The center-left-left alliance led by Social Democratic Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen secured a narrow majority of one seat in the early parliamentary elections held yesterday, Tuesday, in Denmark, which were triggered by the so-called «mink crisis.».
After a long election night, Ms. Frederiksen's «red» bloc secured 87 seats, according to the results, which are final in metropolitan Denmark, to which are added three seats from Greenland and the Faroe Islands, giving her a majority of 90 seats.
In power for four years now, the Social Democrats will occupy 50 of the 179 seats in the Folketing, having improved their 2019 performance by 1.6 points, attracting 27.51% of the vote.
«Thank you,» Ms. Frederiksén said under a photo of herself smiling on her Instagram account, her preferred social media site. «I am very, very happy,» she assured the press upon arriving at parliament with her husband after the election marathon.
The «blue» bloc, comprising the right and far right, secured a total of 72 seats plus one from the Faroe Islands.
«The election results show that there is once again a ‘red’ majority in parliament,» said Liberal leader Jakob Ellemann-Jensen, whose party suffered a collapse, losing ten percentage points.
With 16 seats, the newly formed centrist party of the Moderates, led by the indomitable former prime minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen, who sought to play an unavoidable role in shaping the balance of power, is making its entrance into the Danish parliament.
Ms. Frederiksén announced today that she will submit her government's resignation, although the anti-immigration center-left politician is expected to remain prime minister given the outcome. The 44-year-old outgoing head of government insisted that she would consider forming a broad coalition government, a rather rare formation in the Scandinavian country, because in her view this is the right approach given the multiple crises facing the Kingdom of Denmark.
For Ms. Frederiksén, it is clear that there is no longer a clear «majority (in Parliament) for the government in its current form.».
