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DENMARK’S general election has seen Social Democrat leader Mette Frederiksen elected as Liberal Prime Minister and the country’s former leader Lars Lokke Rasmussen concede defeat, saying he will resign today.
Admitting defeat prime minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said: “We had a really good election, but there will be a change of government” adding he would resign on Thursday. The Social Democrats won 91 of the 179 seats in parliament paving the way for Social Democrat leader Mette Frederiksen to become the country’s youngest ever prime minister at age 41. Ms Frederiksen spoke to a jubilant crowd at parliament saying: “You have chosen that Denmark should have a new majority, that Denmark should take a new direction. And you have chosen that Denmark should have a new government.”
It is a crushing defeat for Mr Rasmussen’s Liberal Party who has been in power for 14 out of the past 18 years.
Before the election, Denmark was governed by a three-party coalition: Venstre, Liberal Alliance and the Conservative People’s Party, but tacking far-right on immigration and left on welfare, led the Danish Social Democrats to come out on top.
The Social Democrats will form a new government after winning Wednesday’s election, with results suggesting the party’s tougher stance on immigration attracted voters back from the far right.
The exit polls also demonstrate the dwindling support for the far-right Danish People’s Party, which had more than halved since the previous election in 2015.
The main political parties in Denmark are traditionally organised into the left-wing “red bloc” and right-wing “blue bloc”.
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