Overview
- Opinion surveys suggest the left-leaning Red Bloc is narrowly ahead but still short of a majority, with a Megafon projection at 86 seats versus 78 for the right-leaning Blue Bloc.
- The campaign’s central voter concerns are the cost of living and inequality, highlighted by a proposed 0.5% wealth tax on fortunes above 25 million Danish crowns.
- Frederiksen’s stance against U.S. President Donald Trump’s push to take control of Greenland lifted her profile, though domestic economic issues dominate the final stretch.
- Denmark elects 179 members to the Folketing, including two each from Greenland and the Faroe Islands, and prime minister selection proceeds through the monarch’s ‘King’s Round’.
- Polls close at 8 p.m. local time (1900 GMT) on Tuesday, with exit polls expected shortly after and results likely late Tuesday or early Wednesday, potentially finalizing later on Wednesday.