The Centre Democrats ( da, Centrum-Demokraterne, CD) were a Danish political party.

History

The party was formed in 1973 by

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, a former MP and mayor of Gladsaxe, as a centrist splinter group from the

Danish Social Democrats The Social Democrats ( da, Socialdemokraterne, ) is a social democratic political party in Denmark. A member of the Party of European Socialists (PES), the Social Democrats have 50 out of 179 members of the Danish parliament (following the late ...

. 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.jp.dk - CD nedlægger sig selv
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Party leaders

* 1973–1989:

* 1989–2005: Mimi Jakobsen * 2005–2007: Bjarne Møgelhøj * 2007–2008: Ben Haddou

Election results

Parliament (
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Municipal elections

Regional elections

European Parliament elections

Notes

References

External links

centrumdemokraterne.dk
- Official website (archived) {{Danish political parties Defunct political parties in Denmark Political parties established in 1973 Political parties disestablished in 2008 Centrist parties in Denmark 1973 establishments in Denmark 2008 disestablishments in Denmark