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General elections were held in Denmark on 12 December 1990. [1] Although the election resulted in a strong gain for the Social Democratic Party, Poul Schlüter's coalition government was able to continue despite the Danish Social Liberal Party leaving. Schlüter's coalition consisted of the Conservative People's Party and Venstre. Voter turnout was 82.8% in Denmark proper, 54.4% in the Faroe Islands and 50.8% in Greenland. [2]
Denmark, officially the Kingdom of Denmark, is a Nordic country and the southernmost of the Scandinavian nations. Denmark lies southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and is bordered to the south by Germany. The Kingdom of Denmark also comprises two autonomous constituent countries in the North Atlantic Ocean: the Faroe Islands and Greenland. Denmark proper consists of a peninsula, Jutland, and an archipelago of 443 named islands, with the largest being Zealand, Funen and the North Jutlandic Island. The islands are characterised by flat, arable land and sandy coasts, low elevation and a temperate climate. Denmark has a total area of 42,924 km2 (16,573 sq mi), land area of 42,394 km2 (16,368 sq mi), and the total area including Greenland and the Faroe Islands is 2,210,579 km2 (853,509 sq mi), and a population of 5.8 million.
The Social Democrats, officially Social Democracy, is a social-democratic political party in Denmark. It was the major coalition partner in government from the 2011 parliamentary election, with then-party leader Helle Thorning-Schmidt as Prime Minister. After the 2015 parliamentary election, the party is no longer in government, though it regained the position as the largest party in the Danish parliament, the Folketing, with 47 of 179 seats. Helle Thorning-Schmidt withdrew as party leader on the night of the election as a direct consequence of the loss of government control, and she was succeeded on 28 June 2015 by the former vice leader, Mette Frederiksen.
Poul Holmskov Schlüter is a Danish politician, who served as Prime Minister of Denmark from 1982 to 1993. He was the first member of the Conservative People's Party to become Prime Minister, as well as the first conservative to hold the office since 1901.
Denmark | ||||
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Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
Social Democratic Party | 1,211,121 | 37.4 | 69 | +14 |
Conservative People's Party | 517,293 | 16.0 | 30 | –5 |
Venstre | 511,643 | 15.8 | 29 | +7 |
Socialist People's Party | 268,759 | 8.3 | 15 | –9 |
Progress Party | 208,484 | 6.4 | 12 | –4 |
Centre Democrats | 165,556 | 5.1 | 9 | 0 |
Danish Social Liberal Party | 114,888 | 3.5 | 7 | –3 |
Christian People's Party | 74,174 | 2.3 | 4 | 0 |
Common Course | 57,896 | 1.8 | 0 | 0 |
Red-Green Alliance | 54,038 | 1.7 | 0 | New |
De Grønne | 27,642 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 |
Justice Party of Denmark | 17,181 | 0.5 | 0 | New |
Humanist Party | 763 | 0.0 | 0 | New |
Independents | 10,224 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
Invalid/blank votes | 25,758 | – | – | – |
Total | 3,265,420 | 100 | 175 | 0 |
Faroe Islands | ||||
Social Democratic Party | 4,835 | 27.0 | 1 | +1 |
People's Party | 4,582 | 25.6 | 1 | 0 |
Union Party | 4,558 | 25.5 | 0 | –1 |
Republican Party | 2,377 | 13.3 | 0 | 0 |
Self-Government Party | 1,240 | 6.9 | 0 | 0 |
Christian People's Party | 285 | 1.6 | 0 | 0 |
Invalid/blank votes | 79 | – | – | – |
Total | 17,956 | 100 | 2 | 0 |
Greenland | ||||
Siumut | 8,272 | 42.8 | 1 | 0 |
Atassut | 7,078 | 36.6 | 1 | 0 |
Inuit Ataqatigiit | 3,281 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 |
Polar Party | 366 | 1.9 | 0 | 0 |
Independents | 333 | 1.7 | 0 | New |
Invalid/blank votes | 741 | – | – | – |
Total | 20,080 | 100 | 2 | 0 |
Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
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