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1998 Danish general election

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Field	Value
election_name	1998 Danish general election
country	Kingdom of Denmark
ongoing	no
previous_election	[1994](1994-danish-general-election)
next_election	[2001](2001-danish-general-election)
seats_for_election	All 179 seats in the Folketing
majority_seats	90
election_date	11 March 1998
leader1	Poul Nyrup Rasmussen	party1 = Social Democrats (Denmark)	last_election1 = 62	seats1 = 63	percentage1 = 35.93
leader2	Uffe Ellemann-Jensen	party2 = Venstre (Denmark)	last_election2 = 42	seats2 = 42	percentage2 = 24.01
leader3	Per Stig Møller	party3 = Conservative People's Party (Denmark)	last_election3 = 27	seats3 = 16	percentage3 = 8.92
leader4	Holger K. Nielsen	party4 = Socialist People's Party (Denmark)	last_election4 = 13	seats4 = 13	percentage4 = 7.56
leader5	Pia Kjærsgaard	party5 = Danish People's Party	last_election5 = new	seats5 = 13	percentage5 = 7.41
leader6	Mimi Jakobsen	party6 = Centre Democrats (Denmark)	last_election6 = 5	seats6 = 8	percentage6 = 4.31
leader7	Marianne Jelved	party7 = Danish Social Liberal Party	last_election7 = 8	seats7 = 7	percentage7 = 3.85
leader8	Collective leadership	party8 = Red–Green Alliance (Denmark)	last_election8 = 6	seats8 = 5	percentage8 = 2.70
leader9	Jann Sjursen	party9 = KrF	last_election9 = 0	seats9 = 4	percentage9 = 2.51
leader10	Kirsten Jacobsen	party10 = Progress Party (Denmark)	last_election10 = 11	seats10 = 4	percentage10 = 2.42
heading11	Elected in the Faroe Islands
leader11	Anfinn Kallsberg	party11 = People's Party (Faroe Islands)	last_election11 = 1	seats11 = 1	percentage11 = 26.91
leader12	Jóannes Eidesgaard	party12 = Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands)	last_election12 = 0	seats12 = 1	percentage12 = 22.66
heading13	Elected in Greenland
leader13	Lars-Emil Johansen	party13 = Siumut	last_election13 = new	seats13 = 1	percentage13 = 36.34
leader14	Daniel Skifte	party14 = Atassut	last_election14 = 1	seats14 = 1	percentage14 = 36.01
title	Prime Minister
posttitle	PM-elect
before_election	Poul Nyrup Rasmussen
before_party	Social Democrats (Denmark)
after_election	Poul Nyrup Rasmussen
after_party	Social Democrats (Denmark)
turnout	85.95%
map	{{Switcher

| [[File:Folketingsvalget 1998 - Kommuner (Blokke).svg|300px]] | Most voted-for bloc by municipality | [[File:Folketingsvalget 1998 - Opstillingskredse (Blokke).svg|300px]] | Most voted-for bloc by nomination district and constituency | [[File:Folketing1998.svg|300px]] | Distribution of constituency and levelling seats}}}}

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 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.

Results

Maps

File:Folketingsvalget 1998 - Opstillingskredse.svg|Largest party within each nomination district and constituency. File:Folketingsvalget 1998 - Kommuner.svg|Largest party within each municipality.

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p525 {{ISBN. 978-3-8329-5609-7
Nohlen & Stöver, p549

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