1988 Danish general election

none 1988 Danish general election Kingdom of Denmark 1987 1990 All 179 seats in the Folketing 90 10 May 1988 Social Democrats (Denmark) Svend Auken 54 55 29.82 Conservative People's Party (Denmark) Poul Schlüter 38 35 19.29 Socialist People's Party (Denmark) Gert Petersen 27 24 13.01 Venstre (Denmark) Uffe Ellemann-Jensen 19 22 11.84 Progress Party (Denmark) Pia Kjærsgaard 9 16 8.96 Danish Social Liberal Party Niels Helveg Petersen 11 10 5.58 Centre Democrats (Denmark) Erhard Jakobsen 9 9 4.67 KrF Flemming Kofod-Svendsen 4 4 2.04 Elected in the Faroe Islands People's Party (Faroe Islands) Jógvan Sundstein 1 1 24.68 Union Party (Faroe Islands) Pauli Ellefsen 0 1 24.43 Elected in Greenland Siumut Jonathan Motzfeldt 1 1 40.07 Atassut Otto Steenholdt 1 1 38.74 Government Schlüter II K–V–CD–KrF Government after election Schlüter III K–V–R 85.70% 300px Most voted-for party by nomination district and constituency 300px Most voted-for party by municipality 300px Distribution of constituency and levelling seats General elections were held in Denmark on 10 May 1988,Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p. 525 978-3-8329-5609-7 just eight months after the last elections. Prime Minister Poul Schlüter chose to call for an election after the Conservative People's Party-led government fell short of a majority in a foreign policy issue after they failed to come to an agreement with the Social Democrats. In a parliamentary debate, Prime Minister Poul Schlüter accused Svend Auken (the leader of the Social Democrats) of breaking a political deal between the two of them whilst Auken accused Schlüter of lying to the public. However, the election did not change the balance of power in the Folketing. Common Course failed to cross the 2% percent threshold and lost their four seats. The Centre Democrats and the Christian People's Party left the government (although they continued to support it) and were replaced by the Danish Social Liberal Party. The reason for doing this was that it gave Schlüter a majority in foreign policy issues which had caused this election. Nonetheless, the Centre Democrats and the Christian People's Party continued to support the government. Voter turnout was 86% in Denmark proper, 70% in the Faroe Islands and 58% in Greenland.Nohlen & Stöver, p547 Results File:1988 Danish general election Result.svg Denmark proper Social Democrats 992682 55 +1 Conservative People's Party 642048 35 –3 Socialist People's Party 433261 24 –3 Venstre 394190 22 +3 Progress Party 298132 16 +7 Danish Social Liberal Party 185707 10 –1 Centre Democrats 155464 9 0 Christian People's Party 68047 4 0 Common Course 63263 0 –4 The Greens 44960 0 0 Communist Party of Denmark 27439 0 0 Left Socialists 20303 0 0 Independents 3633 0 0 23522 3911897 0 y Faroe Islands People's Party 5655 1 0 Union Party 5597 1 +1 Social Democratic Party 4861 0 –1 Republican Party 4690 0 0 Self-Government 897 0 0 Christian People's Party 891 0 0 Progress Party 321 0 0 100 32715 0 y Greenland Siumut 8415 1 0 Atassut 8135 1 0 Inuit Ataqatigiit 3628 0 0 Polar Party 821 0 0 1169 38301 0 Nohlen & Stöver See also List of members of the Folketing, 1988–1990 References Further reading Jespersen, Mary P. S. "A Danish Defence Dilemma: The Election of May 1988," West European Politics (1989) 12#1 pp. 189–195. Category:1988 elections in Denmark Category:May 1988 in Europe Category:Folketing elections