Constituencies of Denmark

Constituencies (Danish: valgkredse) are used for elections to the Folketing, the national parliament of Denmark.

[1] Denmark proper is divided into 10 constituencies largely corresponding to the Provinces of Denmark, (which themselves are statistical divisions of the regions of the country) each electing multiple members using open-list proportional representation.

[2] Those constituencies are then divided into 92 opstillingskredse (nomination districts) which mainly serve the purpose of nominating candidates, but historically functioned as single-member constituencies electing one member using plurality voting.

[9][10] Prior to the reforms creating the current regions of Denmark in 2007, the constituencies were largely based on the counties, with the exception of Copenhagen, which was divided into 3 separate constituencies.

Note that the nomination districts in Odense, Aalborg, and Århus were not officially distinguished in their name by anything but their number.

The constituencies used between 1971 and 2005
The constituencies used between 1920 and 1968