Denmark

Population Statistics

5,581,503

Total Population

837,225

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

24 July 2009

Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities


Constitution of the Kingdom of Denmark (1953, last amended 2009)

Updated: June 2015

Section 29, subsection 1 states:

Any Danish citizen who permanently resides in Denmark and has reached the electoral age…shall be entitled to vote at general elections, unless the person in question has been declared legally incompetent….

 

Excerpt from the Constitutional Act of Denmark (1953, last amended 2009)

Local and Regional Government Elections Act (2013)

Updated: June 2015

Section 1 states:

1) Franchise for the local council and the regional council is held by every person who, on election day, is above 18 years of age, permanently resident in the municipality or region, respectively, and who also-

  • (i) is a Danish citizen…

(3) Any person who has been deprived of his or her legal capacity under a guardianship order…of the Danish Guardianship Act shall not be entitled to vote.

 

Excerpt from the Local and Regional Government Elections Act (2013)

Consolidated Law on General Elections (2011)

Updated: June 2015

Article 1 states:

(1) Franchise for the Folketing is held by every person of Danish nationality, who is above 18 years of age, and permanently resident in the realm, unless such person has been deprived of his or her legal capacity under a guardianship order, cf. section 6 of the Guardianship Act.

 

Excerpt from Consolidated Law on General Elections (2011)