Danish general election, 1998

11 March 1998

All 179 seats to the Folketing 90 seats were needed for a majority

Turnout	85.6%
	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Poul Nyrup Rasmussen	Uffe Ellemann-Jensen	Per Stig Møller
Party	Social Democrats	Venstre	Conservative People's
Last election	62 seats, 34.6%	42 seats, 23.3%	27 seats, 15.0%
Seats won	63	42	16
Seat change	1		11
Popular vote	1,223,620	817,894	303.665
Percentage	35.9%	24.0%	9.1%

Prime Minister before election

Poul Nyrup Rasmussen
Social Democrats

PM-elect

Poul Nyrup Rasmussen
Social Democrats

General elections were held in Denmark on 11 March 1998.^[1] Although the centre-right parties led by Venstre had been expected to win, the Social Democratic Party-led government of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen remained in power in a very close vote that required several recounts.

Venstre leader Uffe Ellemann-Jensen resigned as party leaders a few days after the election. The new Danish People's Party made a successful electoral debut. Voter turnout was 85.9% in Denmark proper, 66.1% in the Faroe Islands and 63.2% in Greenland.^[2]

Results

Denmark
Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Social Democratic Party	1,223,620	35.9	63	+1
Venstre	817,894	24.0	42	±0
Conservative People's Party	303,965	8.9	16	–11
Socialist People's Party	257,406	7.6	13	±0
Danish People's Party	252,429	7.4	13	New
Centre Democrats	146,802	4.3	8	+3
Danish Social Liberal Party	131,254	3.9	7	–1
Red-Green Alliance	91,933	2.7	5	–1
Christian People's Party	85,656	2.5	4	+4
Progress Party	82,437	2.4	4	–7
Democratic Renewal	10,768	0.3	0	New
Independents	1,833	0.1	0	–1
Invalid/blank votes	25,929	–	–	–
Total	3,431,926	100	175	0
Faroe Islands
People's Party	5,569	26.9	1	±0
Social Democratic Party	4,689	22.7	1	+1
Union Party	4,510	21.8	0	–1
Republican Party	4,325	20.9	0	±0
Self-Government Party	1,603	7.7	0	±0
Invalid/blank votes	146	–	–	–
Total	20,842	100	2	0
Greenland
Siumut	8,502	36.5	1	New
Solidarity	8,404	36.1	1	±0
Inuit Ataqatigiit	4,988	21.4	0	New
Centre Party	99	0.4	0	±0
Independents	1,293	5.6	0	–1
Invalid/blank votes	891	–	–	–
Total	24,117	100	2	0
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Popular vote

A			35.93%
V			24.01%
C			8.92%
F			7.56%
O			7.41%
D			4.31%
B			3.85%
Ø			2.70%
Q			2.51%
Z			2.42%
Others			0.37%

References

↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p525 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p549

Elections and referendums in Denmark

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