Copenhagen () is one of the 12 multi-member constituencies of the Folketing, the national legislature of Denmark. The constituency was established in 2007 following the public administration structural reform. It consists of the municipalities of Copenhagen, Dragør, Frederiksberg and Tårnby. The constituency currently elects 17 of the 179 members of the Folketing using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2026 general election it had 555,730 registered electors.
Electoral system Copenhagen currently elects 17 of the 179 members of the Folketing using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. Constituency seats are allocated using the D'Hondt method. Compensatory seats are calculated based on the national vote and are allocated using the Sainte-Laguë method, initially at the provincial level and finally at the constituency level. Only parties that reach any one of three thresholds stipulated by section 77 of the Folketing (Parliamentary) Elections Act - winning at least one constituency seat; obtaining at least the Hare quota (valid votes in province/number of constituency seats in province) in two of the three provinces; or obtaining at least 2% of the national vote - compete for compensatory seats.
Election results Summary Election Red–GreenØ Green LeftF AlternativeÅ Social DemocratsA Social LiberalsB VenstreV Conservative People'sC Liberal AllianceI / Y Danish People'sO colspan=3 colspan=3 colspan=3 colspan=3 colspan=3 colspan=3 colspan=3 colspan=3 colspan=3 Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats2026 77,227 16.59% 3 62,111 13.36% 3 30,627 6.58% 1 71,298 15.31% 3 55,768 11.97% 2 16,975 3.64% 0 41,744 8.96% 2 37,491 8.05% 1 25,393 5.45% 12022 62,611 13.77% 3 52,080 11.45% 2 42,769 9.41% 2 86,226 18.96% 4 34,031 7.48% 1 38,319 8.43% 1 22,797 5.01% 1 38,204 8.40% 1 7,072 1.56% 02019 75,935 16.78% 3 52,176 11.53% 2 29,405 6.50% 1 77,879 17.21% 3 74,135 16.39% 3 67,819 14.99% 3 23,829 5.27% 1 11,655 2.58% 0 19,181 4.24% 02015 71,140 16.41% 3 28,260 6.52% 1 48,475 11.18% 2 96,753 22.32% 4 40,578 9.36% 1 44,721 10.32% 2 13,471 3.11% 0 37,935 8.75% 1 49,575 11.44% 22011 70,831 16.62% 3 52,870 12.40% 2 80,705 18.94% 3 71,264 16.72% 3 64,914 15.23% 2 23,262 5.46% 0 24,882 5.84% 1 35,887 8.42% 12007 26,963 6.67% 1 84,843 21.00% 4 97,903 24.23% 4 35,858 8.88% 1 55,311 13.69% 2 40,811 10.10% 1 17,223 4.26% 0 42,906 10.62% 2 (Excludes compensatory seats)
Detailed 2026 Results of the 2026 general election held on 24 March 2026:
Party Votes per nomination district Total Votes % SeatsBispeb- jerg Brøns- høj Fal- koner Inner City Nørre- bro Øster- bro Slots Sundby- øster Sundby- vester Tårnby Valby Vester- bro Red–Green Alliance Ø 7,606 7,776 4,395 5,446 13,389 6,516 3,967 5,344 6,956 1,953 5,300 8,579 77,227 16.59% 3 0 3 Social Democrats A 3,759 7,717 5,140 4,504 4,680 7,271 5,350 6,021 6,987 8,833 5,517 5,519 71,298 15.31% 3 0 3 Green Left F 4,272 7,196 3,841 3,876 6,612 6,156 3,592 5,206 6,136 3,661 5,129 6,434 62,111 13.36% 3 0 3 Danish Social Liberal Party B 3,167 4,950 4,870 4,838 6,610 6,722 3,586 4,057 5,082 1,621 3,927 6,338 55,768 11.97% 2 1 3 Conservative People's Party C 1,539 3,461 4,430 3,729 2,586 5,576 4,156 2,793 3,439 3,520 2,858 3,657 41,744 8.96% 2 0 2 Moderates M 1,485 3,154 3,416 3,795 2,617 4,897 2,805 2,776 3,658 3,361 2,574 3,745 38,283 