Danish parliamentary election, 1988

Danish parliamentary election, 1988

1987 ← 10 May 1988 → 1990

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 38 seats, 20.8% 54 seats, 29.3% Seats won 35 55 Seat change -3 +1 Popular vote 642,048 992,682 Percentage 19.3% 29.8%

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

The Danish Parliamentary election of 1988 was held on 10 May 1988, only 7 months after the last election. Prime Minister Poul Schlüter chose to call for an election after the Conservative-Liberal government came in minority in a foreign policy issue, when the government and the Social Democrats came in a disagreement. In a parliamentary debate Prime Minister Poul Schlüter accused the leader of the Social Democrats, Svend Auken, for breaking a political deal betwenn the two of them, while Auken accused Schlüter for lying to the public.
The election did not chance much in the balance of power in the Folketing. Common Course did not make it to the 2 percent threshold and lost their 4 seats. In government the Centre Democrats and Christian People's Party left the government and were replaced by the Social Liberal Party. The reason for doing this was that it gave Schlüter a majority in foreign policy issues, which had caused this election. The Centre Democrats and Chritian People's Party continued to support the government though.

Party	Leader	Total votes	Percentage of ballots cast	Seats won	Gain/Loss
Social Democratic Party (Socialdemokraterne) (A)	Svend Auken	992,682	29.8	55	+1
Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti) (C)	Poul Schlüter	642,048	19.3	35	-3
Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti) (F)	Gert Petersen	433,261	13.0	24	-3
Venstre (Liberals) (V)	Uffe Ellemann-Jensen	394,190	11.8	22	+3
Progress Party (Fremskridtspartiet) (Z)	Pia Kjærsgaard	298,132	9.0	16	+7
Danish Social Liberal Party (Det Radikale Venstre) (B)	Niels Helveg Petersen	185,707	5.6	10	-1
Centre Democrats (Centrum-Demokraterne) (M)	Erhard Jakobsen	155,464	4.7	9	-
Christian People's Party (Kristeligt Folkeparti) (Q)		68,047	2.0	4	-
Common Course (Fælles Kurs) (P)		62,263	1.9	0	-4
Greens (De Grønne) (G)		44,960	1.4	0	-
Communist Party (Danmarks Kommunistiske Parti) (K)		27,439	0.8	0	-
Left Socialists (Venstresocialisterne) (Y)		20,303	0.6	0	-
Voter turnout		85.7%
Source		Folketinget.dk