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.jp.dk - CD nedlægger sig selv
Party leaders
1973–1989: Erhard Jakobsen 1989–2005: Mimi Jakobsen 2005–2007: Bjarne Møgelhøj 2007–2008: Ben Haddou
Election results Parliament (Folketing) Date Votes 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 2007Did not run.
Municipal elections Date Seats # ± 2001 0 2005 2
Regional elections Date Votes Seats # ± 2001 24,914 0 2005 4,987 3
European Parliament elections Date Votes 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 2004Did not run.
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References
External links centrumdemokraterne.dk - Official website (archived)