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General elections were held in Denmark on 5 June to elect all 179 members of the Folketing; 175 in Denmark proper, two in the Faroe Islands and two in Greenland. The elections took place only ten days after the European Parliament elections.

The elections resulted in a victory for the "red bloc", comprising parties that supported the Social Democrats' leader Mette Frederiksen as candidate for Prime Minister. The "red bloc" – consisting of the Social Democrats, the Social Liberals, Socialist People's Party, and the Red–Green Alliance – won 91 of the 179 seats, securing a parliamentary majority.

On 6 June, incumbent Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen of the centre-right liberal Venstre party tendered his government's resignation to Queen Margrethe II, allowing her to commission the Social Democrats' Mette Frederiksen (pictured) with the formation of a new government.

"Together we have created a hope that we can change Denmark, that we can improve Denmark," Frederiksen told supporters.

Denmark becomes the third Nordic country in a year to elect a leftist government, following Sweden and Finland.

Rasmussen's Liberal Party has been in power for 14 of the last 18 years and won power from the Social Democrats in 2015.

"We had a really good election, but there will be a change of government," the prime minister conceded.

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