"According to two exit polls released shortly after voting stopped on Tuesday evening, the prime minister's party looked to have won the most votes but performed worse than expected, with an estimated 19% to 21% of the vote."
"But the right-leaning parties of the so-called blue bloc also fell short, putting the foreign minister, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, the leader of the non-aligned centre-right Moderates, in the spotlight as a likely kingmaker."
"Frederiksen's prospects for a third term as prime minister were not looking good after disastrous municipal elections in November, when her party took a severe hit nationally and lost control of Copenhagen for the first time in more than 100 years."
"The crisis appears to have had a lasting effect on Danish voters nevertheless. I know that sometimes I express myself a bit bluntly, the prime minister said during a recent campaign event."
Mette Frederiksen's Social Democrats and other left-leaning parties did not gain enough votes to form a government in Denmark's recent election. Exit polls indicated the Social Democrats received 19% to 21% of the vote, falling short of a majority in the 179-seat parliament. Right-leaning parties also underperformed, positioning Lars Løkke Rasmussen as a potential kingmaker. Frederiksen's chances for a third term diminished after poor municipal elections. The early election was called in hopes of capitalizing on geopolitical tensions regarding Greenland, but voter sentiment appears affected by the crisis.
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