1998 Danish general election
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.
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All 179 seats in the Folketing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 85.6% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
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| Denmark proper | |||||
| 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 | |
| Atassut | 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 | |||||
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References
- Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p525 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- Nohlen & Stöver, p549
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