Frederiksen’s Left Bloc Tops Danish Vote but Falls Short of Majority

Overview

• Seat totals after Tuesday's vote showed the left on 84 seats and the right on 77, with the Moderates on 14 in a 179-seat parliament where 90 are needed.
• Mette Frederiksen said she is ready to stay on as prime minister even as her Social Democrats fell to 21.9% of the vote, their weakest result in more than a century.
• The centrist Moderates, led by Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen, hold the balance of power, and the Liberal Party leader ruled out reviving the left–right coalition that ran since 2022.
• The Danish People's Party tripled its support to 9.1%, a surge that could push tougher immigration demands in any talks on the right.
• Greenland elected Qarsoq Høegh-Dam of pro-independence Naleraq and Naaja Nathanielsen of IA, and together with two Faroe MPs these four seats can tip a majority in Copenhagen.