According to the exit polls, no coalition would have won a majority in the early elections held in Denmark, which would strengthen the predictions of a centrist government.
The consultations became necessary after the resignation of the Social Democratic Prime Minister Matte Fredriksen following the so-called 'mink scandal' (the killing of millions of specimens in the unfounded conviction of thus stemming the Covid-19 pandemic).
A center-right and a center-left block are in the running, plus a new party of 'Moderates' founded by former premier Rasmussen, and a nationalist right-wing, the 'Danmarksdemokraterne'.