COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Denmark’s former prime minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen looked set to become king-maker following an election on Tuesday in which neither the ruling left nor the right-wing opposition looked set win a majority in parliament, according to an exit poll.
The result could for the first time in more than four decades pave way for a government across the traditional left-right divide and would significantly change the Nordic country’s political landscape.
Denmark’s centre-left parties led by Social Democratic Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen were projected to win 85 seats in the 179-seat parliament, losing its majority, an exit poll by public broadcaster DR showed after polling stations closed.
(Reporting by Copenhagen Newsroom)