1990 Danish general election

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]

1990 Danish general election

12 December 1990
All 179 seats in the Folketing
Turnout	82.3%
Party Leader % Seats ± Social Democrats Svend Auken 37.4% 69 +14 Conservative Poul Schlüter 16.0% 30 -5 Venstre Uffe Ellemann-Jensen 15.8% 29 +7 SF Gert Petersen 8.3% 15 -9 Progress Pia Kjærsgaard 6.4% 12 -4 Centre Democrats Mimi Jakobsen 5.1% 9 0 Social Liberals Marianne Jelved 3.5% 7 -3 KrF Flemming Kofod-Svendsen 2.3% 4 0 Elected in the Faroe Islands Social Democratic Atli Dam 27.0% 1 +1 People's Jógvan Sundstein 25.6% 1 0 Elected in Greenland Siumut Jonathan Motzfeldt 42.8% 1 0 Atassut Konrad Steenholdt 36.6% 1 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister-elect Poul Schlüter Conservative Poul Schlüter Conservative