The prime minister said: “We had a really good election, but there will be a change of government.” Danes have now finished counting 96.7 percent of the vote from the parliamentary election. Prior to the election, Denmark was currently governed by a three-party coalition: Venstre, Liberal Alliance and the Conservative People’s Party, but tacking far-right on immigration and left on welfare, led the Danish Social Democrats to come out on top.

What is the latest on the Denmark election results?

Denmark’s polling stations closed today at 7pm and now 96.7 percent of votes have now been counted, according to DR.

Denmark’s centre-left Social Democrats party have won the election after backing once far-right policies related to immigration, meaning Social Democrats leader Mette Frederiksen have replaced current Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen of the Liberal Party.

The ‘red bloc’ of traditionally-allied parties to the left of centre stands to win 91 mandates, compared to 75 in the ‘blue’ bloc of conservative and right-of centre parties.

Lars Løkke Rasmussen’s Liberal party improved their vote share compared to 2015.

The final exit polls:

Danish Broadcasting Corporation DR’s latesy prognosis is in, based on a combination of the exit poll and more than 85 percent of votes which have now been counted.

Here are the numbers:

• Social Democrats: 26.1 percent

• Liberal: 23.4 percent

• Danish People’s Party: 8.8 percent

• Social Liberal: 8.5 percent

• Socialist People’s Party: 7.6 percent

• Red Green Alliance: 6.8 percent

• Conservative: 6.6 percent

• Alternative: 2.9 percent

• New Right: 2.3 percent

• Liberal Alliance: 2.3 percent

• Stram Kurs: 1.8 percent

• Christian Democrats: 1.8 percent

• Klaus Riskær Pedersen: 0.8 percent

Mette Frederiksen became Denmark’s new prime minister.

The Social Democrats welcomed the result.

That was assuming Denmark’s traditional ‘bloc’ system of alliances is still in place after the election.

Denmark has a tradition for high turnout in elections, and the 2019 edition seems to be no exception.

Copenhagen Municipality residents had a reported turnout of 84.29 percent.

With 8.8 percent forecast in the latest prognosis, they lost more than half their 2015 share.

New party Stram Kurs, which is led by the highly controversial Rasmus Paludan and who wants to ban Islam in Denmark, was predicted 1.8 percent of the vote share in the exit poll.

They did not make it into parliament, failing to meet the threshold for representation at 2 percent.