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Denmark 1998 general election

What was the result of the 1998 general election in Denmark?

Social Democrats won 63 of 179 seats with 35.9% of the vote. 85.9% 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 63 of 179 seats with 35.9% of the vote; 85.9% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 1.7 points on 1994.

  • Social Democrats 63 +1 seat 35.9% +1.3 points
  • Venstre 42 0 seats 24.0% +0.7 points
  • Conservative People's Party 16 −11 seats 8.9% −6.1 points
  • Socialist Peoples Party 13 0 seats 7.6% +0.3 points
  • Danish People's Party 13 7.4%
  • Centre Democrats 8 +3 seats 4.3% +1.5 points
  • Danish Social Liberal Party 7 −1 seat 3.9% −0.7 points
  • Red–Green Alliance 5 −1 seat 2.7% −0.4 points
  • Christian Democrats 4 +4 seats 2.5% +0.7 points
  • Progress Party 4 −7 seats 2.4% −4.0 points
  • Forward (Greenland) 1
  • People's Party (Faroe Islands) 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 1994 general election, party by party.

90 of 179 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 35.9%

    Share of the vote won by Social Democrats

    Social Democrats won 63 of 179 seats. A majority needs 90.

  2. +4 seats

    Seats gained by Christian Democrats

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1994. Conservative People's Party lost 11 seats.

  3. 85.9%

    Voter turnout

    Up 1.7 points on 1994.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Social Democrats63+135.9+1.31,223,620
Venstre42024.0+0.7817,894
Conservative People's Party16−118.9−6.1303,965
Socialist Peoples Party1307.6+0.3257,406
Danish People's Party137.4252,429
Centre Democrats8+34.3+1.5146,802
Danish Social Liberal Party7−13.9−0.7131,254
Red–Green Alliance5−12.7−0.491,933
Christian Democrats4+42.5+0.785,656
Progress Party4−72.4−4.082,437
Largest party without seats00.310,768
Forward (Greenland)1
The other parties and groups
PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
People's Party (Faroe Islands)10
Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands)1
Solidarity (Greenland)10

± 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 many people voted?

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 do the votes compare with the 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
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

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.

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