1998 Danish general election

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{{Infobox legislative election

| election_name = 1998 Danish general election

| country = Kingdom of Denmark

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 1994

| next_election = 2001

| seats_for_election = All 179 seats in the Folketing

| majority_seats = 90

| election_date = 11 March 1998

| leader1 = {{nowrap|Poul Nyrup Rasmussen}} | party1 = Social Democrats (Denmark) | last_election1 = 62 | seats1 = 63 | percentage1 = 35.93

| leader2 = Uffe Ellemann-Jensen | party2 = Venstre (Denmark) | last_election2 = 42 | seats2 = 42 | percentage2 = 24.01

| leader3 = Per Stig Møller | party3 = Conservative People's Party (Denmark) | last_election3 = 27 | seats3 = 16 | percentage3 = 8.92

| leader4 = Holger K. Nielsen | party4 = Socialist People's Party (Denmark) | last_election4 = 13 | seats4 = 13 | percentage4 = 7.56

| leader5 = Pia Kjærsgaard | party5 = Danish People's Party | last_election5 = new | seats5 = 13 | percentage5 = 7.41

| leader6 = Mimi Jakobsen | party6 = Centre Democrats (Denmark) | last_election6 = 5 | seats6 = 8 | percentage6 = 4.31

| leader7 = Marianne Jelved | party7 = Danish Social Liberal Party | last_election7 = 8 | seats7 = 7 | percentage7 = 3.85

| leader8 = Collective leadership | party8 = Red–Green Alliance (Denmark) | last_election8 = 6 | seats8 = 5 | percentage8 = 2.70

| leader9 = Jann Sjursen | party9 = KrF | last_election9 = 0 | seats9 = 4 | percentage9 = 2.51

| leader10 = Kirsten Jacobsen | party10 = Progress Party (Denmark) | last_election10 = 11 | seats10 = 4 | percentage10 = 2.42

| heading11 = Elected in the Faroe Islands

| leader11 = Anfinn Kallsberg | party11 = People's Party (Faroe Islands) | last_election11 = 1 | seats11 = 1 | percentage11 = 26.91

| leader12 = Jóannes Eidesgaard | party12 = Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands) | last_election12 = 0 | seats12 = 1 | percentage12 = 22.66

| heading13 = Elected in Greenland

| leader13 = Lars-Emil Johansen | party13 = Siumut | last_election13 = new | seats13 = 1 | percentage13 = 36.34

| leader14 = Daniel Skifte | party14 = Atassut | last_election14 = 1 | seats14 = 1 | percentage14 = 36.01

| title = Prime Minister

| posttitle = PM-elect

| before_election = Poul Nyrup Rasmussen

| before_party = Social Democrats (Denmark)

| after_election = Poul Nyrup Rasmussen

| after_party = Social Democrats (Denmark)

|turnout = 85.95%

| map = {{Switcher

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| Most voted-for bloc by municipality

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| Most voted-for bloc by nomination district and constituency

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| Distribution of constituency and levelling seats}}}}

General elections were held in Denmark on 11 March 1998.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p525 {{ISBN|978-3-8329-5609-7}} 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 leader 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.Nohlen & Stöver, p549