That's it. 86 % counted. The current government has lost the election.
The main party of the two-party government coalition, the Social Democrats gained votes, but the partner, the Radicals was punished severely by the voters and massacred. (And in my personal political opinion, deservedly so).
So the government lost because the party that de facto dictated the government policy was slaughtered.
The far left wing Unity List, who have profiled themselves as the social conscious of the left wing, have been rewarded for that stance by the voters. But it is not enough to save the government. It would indeed be a problem as they hate the Radicals and their mothers!
The whale-loving, The Alternative, were voted in Parliament. Because so many disgruntled left wing and center voters didn't know where else to vote in their frustration. Their political influence will in all likelihood be very limited.
The next (almost certain) PM's party, the Liberals was decimated and they can thank their chairman, the next PM for that one!
The Conservatives have been rendered even more politically insignificant than they already were.
The ultra liberal, Liberal Alliance, has had a great election and they can now justifiably so tell the new PM: "Well, if it wasn't for us, you'd be heading for political oblivion in the EU Parliament. Now we want our piece of meat"!
But the real winner of this election, Danish People's Party, hate Liberal Alliance and would like to bury them. Deep!
They can tell the new PM: "You are PM because of us. And you are only PM as long as we tolerate you. You don't do anything without consulting us first. You don't even breathe loud without asking us first, get it"?!?
So the new PM is in for interesting times!
So unless his pulls up a political rabbit from his top hat, like forming a coalition government with the Social Democrats, he will now have to get used to the fact that his behind belongs to someone else.
Who said politics was boring?
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The current PM is likely to resign shortly.
95 % counted. We will now have a (even more) right wing government (on paper that is!!). But only just, because the Greenlandic and Faeroe mandates go to the left.
100 % and the result became hair-rasingly close!
There are 179 seats in the Parliament and the mandates are as follows:
Left: 89 mandates, including four from the North Atlantic, who are usually reluctant to interfere in Danish domestic affairs.
Right: 90 mandates.
So the domestic result is really.
Left: 85 mandates.
Right: 90 mandates.
We are waiting for the current PM to give her speech and tell us what she want's. With 99.5 % certainty the government will resign.
But will she resign as chairman of her party? That's a big question.
Then the "winner" will give his speech. No doubt congratulating himself and the party with the election victory. - But low key! Because he and everybody else know that he will only be the next PM, because the supporting parties were the real winners of the election.
But the most interesting bit will be whether he will directly invite other parties to form a coalition government here tonight.
It will be most interesting!
Because right now, we don't know whether there will be a Queen-round or a Royal Investigator appointed tomorrow.
At present I don't think we should expect a new government to be in place until next week.
(More to be added to this post later.)
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The PM will go to QMII tomorrow and ask for the government to resign.
At the same time she will resign as chairman of her party. - A wise thing to do IMO. That means she laves with dignity.
So now it will be interesting to learn what the new PM has to say shortly.
(More to come).