|
Danish leader's bloc keeps legislative hold |
|
|
|
Copenhagen, Feb.9, 2005.- Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen's center-right government won a second term Tuesday. With 99 %of the votes tallied in nationwide parliamentary elections, the governing bloc - a coalition of Liberals, Conservatives and the anti-immigration Danish Peoples Party - had 54 % and was set to take 95 seats in the 179-seat parliament, or Folketing. The Social Democratic-led opposition had 46 %, enough for 80 seats. Eight nominees of Turkish origin ran for parliament.
|
