Cannabis Party (Denmark)

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Cannabis Party, Hemp Party Hampepartiet
Leader	Klaus Trier Tuxen[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Founded	2001
Headquarters	Copenhagen
Ideology	Cannabis legalisation Free Cannabis
National affiliation	The Free Hash Movement[8]
International affiliation	Global Marijuana March[9]
Regions	0 / 205
Municipal councils	0 / 2,432
Election symbol
List J (Liste J)[10] J[11][12][13]
Website
www.hampepartiet.dk
Politics of Denmark Political parties Elections

The Cannabis Party or The Hemp Party (Danish: Hampepartiet), The hemp party - List J (Danish: Hampepartiet - Liste J) is a single issue, local political party in Denmark. The party stands for the legalisation of cannabis.

The party was founded in 2001 with the only goal to legalise cannabis in Denmark.

The party has run in all municipal elections since its foundation, as well as the elections for regional councils in 2009 and 2013.
They intend to run in a Folketing election, but have not yet managed to do so.^[14]

Date	Seats
	#	±
2001	0 / 4,647	New
2005	0 / 2,522	0
2009	0 / 2,468	0
2013	0 / 2,444	0
2017	0 / 2,432	0

Date	Votes	Seats
		#	±
2001–2005	Did not run
2009	3,179	0 / 205	New
2013	3,175	0 / 205	0
2017		0 / 205	0

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