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Denmark 1990 general election

What was the result of the 1990 general election in Denmark?

Social Democrats won 69 of 179 seats with 37.4% of the vote. 82.8% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Denmark
  • Held:
  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Social Democrats won 69 of 179 seats with 37.4% of the vote; 82.8% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 1.1 points on 1988.

  • Social Democrats 69 +14 seats 37.4% +7.6 points
  • Conservative People's Party 30 −5 seats 16.0% −3.3 points
  • Venstre 29 +7 seats 15.8% +4.0 points
  • Socialist Peoples Party 15 −9 seats 8.3% −4.7 points
  • Progress Party 12 −4 seats 6.4% −2.6 points
  • Centre Democrats 9 0 seats 5.1% +0.4 points
  • Danish Social Liberal Party 7 −3 seats 3.5% −2.1 points
  • Christian Democrats 4 0 seats 2.3% +0.3 points
  • Forward (Greenland) 1 0 seats
  • People's Party (Faroe Islands) 1 0 seats
  • Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands) 1
  • Solidarity (Greenland) 1 0 seats
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Denmark 1988 general election, party by party.

90 of 179 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 37.4%

    Share of the vote won by Social Democrats

    Social Democrats won 69 of 179 seats. A majority needs 90.

  2. +14 seats

    Seats gained by Social Democrats

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1988. Socialist Peoples Party lost 9 seats.

  3. 82.8%

    Voter turnout

    Down 1.1 points on 1988.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Social Democrats69+1437.4+7.61,211,121
Conservative People's Party30−516.0−3.3517,293
Venstre29+715.8+4.0511,643
Socialist Peoples Party15−98.3−4.7268,759
Progress Party12−46.4−2.6208,484
Centre Democrats905.1+0.4165,556
Danish Social Liberal Party7−33.5−2.1114,888
Christian Democrats402.3+0.374,174
Common Course001.8−0.157,896
Red–Green Alliance01.754,038
Forward (Greenland)10
People's Party (Faroe Islands)10
Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands)1
Solidarity (Greenland)10

± is the change against the Denmark 1988 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Social Democrats 1,211,121
  • Conservative People's Party 517,293
  • Venstre 511,643
  • Socialist Peoples Party 268,759
  • Progress Party 208,484
  • Centre Democrats 165,556
  • Danish Social Liberal Party 114,888
  • Christian Democrats 74,174
  • Common Course 57,896
  • Red–Green Alliance 54,038
  • 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 many people voted?

82.8% of the 3,941,499 registered voters cast a ballot (3,265,240 ballots), down 1.1 points on 1988. 3,239,662 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout since 1953 in our data.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Social Democrats37.4% of votes38.5% of seats
  • Conservative People's Party16.0% of votes16.8% of seats
  • Venstre15.8% of votes16.2% of seats
  • Socialist Peoples Party8.3% of votes8.4% of seats
  • Progress Party6.4% of votes6.7% of seats
  • Centre Democrats5.1% of votes5.0% of seats
  • Danish Social Liberal Party3.5% of votes3.9% of seats
  • Christian Democrats2.3% of votes2.2% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 2.2 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.8 by votes and 4.6 by seats; Social Democrats led Conservative People's Party by 21.4 points of the vote.

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