(AFP) Denmark’s opposition Social Democrats won Wednesday’s general election after a campaign focused on concerns over the climate, welfare and immigration, as support plunged for the far right and surged for the main green party.
Liberal Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen, whose party has been in power for 14 of the past 18 years, conceded defeat after the Social Democrats emerged as the biggest party with 25.9 percent of votes, giving the left-wing bloc a majority of 91 of the 179 seats in parliament, with 100 percent of votes counted.
Rasmussen’s Liberal Party won 23.4 percent of the votes, up almost four points since the 2015 election, but the rightwing bloc only took 75 seats.
“We had a really good election, but there will be a change of government,” Rasmussen told supporters late Wednesday.
