Abstract
In November 1990 Prime Minister Poul Schlüter (Conservative), head of a minority coalition government of Conservatives, Social Liberals, and Liberals, called a general election to the Folketing, the Danish unicameral parliament. The Danes could thus look forward to their tenth general election in less than two decades! The election took place on 12 December resulting in the formation of yet another non-socialist minority coalition government. This was the third election in a row (1987, 1988 and 1990) where despite a drop in voter support (and seats) the government remained in office.
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Bille, L., Elklit, J., Jakobsen, M.V. (1992). Denmark: The 1990 Campaign. In: Bowler, S., Farrell, D.M. (eds) Electoral Strategies and Political Marketing. Contemporary Political Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-22411-1_4
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