Monthly Updates
November 2022
The incumbent Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s centre-left Social Democrats have secured the best election results in more than two decades as they gained the required 90 seats in the general election. This makes the Social Democrats the biggest party in the parliament with more than a quarter of the vote (27.5 per cent). Given that these elections were considered as a vote of confidence for Frederiksen’s handling of the pandemic as well as the ensuing crises due to inflation and geopolitical uncertainty, the results are important for the government’s and Prime Minister’s legitimacy going forward. Voter turnout was 84.2 per cent, a trend not too different from past elections.
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GSoD Indices Data 2012-2021
Representative
Government
Government
Fundamental
Rights
Rights
Checks on
Government
Government
Impartial
Administration
Administration
Participatory
Engagement
Engagement
Basic Information
Population
5 856 730
System of government
Parliamentary system
Head of government
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (since 2019)
Head of government party
Social Democrats
Electoral system for lower or single chamber
List Proportional Representation
Women in lower or single chamber
39.7%
Women in upper chamber
Not applicable
Last legislative election
2022
Effective number of political parties
6.46
Head of state
Queen Margrethe II
Selection process for head of state
Hereditary or election by hereditary state rulers
Latest Universal Periodic Review (UPR) date
06/05/2021
Latest Universal Periodic Review (UPR) percentage of recommendations supported
70.14%
Human Rights Treaties
State party
Signatory
No action
United Nations Human Right Treaties
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Convention on the Rights of the Child
International Convention on Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
International Labour Organisation Treaties
Forced Labour Convention
Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention
Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention
Equal Remuneration Convention
Abolition of Forced Labour Convention
Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention
Convention concerning Minimum Age for Admission to Employment
Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention
Regional Treaties
Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
Protocol No. 4 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
Protocol No. 6 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
Protocol No. 7 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
Protocol No. 12 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
Protocol No. 13 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
Early Warning System BETA
Low risk of democratic breakdown (BETA)
Low risk of democratic backsliding (BETA)
Attributes Over Time
GSoD Indices
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