1990 Danish general election

General elections were held in Denmark on 12 December 1990.[1] Although the election resulted in a strong gain for the Social Democratic Party, Poul Schlüter's coalition government was able to continue despite the Danish Social Liberal Party leaving. Schlüter's coalition consisted of the Conservative People's Party and Venstre. Voter turnout was 82.8% in Denmark proper, 54.4% in the Faroe Islands and 50.8% in Greenland.[2]

1990 Danish general election

12 December 1990

All 179 seats in the Folketing
Turnout82.3%
Party Leader % Seats ±
Social Democrats Svend Auken 37.4% 69 +14
Conservative Poul Schlüter 16.0% 30 -5
Venstre Uffe Ellemann-Jensen 15.8% 29 +7
SF Gert Petersen 8.3% 15 -9
Progress Pia Kjærsgaard 6.4% 12 -4
Centre Democrats Mimi Jakobsen 5.1% 9 0
Social Liberals Marianne Jelved 3.5% 7 -3
KrF Flemming Kofod-Svendsen 2.3% 4 0
Elected in the Faroe Islands
Social Democratic Atli Dam 27.0% 1 +1
People's Jógvan Sundstein 25.6% 1 0
Elected in Greenland
Siumut Jonathan Motzfeldt 42.8% 1 0
Atassut Konrad Steenholdt 36.6% 1 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister-elect
Poul Schlüter
Conservative
Poul Schlüter
Conservative

Results

Denmark
Party Votes % Seats +/–
Social Democratic Party1,211,12137.469+14
Conservative People's Party517,29316.030–5
Venstre511,64315.829+7
Socialist People's Party268,7598.315–9
Progress Party208,4846.412–4
Centre Democrats165,5565.190
Danish Social Liberal Party114,8883.57–3
Christian People's Party74,1742.340
Common Course57,8961.800
Red-Green Alliance54,0381.70New
De Grønne27,6420.900
Justice Party of Denmark17,1810.50New
Humanist Party7630.00New
Independents10,2240.300
Invalid/blank votes25,758
Total3,265,4201001750
Faroe Islands
Social Democratic Party4,83527.01+1
People's Party4,58225.610
Union Party4,55825.50–1
Republican Party2,37713.300
Self-Government Party1,2406.900
Christian People's Party2851.600
Invalid/blank votes79
Total17,95610020
Greenland
Siumut8,27242.810
Atassut7,07836.610
Inuit Ataqatigiit3,28117.000
Polar Party3661.900
Independents3331.70New
Invalid/blank votes741
Total20,08010020
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
Popular vote
A
37.38%
C
15.97%
V
15.79%
F
8.30%
Z
6.44%
D
5.11%
B
3.55%
Q
2.29%
P
1.79%
Ø
1.67%
G
0.85%
E
0.53%
Others
0.34%

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p525 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p548
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