Danes to cast verdict on Social Democrats as new crises loom

Faroese people cast their vote in the polling station in Torshavn, in the Faroe Islands, Denmark, October 31, 2022. Alvur Haraldsen/Ritzau Scanpix/via REUTERS

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Danes went the polls on Tuesday with Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen hoping for a vote of confidence in her handling of the pandemic and for her leadership to overcome soaring inflation and geopolitical insecurity.

The election has turned into a battle for centrist voters, with former prime minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen likely to become a king-maker with his new party, the Moderates, as neither the ruling left nor the right-wing opposition looks set to win a majority.