1998 Danish general election

none 1998 Danish general election Kingdom of Denmark no 1994 2001 All 179 seats in the Folketing 90 11 March 1998 Poul Nyrup Rasmussen Social Democrats (Denmark) 62 63 35.93 Uffe Ellemann-Jensen Venstre (Denmark) 42 42 24.01 Per Stig Møller Conservative People's Party (Denmark) 27 16 8.92 Holger K. Nielsen Socialist People's Party (Denmark) 13 13 7.56 Pia Kjærsgaard Danish People's Party new 13 7.41 Mimi Jakobsen Centre Democrats (Denmark) 5 8 4.31 Marianne Jelved Danish Social Liberal Party 8 7 3.85 Collective leadership Red–Green Alliance (Denmark) 6 5 2.70 Jann Sjursen KrF 0 4 2.51 Kirsten Jacobsen Progress Party (Denmark) 11 4 2.42 Elected in the Faroe Islands Anfinn Kallsberg People's Party (Faroe Islands) 1 1 26.91 Jóannes Eidesgaard Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands) 0 1 22.66 Elected in Greenland Lars-Emil Johansen Siumut new 1 36.34 Daniel Skifte Atassut 1 1 36.01 Government Nyrup Rasmussen III S–R Government after election Nyrup Rasmussen IV S–R 85.95% 300px Most voted-for bloc by municipality 300px Most voted-for bloc by nomination district and constituency 300px Distribution of constituency and levelling seats General elections were held in Denmark on 11 March 1998.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p525 978-3-8329-5609-7 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 leader 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.Nohlen & Stöver, p549 Results File:1998 Danish general election Result.svg Denmark proper Social Democrats 1223620 63 +1 Venstre 817894 42 0 Conservative People's Party 303965 16 –11 Socialist People's Party 257406 13 0 Danish People's Party 252429 13 New Centre Democrats 146802 8 +3 Danish Social Liberal Party 131254 7 –1 Red–Green Alliance 91933 5 –1 Christian People's Party 85656 4 +4 Progress Party 82437 4 –7 Democratic Renewal 10768 0 New Independents 1833 0 –1 25929 3993099 0 y Faroe Islands People's Party 5569 1 0 Social Democratic Party 4689 1 +1 Union Party 4510 0 –1 Republican Party 4325 0 0 Self-Government 1603 0 0 146 31509 0 y Greenland Siumut 8646 1 New Atassut 8569 1 0 Inuit Ataqatigiit 5138 0 New Association of Candidates 1310 0 New Centre Party 101 0 0 Independents 29 0 –1 512 37856 0 Nohlen & Stöver, Timarit Maps See also List of members of the Folketing, 1998–2001 References Category:1998 elections in Denmark Category:March 1998 in Europe Category:Folketing elections