Roskilde (nomination district)

Roskilde
Roskilde
Nomination district constituency
for the Folketing
Location of Roskilde within Zealand
Location of Zealand within Denmark
MunicipalitiesRoskilde
ConstituencyZealand
Electorate66,179 (2022)[1]
Current constituency
Created1849 (as constituency)[2]
1920 (as nomination district)

Roskilde nominating district is one of the 92 nominating districts that exists for Danish elections following the 2007 municipal reform.[3][4][5] It consists of Roskilde Municipality.[6] It was created in 1849 as a constituency,[7] and has been a nomination district since 1920, though its boundaries have been changed since then.

In general elections, the district tends to vote a bit more for parties commonly associated with the red bloc.[8]

  1. ^ "Roskildekredsen". kmdvalg.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-06-05.
  2. ^ "Beretning om Forhandlingerne paa Rigsdagen". Rigsdagstidende. II: Spalte 3892 ff.
  3. ^ "Nye valgkredse fordeler stemmerne anderledes". dr.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-06-05.
  4. ^ "Beretning om nye valgkredse som følge af kommunalreformen" (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-06-05.
  5. ^ "Det danske valgsystem: Valg til Folketinget". valg.im (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-06-05.
  6. ^ "36 Roskilde". dataforsyningen.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-06-05.
  7. ^ "Beretning om Forhandlingerne paa Rigsdagen". Rigsdagstidende. II: Spalte 3892 ff.
  8. ^ "Valgresultater fra tidligere valg:". kmdvalg (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-06-05.

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