At stake
in this election:
- 179 seats in the Danish Folketing
(parliament)
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Description
of government structure:
- Denmark is a constitutional monarchy
- Denmark's unicameral parliament, the
Folketing, is composed of 179 members serving four-year terms
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Results of the electoral race:
- Party: Social
Democratic Party
Leader: Poul Nyrup RASMUSSEN
Seats won in last election: 62
Seats won in this election: 63
- Party:
Liberal Democratic Party
Leader: Uffe ELLEMANN-JENSEN
Seats won in last election: 44
Seats won in this election: 42
- Party:
Conservative People's Party
Leader: Per Stig MOELLER
Seats won in last election: 27
Seats won in this election: 16
- Party:
Socialist People's Party
Leader: Holger K. NIELSEN
Seats won in last election: 13
Seats won in this election: 13
- Party: Danish
People's Party
Leader: Pia KJARSGAARD
Seats won in last election: 0
Seats won in this election: 13
- Party: Centre
Democrats
Leader: Mimi JAKOBSEN
Seats won in last election: 5
Seats won in this election: 8
- Party: Social
Liberal Party
Leader: Marianne JELVED
Seats won in last election: 8
Seats won in this election: 7
- Party: Other
Leader: not applicable
Seats won in last election: 20
Seats won in this election: 17 (with no single party winning more than 5 seats)
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When was
the last election? Number of seats in last election?
- Parliamentary elections were last held on
September 21, 1994
- Seats decided in the last election: 179
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Population
and number of registered voters:
- Population: 5,275,121 (1997)
- Number of registered voters: 3,997,297 (from
1998 election)
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Of Interest:
- The election was called six months before
the September 1998 deadline.
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| SOURCE: INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTION SYSTEMS (IFES) |
| For additional information:
IFES ElectionGuide Online |
