1998 Danish parliamentary election

Danish general election, 1998

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11 March 1998

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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. 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.

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