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BIZARRE: Denmark centre left bloc wins narrow victory in nail biting vote - What They Never Told You

Denmark's PM and head of the Social Democratic Party Mette Frederiksen talks with media members after the country's general election night at the party headquarters in Copenhagen [Sergei Grits/AP Photo]

Denmark’s centre-left bloc led by Mette Frederiksen, the Social Democratic incumbent prime minister, has won a one-seat majority in a nail-biter of a general election.

Frederiksen’s five-party “red” coalition looked set to lose its majority as vote counting wore on throughout Tuesday evening, but as the last votes were tallied, it eked out the 87 seats it needed in mainland Denmark.

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