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1990 Danish general election
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| Field | Value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| election_name | 1990 Danish general election | ||||
| country | Kingdom of Denmark | ||||
| ongoing | no | ||||
| previous_election | [1988](1988-danish-general-election) | ||||
| next_election | [1994](1994-danish-general-election) | ||||
| seats_for_election | All 179 seats in the Folketing | ||||
| majority_seats | 90 | ||||
| election_date | 12 December 1990 | ||||
| party1 | Social Democrats (Denmark) | leader1 = Svend Auken | last_election1 = 55 | seats1 = 69 | percentage1 = 37.38 |
| party2 | Conservative People's Party (Denmark) | leader2 = Poul Schlüter | last_election2 = 35 | seats2 = 30 | percentage2 = 15.97 |
| party3 | Venstre (Denmark) | leader3 = Uffe Ellemann-Jensen | last_election3 = 22 | seats3 = 29 | percentage3 = 15.79 |
| party4 | Socialist People's Party (Denmark) | leader4 = Gert Petersen | last_election4 = 24 | seats4 = 15 | percentage4 = 8.30 |
| party5 | Progress Party (Denmark) | leader5 = Pia Kjærsgaard | last_election5 = 16 | seats5 = 12 | percentage5 = 6.44 |
| party6 | Centre Democrats (Denmark) | leader6 = Mimi Jakobsen | last_election6 = 9 | seats6 = 9 | percentage6 = 5.11 |
| party7 | Danish Social Liberal Party | leader7 = Marianne Jelved | last_election7 = 10 | seats7 = 7 | percentage7 = 3.55 |
| party8 | KrF | leader8 = Flemming Kofod-Svendsen | last_election8 = 4 | seats8 = 4 | percentage8 = 2.29 |
| heading9 | Elected in the Faroe Islands | ||||
| party9 | Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands) | leader9 = Atli Dam | last_election9 = 0 | seats9 = 1 | percentage9 = 27.05 |
| party10 | People's Party (Faroe Islands) | leader10 = Jógvan Sundstein | last_election10 = 1 | seats10 = 1 | percentage10 = 25.63 |
| heading11 | Elected in Greenland | ||||
| party11 | Siumut | leader11 = Jonathan Motzfeldt | last_election11 = 1 | seats11 = 1 | percentage11 = 42.77 |
| party12 | Atassut | leader12 = Konrad Steenholdt | last_election12 = 1 | seats12 = 1 | percentage12 = 36.65 |
| title | Prime Minister | ||||
| posttitle | Prime Minister-elect | ||||
| before_election | Poul Schlüter | ||||
| before_party | Conservative People's Party (Denmark) | ||||
| after_election | Poul Schlüter | ||||
| after_party | Conservative People's Party (Denmark) | ||||
| turnout | 82.84% | ||||
| map | {{Switcher |
| [[File:Folketingsvalget 1990 - Opstillingskredse.svg|300px]] | Most voted-for party by nomination district and constituency | [[File:Folketingsvalget 1990 - Kommuner.svg|300px]] | Most voted-for party by municipality | [[File:Folketing1990.svg|300px]] | Distribution of constituency and levelling seats
General elections were held in Denmark on 12 December 1990. 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 83% in Denmark proper, 54% in the Faroe Islands and 51% in Greenland.
Results
References
References
- [[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p525 {{ISBN. 978-3-8329-5609-7
- Nohlen & Stöver, p548
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