Denmark elects first female premier

Reports of the results in the General Election in Denmark on the 15 September 2011.

The Social Democratic Leader Helle Thorning-Schmidt and her centre-left alliance won the election to give Denmark its first woman prime minister and the first Social Democratic-led government in a decade.

In a cliffhanger election, which on occasion saw the two sides of the political divide neck and neck, the centre-left won 89 seats in the 179-seat Folketing compared to the 86 mandates for the centre-right of Liberal Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen.

Helle Thorning-Schmidt began talks to form a coalition government on the 16 September 2011.

Spiegel Online International, 16.9.11: Denmark To Get First Female Prime Minister http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,786652,00.html

Berlingske Tidende, 16.9.11: The left wins, the far right doesn’t lose (via PressEurop) http://www.presseurop.eu//en/content/news-brief-cover/956551-left-wins-far-right-doesn-t-lose

Deutsche Welle, 16.9.11: Victory for center-left gives Denmark its first female prime minister http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15389446,00.html

France24, 16.9.11: First female PM ends 10 years of centre-right rule http://www.france24.com/en/20110916-denmark-elects-first-female-pm-ending-10-years-centre-right-rule-thorning-schmidt

BBC News, 15.9.11: Denmark votes in general election as economy falters http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14928312

EUObserver, 16.9.11: Former centre-left MEP wins Danish elections http://euobserver.com/843/113644

EurActiv, 16.9.11: Denmark elects first female premier http://www.euractiv.com/elections/denmark-elects-female-premier-news-507700

ESO: Background information: Danish parliamentary election, 2011 http://www.europeansources.info/record/danish-parliamentary-election-2011/

Politiken, 16.9.11: Red alliance wins election http://politiken.dk/newsinenglish/ECE1394598/red-alliance-wins-election/

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