The Centre Democrats (, CD) were a Danish political party. CD DK 1977

History

The party was formed in 1973 by

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, a former MP and mayor of

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, as a centrist splinter group from the

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. 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

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, 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

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, 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:

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* 2005–2007:

Bjarne Møgelhøj Bjarne Møgelhøj (born 14 May 1944) is a Danish politician for the party New Alliance. He joined the party in August 2007 from the position of leader of the Centre Democrats party. 1983–1998 he was the leader of FDB (now part of Coop Norde ...

* 2007–2008: Ben Haddou

Election results

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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