Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen announced her government's resignation after the parliamentary election.

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Denmark is facing the search for a new government after an election thriller.

The left-wing camp around the ruling Social Democrats achieved a last-minute majority in the parliamentary election. Nevertheless, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (44) announced on election night that she would tender the resignation of her minority government on Wednesday (Nov. 2).

In this way, she wants to make a government with parties from both political blocs possible. Such a form of government is rare in Denmark - but in Frederiksen's view, it is precisely the right thing to do because of the current crises.

The Social Democrats were once again the most potent force in the election, with 27.5 percent. They had their best election result in 20 years, Frederiksen told party supporters in Copenhagen early Wednesday morning. But, "It's also clear that there is no longer a majority behind the government in its current form." Therefore, she said she would go to Queen Margrethe II on Wednesday and submit her government's request for resignation. She said that if a majority of the parties select her as an exploratory commissioner, she will see if it can be done to form a broad government. Such a constellation would be suitable for Denmark, Frederiksen said.

Election thriller in Denmark

Denmark had experienced a dramatic election night before Frederiksen's announcement. Forecasts and projections had long indicated that neither the red left-leaning camp nor the blue center-right alliance would come to a majority. Although, after all, votes cast in the country had been counted, the picture tilted to the left at the last minute: The red bloc jumped to 87 mandates, while the blue bloc came to 72, with 16 going to The Moderates, the centrist-liberal party of the former head of government Lars Løkke Rasmussen (58).

A majority in the Danish Parliament in Copenhagen requires 90 of the 179 seats. One hundred seventy-five of these mandates are in Denmark, with two each in Greenland and the Faroe Islands, officially part of the Kingdom of Denmark. The Faroese mandates were already divided between the two blocs on Monday, and the result from Greenland was expected around 5 a.m. Wednesday morning. In the last six elections, both Greenlandic mandates went to the red bloc - this is expected to happen again this time. Thus, the left camp should end up with exactly 90 mandates.