8.22% 1 1 2 Liberal Alliance I 1,420 2,698 2,988 3,789 2,282 4,897 2,683 3,007 3,813 2,901 2,933 4,080 37,491 8.05% 1 1 2 The Alternative Å 2,601 2,796 1,859 2,648 4,720 2,974 1,545 2,244 2,852 787 2,076 3,525 30,627 6.58% 1 0 1 Danish People's Party O 1,530 2,777 1,219 1,213 1,277 2,083 1,696 2,288 2,525 1,349 2,216 1,768 25,393 5.45% 1 0 1 Venstre V 570 1,373 1,677 1,647 934 2,163 1,570 1,211 1,610 4,801 1,160 1,517 16,975 3.64% 0 0 0 Citizens' Party H 248 355 161 194 196 298 213 358 374 530 278 289 3,494 0.75% 0 0 0 Denmark Democrats Æ 209 342 178 153 151 241 216 283 331 690 301 238 3,334 0.72% 0 0 0 Theresa Scavenius (Independent) 128 161 101 133 237 176 119 143 166 60 108 217 1,749 0.38% 0 0 0 Rasmus Paludan (Independent) 14 13 10 14 13 9 10 21 14 11 13 14 156 0.03% 0 0 0 Rashid Ali (Independent) 3 29 3 0 6 8 3 2 5 1 8 7 75 0.02% 0 0 0 John Erik Wagner (Independent) 3 5 1 0 1 0 3 11 4 0 0 6 34 0.01% 0 0 0Valid votes 28,554 44,803 33,581 35,979 46,311 49,987 31,514 35,765 43,952 34,273 34,398 45,934 465,759 100.00% 17 3 20Blank votes 271 401 296 196 377 242 350 378 409 336 361 308 3,875 0.82% Rejected votes – other 84 114 96 80 83 92 82 86 119 92 73 90 1,046 0.22% Total polled 28,909 45,318 33,973 36,255 46,771 50,441 31,838 36,229 44,480 34,701 34,832 46,332 470,680 84.70% Registered electors 36,823 55,076 37,944 42,382 54,713 57,695 37,209 43,001 53,881 41,022 41,925 53,884 555,730 Turnout 79.68% 82.28% 89.53% 85.54% 85.48% 87.43% 85.57% 84.25% 82.55% 84.59% 83.08% 85.98% 84.70%
The following candidates were elected: Constituency seats - Sophie Hæstorp Andersen (A), 2,187 votes; Ida Auken (A), 11,286 votes; Lisbeth Bech-Nielsen (F), 5,494 votes; Nanna Bonde (F), 4,166 votes; Helle Bonnesen (C), 2,852 votes; Pelle Dragsted (Ø), 31,961 votes; Jakob Engel-Schmidt (M), 8,132 votes; Allan Feldt (O), 1,679 votes; Peter Hummelgaard (A), 11,637 votes; Magnus Georg Jensen (B), 4,491 votes; Rosa Lund (Ø), 13,110 votes; Samira Nawa (B), 10,372 votes; Franciska Rosenkilde (Å), 11,385 votes; Leila Stockmarr (Ø), 4,897 votes; Anders Storgaard (C), 3,099 votes; Mads Strange (I), 4,488 votes; and Carl Valentin (F), 3,271 votes. Compensatory seats - Ellen Emilie (M), 1,175 votes; Ole Birk Olesen (I), 2,886 votes; and Thomas Rohden (B), 4,136 votes.
2022 Results of the 2022 general election held on 1 November 2022:
Party Votes per nomination district Total Votes % SeatsBispeb- jerg Brøns- høj Fal- koner Inner City Nørre- bro Øster- bro Slots Sundby- øster Sundby- vester Tårnby Valby Vester- bro Social Democrats A 4,923 10,176 5,717 4,869 5,660 8,414 6,330 7,249 8,212 11,137 7,107 6,432 86,226 18.96% 4 0 4 Red–Green Alliance Ø 5,744 5,792 3,624 4,998 10,750 5,595 3,259 4,426 5,532 1,482 4,121 7,288 62,611 13.77% 3 0 3 Green Left F 3,454 5,928 3,611 3,533 5,694 5,485 3,037 4,190 5,067 2,670 4,244 5,167 52,080 11.45% 2 1 3 Moderates M 1,842 3,630 3,730 3,847 3,279 5,397 3,097 3,336 4,171 3,404 3,093 4,082 42,908 9.44% 2 0 2 The Alternative Å 3,109 3,355 2,927 4,068 6,947 4,378 2,039 3,229 3,771 926 2,677 5,343 42,769 9.41% 2 0 2 Venstre V 1,501 3,197 3,501 3,295 2,320 4,751 3,340 2,809 3,664 3,611 2,984 3,346 38,319 8.43% 1 1 2 Liberal Alliance I 1,514 2,824 3,162 3,963 2,498 5,002 2,861 2,875 3,944 2,558 2,931 4,072 38,204 8.40% 1 1 2 Danish Social Liberal Party B 1,881 2,961 2,950 3,027 3,967 4,187 