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 Poul Nyrup 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 proportional representation to serve 4-year terms.

Main parties in the electoral race:

• Party: Social Democratic Party
  • Leader: Poul Nyrup RASMUSSEN
  • Seats won in this election: 63
  • Seats won in last election: 62
• Party: Liberal Democratic Party
  • Leader: Uffe ELLEMANN-JENSEN
  • Seats won in this election: 42
  • Seats won in last election: 44
• Party: Conservative People's Party
  • Leader: Per Stig MOELLER
  • Seats won in this election: 16
  • Seats won in last election: 27
• Party: Socialist People's Party
  • Leader: Holger K. NIELSEN
  • Seats won in this election: 13
  • Seats won in last election: 13
• Party: Danish People's Party
  • Leader: Pia KJARSGAARD
  • Seats won in this election: 13
  • Seats won in last election: 0
• Party: Centre Democrats
  • Leader: Mimi JAKOBSEN
  • Seats won in this election: 8
  • Seats won in last election: 5
• Party: Social Liberal Party
  • Leader: Marianne JELVED
  • Seats won in this election: 7
  • Seats won in last election: 8
• Party: Other Parties
  • Leader: N/A
  • Seats won in this election: 17
  • Seats won in last election: 20

Last Parliamentary election:

• Parliamentary elections were last held on September 21, 1994. There were 179 seats decided in the last election.

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 5,304,219 (1998)
• Registered Voters: 3,993,099 (1998)

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 2,683,934 (1998)

·         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: 67 (following the 1998 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: 795,632 (est.)