General elections were held in
Denmark on 11 March 1998.
Dieter Nohlen
Dieter Nohlen (born 6 November 1939) is a German academic and political scientist. He currently holds the position of Emeritus Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg. An expe ...
& Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p525 Although the centre-right parties led by
Venstre had been expected to win, the
Social Democratic Party
The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology.
Active parties
For ...
-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.
[Nohlen & Stöver, p549]
Results
See also
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List of members of the Folketing, 1998–2001
This is a list of the 179 members of the Folketing, Parliament of Denmark, in the 1998 to 2001 session. They were elected at the 1998 Danish general election, 1998 general election.
Election results
Seat distribution
Below is the distributio ...
References
{{Danish Elections
Elections in Denmark
Denmark
1998 elections in Denmark
March 1998 events in Europe