| Zealand | |
|---|---|
| Sjælland | |
| Constituency for the Folketing | |
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Zealand_(Folketing_constituency).svg) Location of Zealand within Denmark | |
| Municipality | |
| Region | Zealand |
| Population | 849,629 (2022)[1] |
| Electorate | 634,513 (2022) |
| Area | 7,227 km2 (2022)[2] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2007 |
| Seats | List
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| Members of the Folketing[3] | List
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| Created from | |
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.
- ^ "FOLK1A: Population at the first day of the quarter by region, sex, age and marital status". Copenhagen, Denmark: Statistics Denmark. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
- ^ "ARE207: Area 1. January by region". Copenhagen, Denmark: Statistics Denmark. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
- ^ "Find et medlem: Du har søgt på storkreds Sjællands Storkreds" (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: Folketing. Retrieved 31 January 2023.