Aalborg East (nomination district)

Aalborg East
Aalborg Øst
Nomination district constituency
for the Folketing
Location of Aalborg East within North Jutland
Location of North Jutland within Denmark
MunicipalitiesAalborg
ConstituencyNorth Jutland
Electorate64,511 (2022)[1]
Current constituency
Created1915 (as constituency)[2]
1920 (as nomination district)

Aalborg East nominating district is one of the 92 nominating districts that was created for Danish elections following the 2007 municipal reform.[3][4][5] It is one of the nominating districts from Aalborg Municipality, the others being Aalborg West and Aalborg North.[6] It was created in 1915[7] as a constituency, and has been a nomination district since 1920, though its boundaries have been changed since then.

In all general elections, since it was created, it has been the nominating district where parties commonly associated with the red bloc of Danish politics has received the highest vote share of any located in the North Jutland folketing constituency.[8]

  1. ^ "Aalborg Østkredsen". kmdvalg.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-06-02.
  2. ^ "Forslag til Lov om Valg til Rigsdagen". Rigsdagstidende. 1914-15 (første samling): Tillæg C, spalte 1067 ff.
  3. ^ "Nye valgkredse fordeler stemmerne anderledes". dr.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-06-02.
  4. ^ "Beretning om nye valgkredse som følge af kommunalreformen" (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-06-02.
  5. ^ "Det danske valgsystem: Valg til Folketinget". valg.im (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-06-02.
  6. ^ "90 Aalborg East". dataforsyningen.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-06-02.
  7. ^ "Forslag til Lov om Valg til Rigsdagen". Rigsdagstidende. 1914-15 (første samling): Tillæg C, spalte 1067 ff.
  8. ^ "Valgresultater fra tidligere valg:". kmdvalg (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-06-02.