Danish parliamentary election, 1990

Danish parliamentary election, 1990

1988 ← 12 December 1990 → 1994

All 179 seats to the Folketing 90 seats were needed for a majority   First party Second party   Leader Poul Schlüter Svend Auken Party Conservative People's Party Social Democrats Last election 35 seats, 19.3% 59 seats, 29.8% Seats won 30 69 Seat change -5 +14 Popular vote 517,293 1,221,121 Percentage 16.0% 37.4%

Prime Minister before election Poul Schlüter Conservative People's Party Prime Minister-elect Poul Schlüter Conservative People's Party

The Danish parliamentary election of 1990 was held on 12 December 1990. The election resulted in a strong gain for the Social Democratic Party, although Poul Schlüter's coalition government was retained. The Social Liberal Party left the coalition, leaving Schlüters original four-party coalition with only two members, the Conservative People's Party and Venstre.

Party	Leader	Total votes	Percentage of ballots cast	Seats won	Gain/Loss
Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) (A)	Svend Auken	1,221,121	37.4	69	+14
Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti) (C)	Poul Schlüter	517,293	16.0	30	-5
Venstre (Liberals) (V)	Uffe Ellemann-Jensen	511,643	15.8	29	+7
Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti) (F)	Gert Petersen	268,759	8.3	15	-9
Progress Party (Fremskridtspartiet) (Z)	Pia Kjærsgaard	208,484	6.4	12	-4
Centre Democrats (Centrum-Demokraterne) (D)	Mimi Jakobsen	165,556	5,1	9	-
Danish Social Liberal Party (Det Radikale Venstre) (B)	Niels Helveg Petersen	114,888	3.5	7	-3
Christian People's Party (Kristeligt Folkeparti) (Q)	Flemming Kofoed-Svendsen	74,174	2.3	4	-
Common Course (Fælles Kurs) (P)		57,896	1.8	0	-
Red-Green Alliance (Enhedslisten) (Ø)	None	54,038	1.7	0	New
Greens (De Grønne) (G)		27,642	0.9	0	-
Justice Party (Danmarks Retsforbund) (E)	Ib Christensen	17,181	0.5	0	-
Humanistic Party (Det Humanistiske Parti) (H)		763	0	0	-
Voter turnout		82.8%
Source		Folketinget.dk

• Note of terminology: The party name Venstre is officially not translated into any other language.