2,205 2,486 3,263 966 2,409 3,729 34,031 7.48% 1 0 1 Conservative People's Party C 829 1,866 2,735 2,011 1,123 2,749 2,769 1,448 1,893 2,120 1,575 1,679 22,797 5.01% 1 0 1 Independent Greens Q 1,273 1,658 349 304 1,836 529 504 484 1,129 349 897 742 10,054 2.21% 0 0 0 Denmark Democrats Æ 501 922 432 338 358 558 608 739 812 1,824 706 536 8,334 1.83% 0 0 0 The New Right D 455 756 390 401 370 682 478 692 773 1,244 643 628 7,512 1.65% 0 0 0 Danish People's Party O 504 887 360 290 352 585 501 589 641 1,349 581 433 7,072 1.56% 0 0 0 Christian Democrats K 80 130 59 62 75 116 82 88 83 73 65 58 971 0.21% 0 0 0 Flemming Blicher (Independent) 44 53 25 45 68 56 44 57 62 38 55 53 600 0.13% 0 0 0 Tom Gillesberg (Independent) 8 22 9 20 26 15 13 14 22 6 10 17 182 0.04% 0 0 0Valid votes 27,662 44,157 33,581 35,071 45,323 48,499 31,167 34,711 43,039 33,757 34,098 43,605 454,670 100.00% 17 3 20Blank votes 390 637 296 325 531 554 350 479 596 430 563 502 5,653 1.22% Rejected votes – other 121 150 96 98 177 122 86 109 194 115 133 129 1,530 0.33% Total polled 28,173 44,944 33,973 35,494 46,031 49,175 31,603 35,299 43,829 34,302 34,794 44,236 461,853 84.01% Registered electors 35,831 54,678 37,944 41,975 54,529 56,488 37,032 42,739 53,656 40,530 42,583 51,763 549,748 Turnout 78.63% 82.20% 89.53% 84.56% 84.42% 87.05% 85.34% 82.59% 81.69% 84.63% 81.71% 85.46% 84.01%
Votes per municipality:
Party Votes per municipality Total VotesCopen- hagen Dragør Freder- iksberg Tårnby Social Democrats A 63,042 2,141 12,047 8,996 86,226 Red–Green Alliance Ø 54,246 266 6,883 1,216 62,611 Green Left F 42,762 637 6,648 2,033 52,080 Moderates M 32,677 1,280 6,827 2,124 42,908 The Alternative Å 36,877 247 4,966 679 42,769 Venstre V 27,867 1,221 6,841 2,390 38,319 Liberal Alliance I 29,623 959 6,023 1,599 38,204 Danish Social Liberal Party B 27,910 323 5,155 643 34,031 Conservative People's Party C 15,173 1,060 5,504 1,060 22,797 Independent Greens Q 8,852 24 853 325 10,054 Denmark Democrats Æ 5,470 423 1,040 1,401 8,334 The New Right D 5,400 253 868 991 7,512 Danish People's Party O 4,862 254 861 1,095 7,072 Christian Democrats K 757 13 141 60 971 Flemming Blicher (Independent) 493 12 69 26 600 Tom Gillesberg (Independent) 154 0 22 6 182Valid votes 356,165 9,113 64,748 24,644 454,670Blank votes 4,577 70 646 360 5,653Rejected votes – other 1,233 30 182 85 1,530Total polled 361,975 9,213 65,576 25,089 461,853 Registered electors 434,242 10,372 74,976 30,158 549,748Turnout 83.36% 88.83% 87.46% 83.19% 84.01%
The following candidates were elected: Constituency seats - Ida Auken (A), 9,879 votes; Helle Bonnesen (C), 2,783 votes; Pelle Dragsted (Ø), 15,558 votes; Pia Olsen Dyhr (F), 18,758 votes; Nanna W. Gotfredsen (M), 2,333 votes; Jette Gottlieb (Ø), 3,348 votes; Peter Hummelgaard (A), 9,321 votes; Jan E. Jørgensen (V), 10,151 votes; Rosa Lund (Ø), 14,611 votes; Samira Nawa (B), 6,302 votes; Ole Birk Olesen (I), 5,488 votes; Christina Olumeko (Å), 3,476 votes; Mette Reissmann (A), 3,347 votes; Franciska Rosenkilde (Å), 15,699 votes; Pernille Rosenkrantz-Theil (A), 5,361 votes; Jon Stephensen (M), 1,550 votes; and Carl Valentin (F), 2,631 votes. Compensatory seats - Lisbeth Bech-Nielsen (F), 2,279 votes; Alexander Ryle (I), 1,948 votes; and Linea Søgaard-Lidell (V), 9,158 votes.
2019 Results of the 2019 general election held on 5 June 2019: