstal, Ringe & Ærøskøbing)
== Sønderjylland ==
- Haderslev (Christiansfeld & Haderslev)
- Åbenrå (Lundtoft, Rødekro & Aabenraa)
- Sønderborg (Broager, Gråsten & Sønderborg)
- Augustenborg (Augustenborg, Nordborg, Sundeved & Sydals)
- Tønder (Bredebro, Højer, Skærbæk & Tønder)
- Løgumkloster (Bov, Løgumkloster, Nørre-Rangstrup & Tinglev)
- Rødding (Gram, Rødding & Vojens)
== Ribe ==
- Varde (Blaabjerg, Blåvandshuk, Varde & Ølgod)
- Esbjerg (Esbjerg & Fanø)
- Ribe (Bramming, Helle & Ribe)
- Grindsted (Billund, Brørup, Grindsted, Holsted & Vejen)
== Vejle ==
- Fredericia (Børkop & Fredericia)
- Kolding (Kolding, Lunderskov & Vamdrup)
- Vejle (Jelling & Vejle)
- Give (Brædstrup, Egtved, Give & Nørre-Snede)
- Juelsminde (Hedensted, Juelsminde & Tørring-Uldum)
- Horsens (Gedved & Horsens)
== Ringkøbing ==
- Ringkøbing (Holmsland, Lemvig, Ringkøbing, Thyborøn-Harboøre, Trehøje & Ulfborg-Vemb)
- Holstebro (Aulum-Haderup, Holstebro, Struer, Thyholm & Vinderup)
- Herning (Herning & Ikast)
- Skjern (Brande, Egvad, Skjern, Videbæk & Aaskov)
== Århus ==
- Århus Øst (Århus)
- Århus Nord (Århus)
- Århus Syd (Århus)
- Århus Vest (Århus)
- Mariager (Langå, Mariager, Nørhald, Purhus & Sønderhald)
- Randers (Randers)
- Hammel (Galten, Hadsten, Hammel, Hinnerup, Rosenholm & Rønde)
- Grenå (Ebeltoft, Grenaa, Midtdjurs, Nørre Djurs & Rougsø)
- Skanderborg (Hørning, Odder, Samsø & Skanderborg)
- Silkeborg (Gjern, Ry, Silkeborg & Them)
== Viborg ==
== Nordjylland ==
- Frederikshavn (Frederikshavn, Læsø & Skagen)
- Sæby (Brønderslev, Dronninglund & Sæby)
- Hjørring (Hirtshals, Hjørring & Sindal)
- Fjerritslev (Brovst, Fjerritslev, Løkken-Vrå & Pandrup)
- Ålborg Nord (Ålborg, Hals & Aabykro)
- Ålborg Vest (Ålborg)
- Ålborg Øst (Ålborg)
- Hobro (Arden, Hadsund, Hobro, Sejlflod & Skørping)
- Års (Farsø, Løgstør, Nibe, Nørager, Støvring & Års)
1920-1968
The following constituencies were used in the elections between 1920 and 1968.File:Folketing_Amtskredse1920.svg
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!Constituency !Counties !Constituency seats (1968) |
Søndre Storkreds
|Parts of Copenhagen Municipality |5 |
Østre Storkreds
|Parts of Copenhagen Municipality |10 |
Vestre Storkreds
|Parts of Copenhagen Municipality and Frederiksberg. |7 |
Københavns Amt
|Copenhagen |15 |
Frederiksborg
|5 |
Holbæk
|Holbæk |4 |
Sorø
|Sorø |4 |
Præstø
|4 |
Bornholm
|2 |
Maribo
|Maribo |4 |
Odense
|7 |
Svendborg
|5 |
Hjørring
|6 |
Thisted
|3 |
Ålborg
|7 |
Viborg
|5 |
Randers
|Randers |5 |
Århus
|Århus |6 |
Skanderborg
|Skanderborg |4 |
Vejle
|7 |
Ringkøbing
|7 |
Ribe
|Ribe |6 |
Haderslev{{Efn|Officially "Haderslev m. fl. Amter" or "Haderslev—Aabenraa—Sonderborg—Tønder"}}
|Aabenraa, Haderslev, Sønderborg, Tønder |7 |
= Previous nominating districts (1918-1968) =
The following districts were used as nominating districts between 1918 and 1968. In the 1918 election the districts outside of Copenhagen and Frederiksberg functioned as single-member constituencies, electing a single member. In 1950 four nomination districts were created in Copenhagen and Copenhagen County. 1953 one nomination district was created in Copenhagen County and two nomination districts in Copenhagen - Valby and Sundby - were divided into two new nomination districts. In 1966 two nomination districts were created in Copenhagen County.
Note that the nomination districts in Odense, Aalborg, and Århus were not officially distinguished in their name by anything but their number. Their relative geographical location have been added in parentheses for clarity.
== Copenhagen ==
- Vesterbro (Vestre)
- Christianshavn (Søndre)
- Rådhus (Søndre)
- Ravnsborg (Østre)
- Blågård (Søndre)
- Østbane (Østre)
- Rosenborg (Søndre)
- Havne (Søndre)
- Sundby (Søndre) from 1953 known as Sundby-nord
- Østerbro (Østre)
- Nørrebro (Østre)
- Bispeeng (Østre)
- Enghave (Vestre)
- Valby (Vestre) from 1953 known as Valby-øst
- Bispebjerg (Østre)
- Ryvang (Østre from 1950)
- Brønshøj (Østre from 1950)
- Sundby-syd (Søndre from 1953)
- Valby-vest (Vestre from 1953)
== Frederiksberg ==
== Københavns Amt ==
== Frederiksborg ==
- Helsingør
- Fredensborg
- Hillerød
- Frederiksværk
== Holbæk ==
- Holbæk
- Nykøbing
- Vedby
- Kalundborg-Onsbjerg
== Sorø ==
== Præstø ==
- Storeheddinge
- Præstø
- Næstved
- Stege-Vordingborg
== Bornholm ==
== Maribo ==
- Nakskov
- Maribo
- Sakskøbing
- Nykøbing
- Stubbekøbing
== Odense ==
- Odense (North)
- Odense (South)
- Kerteminde
- Assens
- Middelfart
- Bogense
- Otterup
== Svendborg ==
- Nyborg
- Gudme
- Svendborg
- Ærøskøbing-Faaborg
- Højrup
- Rudkøbing
== Hjørring ==
- Frederikshavn
- Sæby
- Hjørring
- Vraa
- Halvrimme
== Thisted ==
- Thisted
- Hurup
- Nykøbing
== Aalborg ==
- Aalborg (West)
- Aalborg (East)
- Bællum
- Aars
- Nibe
- Nørresundby
== Viborg ==
- Skive
- Viborg
- Kjellerup
- Søndervinge
- Løvel
== Randers ==
- Mariager
- Randers
- Borup
- Hornslet
- Grenaa
- Æbeltoft
== Aarhus ==
- Odder
- Århus (Mid)
- Århus (North)
- Århus (South)
- Skjoldelev
== Skanderborg ==
- Horsens
- Skanderborg
- Østbirk
- Silkeborg
== Vejle ==
- Fredericia
- Kolding
- Vejle
- Give
- Bjerre
- Vonsild
== Ringkøbing ==
- Ringkøbing
- Lemvig
- Holstebro
- Vinderup
- Herning
- Skjern
== Ribe ==
- Varde
- Esbjerg
- Ribe
- Bække
- Guldager
== Sønderjylland (From 1920) ==
- Haderslev
- Aabenraa
- Sønderborg
- Augustenborg
- Tønder
- Løgumkloster
- Rødding
Notes
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