Overview
- Final results from Tuesday’s vote left the Social Democrats first with 21.9% but short of a majority.
- With the left bloc only seven seats ahead of the right, the 14-seat Moderates now decide who can reach the 90 seats needed to govern in the 179-seat Folketing.
- Party leaders will take part in a post-election debate today before the king invites one leader to try to form a cabinet.
- Voters punished traditional parties, with Venstre sinking below 10%, while the Socialist People’s Party rose to second and the Danish People’s Party regained seats.
- Venstre’s leader ruled out another cross-bloc cabinet with the Social Democrats, narrowing Mette Frederiksen’s path to a deal.