At stake in this election:

• 179 seats in the Parliament

Description of government structure:

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

Description of electoral system:

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

*** Two seats are reserved for representatives from Greenland and another two seats are for the Faroe Islands.

Main parties in the electoral race:

• Party: Liberal Party (V)
  • Leader: Anders Fogh RASMUSSEN
  • Seats won in this election: 52
  • Seats won in last election: 56
• Party: Social Democratic Party (SD)
  • Leader: Mogens LYKKETOFT
  • Seats won in this election: 47
  • Seats won in last election: 52
• Party: Danish People's Party (DF)
  • Leader: Pia KJAERSGAARD
  • Seats won in this election: 24
  • Seats won in last election: 22
• Party: Conservative People's Party (KF)
  • Leader: Bendt BENDTSEN
  • Seats won in this election: 18
  • Seats won in last election: 16
• Party: Social Liberal Party (RV)
  • Leader: Soren BALD
  • Seats won in this election: 17
  • Seats won in last election: 9
• Party: Socialist People's Party / (SF)
  • Leader: Holger K. NIELSEN
  • Seats won in this election: 11
  • Seats won in last election: 12
• Party: Unity List (EL)*******
  • Leader: N/A
  • Seats won in this election: 6
  • Seats won in last election: 4
• Party: Siumut
  • Leader: Hans ENOKSEN
  • Seats won in this election: 1
  • Seats won in last election: 1
• Party: Inuit Ataquatigiit
  • Leader: Josef MOTZFELDT
  • Seats won in this election: 1
  • Seats won in last election: 1
• Party: Republican Party / Tjooveldisflokkurin
  • Leader: Hogni HOWDAL
  • Seats won in this election: 1
  • Seats won in last election: 1
• Party: People's Party / Folkaflokkurin
  • Leader: N/A
  • Seats won in this election: 1
  • Seats won in last election: 0
• Party: Christian Democrats (K)
  • Leader: Marianne KARLSMOSE
  • Seats won in this election: 0
  • Seats won in last election: 4

******* The Unity List consists of the Left Socialist Party, Communist Party of Denmark, and the Socialist Workers' Party.

Last Parliamentary election:

• The last parliamentary elections were held on November 20, 2001.

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 5,419,432 (2005)
• Registered Voters: 4,003,616 (February 2005 )

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 2,736,813 (2005)

·         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: 66 (following the 2005 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: 812,914 (est.)