General elections were held in
Denmark
Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous a ...
on 12 December 1990.
Dieter Nohlen
Dieter Nohlen (born 6 November 1939) is a German academic and political scientist. He currently holds the position of Emeritus Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg. An ex ...
& Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p525 Although the election resulted in a strong gain for the
Social Democratic Party
The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology.
Active parties
Form ...
,
Poul Schlüter's coalition government was able to continue despite the
Danish Social Liberal Party
The Danish Social Liberal Party (, RV, ) is a Social liberalism, social-liberal List of political parties in Denmark, political party in Denmark. The party was founded as a split from the Venstre (Denmark), Venstre Reform Party in 1905.
Histori ...
leaving. Schlüter's coalition consisted of the
Conservative People's Party and
Venstre. Voter turnout was 83% in Denmark proper, 54% in the
Faroe Islands
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and 51% in
Greenland
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.
[Nohlen & Stöver, p548]
Results
See also
*
List of members of the Folketing, 1990–1994
References
{{Danish Elections
1990 elections in Denmark
December 1990 in Europe
Folketing elections