11 March 1998 2001 → 62 seats, 34.6% 42 seats, 23.3% 63 42 | Turnout 85.6% 42 seats, 23.3% 27 seats, 15.0% 42 16 | |
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General elections were held in Denmark on 11 March 1998. 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.
Venstre leader Uffe Ellemann-Jensen resigned as party leaders 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.
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Danish general election, 1998 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA