COPENHAGEN – Exit polling from Denmark’s parliamentary elections on Tuesday revealed that left-leaning political parties, led by Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s Social Democrats, have edged ahead of conservative opponents, though no coalition appears to have secured the necessary seats to govern alone.
According to survey results from broadcaster DR working with Epinion, the progressive alliance captured 83 parliamentary seats compared to 79 for the conservative coalition in Denmark’s 179-member legislature. Meanwhile, polling conducted by TV2 in partnership with Megafon projected 86 seats for the left-wing parties against 75 for their right-wing counterparts.
The inconclusive results may position Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen’s independent centrist Moderates as kingmakers in determining which political bloc will control the next government. Alternatively, the four parliamentary representatives from Greenland and the Faroe Islands could find themselves holding the decisive votes in coalition negotiations.
