1990 Danish general election

1990 Danish general election

12 December 1990
All 179 seats in the Folketing
Turnout	82.3%
Party Leader % Seats +/– Social Democrats Svend Auken 37.4% 69 +14 Conservatives 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 scope="row" style="border-left: 4px solid Template:Christian Democrats (Denmark)/meta/color;" | 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 Conservatives Poul Schlüter Conservatives

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 82.8% in Denmark proper, 54.4% in the Faroe Islands and 50.8% in Greenland.

Results

Denmark
Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Social Democratic Party	1,211,121	37.4	69	+14
Conservative People's Party	517,293	16.0	30	–5
Venstre	511,643	15.8	29	+7
Socialist People's Party	268,759	8.3	15	–9
Progress Party	208,484	6.4	12	–4
Centre Democrats	165,556	5.1	9	0
Danish Social Liberal Party	114,888	3.5	7	–3
Christian People's Party	74,174	2.3	4	0
Common Course	57,896	1.8	0	0
Red-Green Alliance	54,038	1.7	0	New
De Grønne	27,642	0.9	0	0
Justice Party of Denmark	17,181	0.5	0	New
Humanist Party	763	0.0	0	New
Independents	10,224	0.3	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	25,758	–	–	–
Total	3,265,420	100	175	0
Faroe Islands
Social Democratic Party	4,835	27.0	1	+1
People's Party	4,582	25.6	1	0
Union Party	4,558	25.5	0	–1
Republican Party	2,377	13.3	0	0
Self-Government Party	1,240	6.9	0	0
Christian People's Party	285	1.6	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	79	–	–	–
Total	17,956	100	2	0
Greenland
Siumut	8,272	42.8	1	0
Atassut	7,078	36.6	1	0
Inuit Ataqatigiit	3,281	17.0	0	0
Polar Party	366	1.9	0	0
Independents	333	1.7	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	741	–	–	–
Total	20,080	100	2	0
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%