Legislative size (voting members)

Parliamentary Election Act (Consolidated Act No. 369 of 10 April 2014)

10.-(1) Of the nationwide 175 seats, 135 are constituency seats and 40 are compensatory seats. The distribution of seats among regions and among multimember constituencies are determined and announced by the Minister for Economic Affairs and the Interior following publication of the population figure as at January 1st 2010, 2015, 2020, etc., and the distribution subsequently applies to the following elections. […]

Parliament’s official website:

“The Danish Parliament comprises 179 Members, who are elected by the public at general elections that must be held at least every four years. Of the 179 Members of Parliament (MPs), 175 are elected in Denmark, two are elected in the Faeroes and two in Greenland. Together with Denmark, the Faeroes and Greenland constitute the Unity of the Realm, and by an amendment of the Constitutional Act in 1953, they were each given two seats in the Danish Parliament.”