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Denmark votes in close election overshadowed by Greenland security fears

An election campaign poster of Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen displayed on the bus in Copenhagen, Denmark, Monday, 23 March 2026, ahead of the general election on 24 March. © Sergei Grits / AP

Danes are voting in general elections on Tuesday, with left-leaning Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen seen as the favourite after standing up to United States' President Donald Trump's threats to annex Greenland.

The latest polls give the left-wing bloc, for which Frederiksen is the self-proclaimed candidate, a nine-seat lead over the right-wing bloc, but neither side is projected to win a majority of the 179 seats in Denmark's parliament, the Folketing.

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