At stake in this election:

• 179 seats in the Parliament (Folketing)

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: Queen MARGRETHE II
• Head of Government: Prime Minister Anders Fogh RASMUSSEN
• Assembly: Denmark has a unicameral Parliament (Folketing) with 179 seats.

Description of electoral system:

• The Queen is hereditary N/A.
• In the Parliament (Folketing) 179 members are elected by direct popular vote to serve 4-year terms.***

*** Of the 179 seats, 2 each are reserved for the Faroe Islands and Greenland.

Main parties in the electoral race:

• Party: Liberal Party
  • Leader: Andre Fogh RASMUSSEN
  • Seats won in this election: 56
  • Seats won in last election: 42
• Party: Social Democratic Party (SD)
  • Leader: Poul Nyrup RASMUSSEN
  • Seats won in this election: 52
  • Seats won in last election: 63
• Party: Danish People's Party
  • Leader: Pia KJAERSGAARD
  • Seats won in this election: 22
  • Seats won in last election: 13
• Party: Conservative Party
  • Leader: Bendt BENDTSEN
  • Seats won in this election: 16
  • Seats won in last election: 16
• Party: Socialist People's Party
  • Leader: Holger K. NIELSEN
  • Seats won in this election: 12
  • Seats won in last election: 13
• Party: Social Liberal Party
  • Leader: Marianne JELVED
  • Seats won in this election: 9
  • Seats won in last election: 7
• Party: Other Parties
  • Leader: N/A
  • Seats won in this election: 8
  • Seats won in last election: N/A

Last Parliamentary election:

• Parliamentary elections to the National Assembly were last held on 11 March 1998. There were 179 seats decided in the last election.

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 5,358,783 (2001)
• Registered Voters: 3,998,957 (2001)

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 2,706,185 (2001)

·         Is Denmark a signatory to CEDAW: Yes (17 July 1980)

·         Has Denmark ratified CEDAW: Yes (21 April 1983)

·         Gender Quota: No

·         Female candidates in this election: Yes

·         Number of Female Parliamentarians: 68 (following the 2001 elections)

·         Human Development Index Position: 4 (2014)

·         Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: N/A

Disability Data:

·         Is Denmark a signatory to CRPD: Yes (30 March 2007)

·         Has Denmark ratified CRPD: Yes (24 July 2009)

·         Population with a disability: 803,817 (est.)