Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen is on track to win Denmark’s election, exit polls signaled Tuesday night.
Her Social Democrats are forecast to secure the most votes in the parliamentary election, despite getting just 19.2 percent of the vote, its lowest total in more than a century, according to the exit poll published by public broadcaster DR.
Final results are expected after midnight, which will set the stage for tough coalition talks that will likely last weeks.
This story is being updated.
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