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COPENHAGEN, Nov. 22-- Denmark's opposition Social Democrats party has made big gains in Tuesday's local elections, official data showed on Wednesday. With all votes counted, the Social Democrats party headed by Mette Frederiksen gained 32.5 percent of votes, up three percentage points from the 29.5 percent in the 2013 elections, while the ruling Liberal Party saw support rate decline from 26.6 percent to 24.1 percent. Meanwhile, the Social Democrats scored victory in at least 45 out of all 98 mayor posts, including that of the four biggest Danish cities. Frank Jensen from the Social Democrats was re-elected for the mayor of Copenhagen, the capital city of the country. Copenhagen has only had a social democrat mayor since the position was created in 1938. In the second largest city Aarhus, the Social Democrats' sitting mayor Jacob Bundsgaard succeeded in re-election and was again the top scorer in the election with 39,841 individual votes. The five regional councils election around Denmark was also held on Tuesday. Social Democrats grasped four out of five regional council chairman posts, while the Liberal Party gained only one. "It appears that we will get over the line with a gain in mayoral positions. It appears we will not only be the largest party but also see excellent growth," Mette Frederiksen told Danish public broadcaster DR. Despite the election defeat, Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen said on Tuesday night that he was relatively satisfied with the result. | 
