Danish parliamentary election, 1988

Danish parliamentary election, 1988
Danish parliamentary election, 1988
Denmark
1987 ←
10 May 1988
→ 1990

All 179 seats to the Folketing
90 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party
  Svend-auken.jpg
Leader Poul Schlüter Svend Auken
Party Conservative People's Party Social Democrats
Last election 38 seats, 20.8% 54 seats, 29.3%
Seats won 35 55
Seat change -3 +1
Popular vote 642,048 992,682
Percentage 19.3% 29.8%

Prime Minister before election

Poul Schlüter
Conservative People's Party

Prime Minister-elect

Poul Schlüter
Conservative People's Party

The Danish Parliamentary election of 1988 was held on 10 May 1988, only 7 months after the last election. Prime Minister Poul Schlüter chose to call for an election after the Conservative-Liberal government came in minority in a foreign policy issue, when the government and the Social Democrats came in a disagreement. In a parliamentary debate Prime Minister Poul Schlüter accused the leader of the Social Democrats, Svend Auken, for breaking a political deal betwenn the two of them, while Auken accused Schlüter for lying to the public.
The election did not chance much in the balance of power in the Folketing. Common Course did not make it to the 2 percent threshold and lost their 4 seats. In government the Centre Democrats and Christian People's Party left the government and were replaced by the Social Liberal Party. The reason for doing this was that it gave Schlüter a majority in foreign policy issues, which had caused this election. The Centre Democrats and Chritian People's Party continued to support the government though.

Party Leader Total votes Percentage of ballots cast Seats won Gain/Loss
Social Democratic Party (Socialdemokraterne) (A) Svend Auken 992,682 29.8 55 +1
Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti) (C) Poul Schlüter 642,048 19.3 35 -3
Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti) (F) Gert Petersen 433,261 13.0 24 -3
Venstre (Liberals) (V) Uffe Ellemann-Jensen 394,190 11.8 22 +3
Progress Party (Fremskridtspartiet) (Z) Pia Kjærsgaard 298,132 9.0 16 +7
Danish Social Liberal Party (Det Radikale Venstre) (B) Niels Helveg Petersen 185,707 5.6 10 -1
Centre Democrats (Centrum-Demokraterne) (M) Erhard Jakobsen 155,464 4.7 9 -
Christian People's Party (Kristeligt Folkeparti) (Q) 68,047 2.0 4 -
Common Course (Fælles Kurs) (P) 62,263 1.9 0 -4
Greens (De Grønne) (G) 44,960 1.4 0 -
Communist Party (Danmarks Kommunistiske Parti) (K) 27,439 0.8 0 -
Left Socialists (Venstresocialisterne) (Y) 20,303 0.6 0 -
Voter turnout 85.7%
Source Folketinget.dk



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