Denmark’s centre-left coalition of Social Democrats, led by Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, would have lost its parliamentary majority, according to exit polls and partial results.
According to exit polls, Frederiksen’s party received 23% of the vote, the second highest vote for the Liberal Party with 13%.
However, no bloc achieved a majority: according to partial results, with 91% of votes counted, the “red” bloc would have 86 deputy seats in the 179 parliament, and the “blue” bloc, which unites conservative parties and the far-right, 75.
During Mette Frederiksen’s campaign, appealed Resistance to consider a unity government in uncertain times – Denmark feels closer to Russia’s war in Ukraine because a gas pipeline between Russia and Germany is suspected to pass through its territorial waters. But the opposition didn’t care much and wanted to replace the head of the government.
Reuters says a government that breaks away from traditional divisions between left and right would be the first in more than four decades, and would significantly change the country’s political landscape.
In the non-majority constituencies, with 16 representatives according to partial results, the moderates must decide with whom to form a coalition or which minority government to support. The party is led by former prime minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen, who formed it in 2019 after losing the election to Frederiksen as the Liberals’ candidate.
These elections were precipitated by the decision of Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen Shoot All the mink (or mink) in the country (about 15 million) are due to be bred due to Covid-19 (at the time, it was feared that the virus infecting animals would lead to new variants that, when transmitted to humans, were able to avoid the protection provided by vaccines). A parliamentary commission called the decision illegal, but said the head of government did not deliberately break the law.