Denmark 1998 general election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Social Democrats won 63 of 179 seats with 35.9% of the vote; 85.9% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 1.7 points on 1994.
- Denmark
- Held
Result
- Social Democrats63
- Venstre42
- Conservative People's Party16
- Danish People's Party13
- Socialist Peoples Party13
- Centre Democrats8
- Danish Social Liberal Party7
- Red–Green Alliance5
- Christian Democrats4
- Progress Party4
- Forward (Greenland)1
- People's Party (Faroe Islands)1
- Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands)1
- Solidarity (Greenland)1
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democrats | 63 | +1 | 35.9 | +1.3 | 1,223,620 |
| Venstre | 42 | 0 | 24.0 | +0.7 | 817,894 |
| Conservative People's Party | 16 | −11 | 8.9 | −6.1 | 303,965 |
| Socialist Peoples Party | 13 | 0 | 7.6 | +0.3 | 257,406 |
| Danish People's Party | 13 | 7.4 | 252,429 | ||
| Centre Democrats | 8 | +3 | 4.3 | +1.5 | 146,802 |
| Danish Social Liberal Party | 7 | −1 | 3.9 | −0.7 | 131,254 |
| Red–Green Alliance | 5 | −1 | 2.7 | −0.4 | 91,933 |
| Christian Democrats | 4 | +4 | 2.5 | +0.7 | 85,656 |
| Progress Party | 4 | −7 | 2.4 | −4.0 | 82,437 |
| Largest party without seats | 0 | 0.3 | 10,768 | ||
| Forward (Greenland) | 1 |
The other parties and groups
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| People's Party (Faroe Islands) | 1 | 0 | |||
| Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands) | 1 | ||||
| Solidarity (Greenland) | 1 | 0 |
± is the change against the Denmark 1994 general election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Social Democrats 1,223,620
- Venstre 817,894
- Conservative People's Party 303,965
- Socialist Peoples Party 257,406
- Danish People's Party 252,429
- Centre Democrats 146,802
- Danish Social Liberal Party 131,254
- Red–Green Alliance 91,933
- Christian Democrats 85,656
- Progress Party 82,437
- Largest party without seats 10,768
- Forward (Greenland)
- People's Party (Faroe Islands)
- Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands)
- Solidarity (Greenland)
ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes. How we read it.
Share of the vote
Turnout
85.9% of the 3,993,099 registered voters cast a ballot (3,431,926 ballots), up 1.7 points on 1994. 3,405,997 of them were valid votes. The highest turnout since 1987 in our data. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Social Democrats35.9% of votes35.2% of seats
- Venstre24.0% of votes23.5% of seats
- Conservative People's Party8.9% of votes8.9% of seats
- Socialist Peoples Party7.6% of votes7.3% of seats
- Danish People's Party7.4% of votes7.3% of seats
- Centre Democrats4.3% of votes4.5% of seats
- Danish Social Liberal Party3.9% of votes3.9% of seats
- Red–Green Alliance2.7% of votes2.8% of seats
- Christian Democrats2.5% of votes2.2% of seats
- Progress Party2.4% of votes2.2% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 1.1 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.7 by votes and 4.9 by seats; Social Democrats led Venstre by 11.9 points of the vote. How these are computed.
Sources and licence
Sources and licence
- ParlGov 2024 Release (Döring and Manow), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
- Wikidata, party colours (P465) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
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