Pensioners' Party Pensionistpartiet | |
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| Leader | None |
| Founder | Hans Hansen |
| Founded | 1976 |
| Dissolved | 2004 [1] |
| Ideology | Pensioner's Interest (Single-Issue Politics) |
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The Pensioners' Party (Danish : Pensionistpartiet) was a political party in Denmark founded by Hans Hansen in 1976. It was dissolved in 2004 after not managing to run for the 2005 Folketing election.
| Date | Votes | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | ± pp | # | ± | |
| 1977 | 26,889 | 0.9% | New | 0 / 179 | New |
| 1979-2001 | Did not run. | ||||
| Date | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | ± | ||||
| 1978 | 0 / 4,759 | New | |||
| 1981-2001 | Did not run. | ||||
| Date | Votes | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | ± | ||||
| 1978 | 1 288 | 0 / 370 | New | ||
| 1981-2001 | Did not run. | ||||
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