Denmark election 2022

2022 - 11 - 1

Danish election

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Danish vote paves way for centrist government: exit poll (POLITICO.eu)

Incumbent PM Mette Frederiksen's Social Democrats lose majority, but could lead with support from new Moderate party.

Although Frederiksen’s party will remain the largest in parliament, it has lost popularity in recent months — falling from 48 seats to 42 seats, if the exit poll is confirmed — after a number of scandals rocked her reputation. A leftist party backing Frederiksen’s minority government withdrew its support as a result of the report, forcing Frederiksen to call Tuesday’s early election. It’s only projected to get 2.5 percent of the vote, or 4 seats — just above the parliament’s 2 percent threshold. Some have even suggested he could use his post-election influence to hold out for a senior role or even the prime minister position. An uncharacteristically exciting and chaotic campaign followed, at times seeming to foreshadow the twists and turns of the latest season of the popular TV political drama “Borgen.” An initial survey by public broadcaster DR suggests the Social Democrats secured 23.1 percent of the vote, which would earn them 42 of the 179 seats in parliament.

Denmark election: Social Democrats lead but no majority, exit poll ... (The Guardian)

Mette Frederiksen's party predicted to have about 23% of vote, which could make former PM Løkke Rasmussen kingmaker.

do our outmost to be the bridge, that’s the whole idea behind this,” Rasmussen said after casting his ballot in central Copenhagen. Ellemann-Jensen called for Rasmussen to align with his former colleagues on the right. The result could be the first centrist coalition bridging Denmark’s traditional left-right divide since the 1970s. The opposition “blue bloc” of rightist parties also looked set to fail, returning 73 MPs. [a decision to cull the country’s entire captive mink population of 15m](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/30/denmarks-covid-mass-mink-cull-no-legal-justification-report) for fear of a Covid-19 variant moving to humans. [the former centre-right prime minister beaten by Frederiksen in 2019](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/05/centre-left-social-democrats-set-to-win-in-denmark-elections) – the kingmaker, with the 17 MPs projected for his new centrist party, the Moderates, holding the balance of power.

Exit poll points to no clear winner in Danish election (ABC News)

Danes have voted in a parliamentary election Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen was forced to call amid the fallout from her government's contentious decision ...

A Parliament-appointed commission in June criticized the Social Democratic government's handling of the issue. It dealt a devastating blow to Danish mink farmers, even though there was no evidence the mutated virus found among some minks was more dangerous than other strains. Frederiksen, who became Denmark's youngest prime minister when she took office at 41 more than three years ago, teamed up with the opposition to hike NATO-member Denmark’s defense spending in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Given his reputation as a strong negotiator, some analysts believe Løkke Rasmussen could even emerge as the prime minister of a coalition government. “What I feel is important and is a worry to many are the soaring prices, whether it be electricity, bread or gasoline,” said Inge Bjerre Hansen, 82, after casting her vote in Copenhagen. Officially launched just four months ago, the Moderates got 9% according to the TV2 exit poll, which would put them in the position of kingmaker.

Former Danish PM Rasmussen set to be election king-maker -early ... (Reuters)

COPENHAGEN, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Former Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen looked set to become the king-maker after Denmark's election on Tuesday, ...

His own government was dependent on the anti-immigration Danish People's Party. Register for free to Reuters and know the full story Such an outcome could for the first time in more than four decades pave the way for a government spanning the traditional left-right divide and would transform the Nordic country's political landscape.

Denmark's Frederiksen Set to Lose Majority in General Election (Bloomberg)

Denmark's Social Democrat prime minister is set to lose her parliamentary majority in a general election, giving her no option but to strike a deal with a ...

No bloc wins majority in Denmark elections, exit polls show (Aljazeera.com)

Polling stations across Denmark have closed in a national election expected to change the Scandinavian nation's political landscape, as the country's former ...

According to the earlier polls, his Moderates could get as much as 10 percent of the vote. Voting in Greenland is held on Tuesday. It will be a close election,” Frederiksen said after voting north of Copenhagen. Voting was exceptionally held on Monday on the Faroes – Tuesday is a public holiday there – and one seat went to the centre left and one to the centre right in Denmark, Danish broadcaster DR said on Tuesday. “We are fighting to the end. More than four million Danish voters can choose among 14 parties.