1998 Danish general election

1998 Danish general election

11 March 1998
Turnout	85.95%
Party Leader % Seats ± Social Democrats 35.93 63 Venstre 24.01 42 Conservative People's 8.92 16 Socialist People's 7.56 13 Danish People's 7.41 13 Centre Democrats (Denmark) 4.31 8 Social Liberals 3.85 7 Red–Green 2.70 5 KrF 2.51 4 Progress 2.42 4 People's 26.91 1 Social Democratic 22.66 1 Forward (Siumut) 36.34 1 scope="row" style="background-color: transparent; border-left: 4px solid 005392; font-weight: normal; text-align: left;" | Solidarity (Atassut) 36.01 1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Prime Minister before PM-elect Poul Nyrup Rasmussen Social Democrats 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 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.

See also

• List of members of the Folketing, 1998–2001