At stake in this Election:      

• 179 seats in the Parliament (Folketinget)

Government Structure:

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

Electoral System:

• In the Parliament (Folketinget), 175 members are elected by open list proportional representation in ten multi-member constituencies to serve four-year terms. An additional four members are selected from Faroe Islands and Geenland (two from each).
• There are two kinds of seats in Danish parliamentary elections: constituency seats (allotted to the ten constituencies above) and compensatory seats. After constituency seats are awarded, compensatory seats are distributed based on the proportion of the national vote each party receives. Parties must normally reach a two percent threshold to win compensatory seats. More information on the Danish electoral system is available here.   

Main parties in this Election:*

• Party: Left, Liberal Party of Denmark (V) / Venstre, Danmarks Liberale Parti
  • Leader: Lars Løkke RASMUSSEN
  • Seats won in last election: 34
• Party: Social Democratic Party (SD) / Socialdemokratiet
  • Leader: Mette FREDERIKSEN
  • Seats won in last election: 47
• Party: Danish People's Party / Dansk Folkeparti (DF)
  • Leader: Kristian Thulesen DAHL
  • Seats won in last election: 37
• Party: Conservative People's Party / Det Konservative Folkeparti (KF)
  • Leader: Søren Pape POULSEN
  • Seats won in last election: 6
• Party: Danish Social Liberal Party (RV) / Radikale Venstre
  • Leader: Morten ØSTERGAARD
  • Seats won in last election: 8
• Party: Socialist People's Party (SF) / Socialistisk Folkeparti
  • Leader: Pia Olsen DYHR
  • Seats won in last election: 7
• Party: Unity List – Red-Green Alliance / Enhedslisten – De Rød-Grønne
  • Seats won in last election: 14
• Party: Liberal Alliance / Liberal Alliance
  • Leader: Leif MIKKELSEN
  • Seats won in last election: 13
• Party: The Alternative / Alternativet
  • Leader: Uffe ELBÆK
  • Seats won in last election: 9
• Party: The New Right / Nye Borgerlige
  • Leader: Pernille VERMUND
  • Seats won in last election: 0
• Party:  Christian Democrats / Kristendemokraterne
  • Leader: Stig GRENOV
  • Seats won in last election: 0
• Party: Inuit Ataqatigiit**
  • Leader: Múte B. EGEDE
  • Seats won in last election: 1
• Party: Nunatta Qitornai**
  • Leader: Vittus QUJAUKITSOQ
  • Seats won in last election: 1
• Party:  Republic / Tjóðveldi***
  • Leader: Høgni HOYDAL
  • Seats won in last election: 1
• Party: Javnaðarflokkurin***
  • Leader: Askel V. JOHANNESEN
  • Seats won in last election: 1

* Based on pre-election polling – representative polling data are available here.

** Inuit Ataqatigiit and Nunatta Qitornai are parties in Greenland.

*** Tjóðveldi and Javnaðarflokkurin are parties in Faroe Islands.

Population and Registered Voters:

• Population: 5,806,081 
• Registered Voters: 4,219,537

Gender Data:

• Female Population: 2,903,016 (2019 est.)
• 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 Legislators: 70 (39%) of 179 seats in the Parliament
• Human Development Index (HDI) Position: 11 (2018)
• Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: Very Low (2019)

Disability Data:

• Is Denmark a signatory to CRPD: Yes (30 March 2007)
• Has Denmark ratified CRPD: Yes (24 July 2009)
• Population with a disability: 837,225