Centrum Democrats


Centrum Democrats



Party leader	Ben Haddou (last)

founder	Erhard Jakobsen, Tom Høyem
founding	7th November 1973
Alignment	Centrism , social democracy , liberalism , conservatism
Electoral list	D (until 1988 M)
European party	EPP
EP Group	EPP (1979-94)

Erhard Jakobsen (right), as mayor of Gladsaxe, presents his Godesberg counterpart with a European flag, Bad Godesberg 1969.

Centrum-Demokraterne ( CD ), dan. for Center Democrats , formed a party in Denmark from 1973 to 2008 .

history

The party was founded in 1973 by Erhard Jakobsen and Tom Høyem . The former represented the Social Democrats in the Folketing up to that point . The party was involved in both the center-right government from 1982 to 1988 and the center-left government from 1993 to 1996.

In the 2001 Folketing Election , CD only received 1.8% of the votes and lost its parliamentary representation. In 2005 the party was only able to win 1.0% of the electorate. It also did poorly in the 2005 local elections. A party congress therefore decided on January 26, 2008 to dissolve itself on February 1, 2008.

Election results

Folketing elections

Information from Folketingets Oplysning

1973 7.8%
1975 2.2%
1977 6.4%
1979 3.2%
1981 8.3%
1984 4.6%
1987 4.8%

1988 4.7%
1990 5.1%
1994 2.8%
1998 4.3%
2001 1.8%
2005 1.0%

European Parliament elections

In 1979 and 1984 CD won a seat in the European Parliament, and in 1989 even two seats. Erhard Jakobsen held the mandate until 1994, only interrupted by his time as minister in 1987/88, when Peter Duetoft succeeded him. The second MP in the 1989-1994 legislative period was Frode Nør Christensen .

Party leaders

1973–1989 Erhard Jakobsen
1989-2005 Mimi Jakobsen
2005-2007 Bjarne Møgelhøj
2007-2008 Ben Haddou

Currently in the Folketing represented	Socialdemokraterne (A) • Radical Venstre (B) • Det Conservative Folkeparti (C) • Nye Borgerlige (D) • Socialistisk Folkeparti (F) • Liberal Alliance (I) • Dansk Folkeparti (O) • Venstre (V) • Enhedslisten (Ø ) • Alternative (Å) • Fremad
Historically represented in the Folketing	Centrum-Demokraterne (D) • Danmarks Retsforbund (E) • Bondepartiet (F) • Kristdemokraterne (K) • Danmarks Kommunistiske Parti (K) • Liberalt Centrum (L) • Danmarks Nationalsocialistiske Arbejderparti (N) • Fælles course (P) • Dansk Samling (R) • Schleswigsche Party (S) • De Uafhængige (U) • Venstresocialisterne (Y) • Fremskridtspartiet (Z) • Erhvervspartiet • Bondevennernes Selskab • Højre • De Nationalliberale
Other parties and lists	JuneBevægelsen (J) • Folkebevægelsen mod EU (N) • Stram course (P)
Parties in the Faroe Islands	Fólkaflokkurin (A) • Sambandsflokkurin (B) • Javnaðarflokkurin (C) • Sjálvstýri (D) • Tjóðveldi (E) • Framsókn (F) • Miðflokkurin (H)
Current parties in Greenland	Atassut (A) • Demokraatit (D) • Inuit Ataqatigiit (IA) • Nunatta Qitornai (NQ) • Partii Naleraq (PN) • Siumut (S) • Suleqatigiissitsisut (Su)
Former parties in Greenland	Akulliit Partiiat (AP) • Arnat Partiiat (AP) • Issittup Partiia (IP) • Kattusseqatigiit Partiiat (KP) • Partii Inuit (PI) • Sorlaat Partiiat (SP) • Sulisartut Partiiat (SP)