Zealand (Folketing constituency)
Constituency of the Folketing, the national legislature of Denmark / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Zealand (Danish: Sjælland) 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 Faxe, Greve, Guldborgsund, Holbæk, Kalundborg, Køge, Lejre, Lolland, Næstved, Odsherred, Ringsted, Roskilde, Slagelse, Solrød, Sorø, Stevns and Vordingborg. The constituency currently elects 20 of the 179 members of the Folketing using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2022 general election it had 634,513 registered electors.
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Sjælland | |
Constituency for the Folketing | |
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Region | Zealand |
Population | 849,629 (2022)[1] |
Electorate | 634,513 (2022) |
Area | 7,227 km2 (2022)[2] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2007 |
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