1990 Danish general election

1990 Danish general election

← 1988 12 December 1990 1994 →
All 179 seats in the Folketing 90 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	82.84%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– Social Democrats Svend Auken 37.38 69 +14 Conservatives Poul Schlüter 15.97 30 −5 Venstre Uffe Ellemann-Jensen 15.79 29 +7 SF Gert Petersen 8.30 15 −9 Progress Pia Kjærsgaard 6.44 12 −4 Centre Democrats Mimi Jakobsen 5.11 9 0 Social Liberals Marianne Jelved 3.55 7 −3 KrF Flemming Kofod-Svendsen 2.29 4 0 Elected in the Faroe Islands Social Democratic Atli Dam 27.05 1 +1 People's Jógvan Sundstein 25.63 1 0 Elected in Greenland Siumut Jonathan Motzfeldt 42.77 1 0 Atassut Konrad Steenholdt 36.65 1 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Most voted-for party by nomination district and constituency Most voted-for party by municipality Distribution of constituency and levelling seats Prime Minister before Prime Minister-elect Poul Schlüter Conservatives Poul Schlüter Conservatives

General elections were held in Denmark on 12 December 1990.^[1] 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.^[2]