Head to head in Denmark: red bloc 81-80, Lars Løkke Rasmussen possible swing voter

With over 60% of the votes counted, there remains a neck and neck situation between the two blocs, the center-left led by the outgoing prime minister, the outgoing Social Democrat Mette Fredriksen, and the center-right, led by the outgoing Minister of Defense, Troels Lund Poulsen.

The red bloc currently has 81 seats, compared to the blue bloc with 80 seats, while Moderaterne, the centrist party of the outgoing foreign minister Lars Lokke Rasmusen, has 14 seats. Therefore, Lokke Rasmusen will likely be the decisive factor that will determine the predominant color of the future coalition government in Copenhagen.

More concrete results are expected within the next few hours, but with such a close race, a definitive result could also arrive by tomorrow morning.

Morten Messerschmidt, leader of the right-wing nationalist party Danske Folkeparti, arrived this evening at the Danish parliament Christiansborg.

The leader appeared very pleased with the exit polls predicting a 4.9% increase, which would bring the party to 7.5%. "Dear friends, Danske Folkeparti is back! This is the biggest success I remember,” he stated in an initial comment to reporters and supporters. "I would have liked a different result today, with a majority for the blue bloc (conservative note)" he added, emphasizing, however, that his party is ready to oppose a future government led by the Social Democrat Mette Fredriksen and the centrist party Moderaterne of Lars Lokke Rasmusen.

"The media says that Lars Lokke will be decisive in a future government, but we will be his biggest opponents,” he added, also emphasizing that these are just exit polls which, if confirmed, would be a "historic" victory for his party. "We think first of all about Denmark, not the rest of the world,” he stressed.