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Denmark's opposition parties have beaten the ruling coalition after a close general election. With all mainland votes counted, the centre-right group led by ex-PM Lars Lokke Rasmussen beat PM Helle Thorning-Schmidt's centre-left coalition, although her party is the largest, bbc.com reports. Ms Thorning-Schmidt has now stood down as Social Democratic Party leader.

The right-wing, anti-immigration Danish People's Party will become the second-largest in parliament. The DPP's leader Kristian Thulesen Dahl had previously poured cold water on the idea of going into government (in Danish). He told Denmark's Politiken he preferred "the little free bird role, which can make the Danish People's Party come closer to getting our policy through in the real world than you think".

Ms Thorning-Schmidt's governing Social Democratic Party was the biggest party,winning at least 26.3% of the vote, according to Danish broadcaster DR. But her allies failed to gain as much of the vote as those of the opposition and she stood down as leader after conceding victory.