1998 Danish general election

General elections were held in Denmark on 11 March 1998.^[1] Although the centre-right parties led by Venstre had been expected to win, the Social Democratic Party-led government of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen remained in power in a very close vote that required several recounts.

1998 Danish general election

← 1994 11 March 1998 2001 →
All 179 seats in the Folketing 90 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	85.95%
Party Leader % Seats +/– Social Democrats Poul Nyrup Rasmussen 35.93 63 +1 Venstre Uffe Ellemann-Jensen 24.01 42 0 Conservatives Per Stig Møller 8.92 16 −11 SF Holger K. Nielsen 7.56 13 0 DPP Pia Kjærsgaard 7.41 13 New Centre Democrats Mimi Jakobsen 4.31 8 +3 Social Liberals Marianne Jelved 3.85 7 −1 Red–Green Collective leadership 2.70 5 −1 KrF Jann Sjursen 2.51 4 +4 Progress Kirsten Jacobsen 2.42 4 −7 Elected in the Faroe Islands People's Anfinn Kallsberg 26.91 1 0 Social Democratic Jóannes Eidesgaard 22.66 1 +1 Elected in Greenland Siumut Lars-Emil Johansen 36.34 1 New Atassut Daniel Skifte 36.01 1 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Most voted-for bloc by municipality Most voted-for bloc by nomination district and constituency Distribution of constituency and levelling seats Prime Minister before PM-elect Poul Nyrup Rasmussen Social Democrats Poul Nyrup Rasmussen Social Democrats

Venstre leader Uffe Ellemann-Jensen resigned as party leader a few days after the election. The new Danish People's Party made a successful electoral debut. Voter turnout was 85.9% in Denmark proper, 66.1% in the Faroe Islands and 63.2% in Greenland.^[2]