2021 Norddjurs municipal election

2021 Norddjurs municipal election

16 November 2021
All 27 seats to the Norddjurs Municipal Council 14 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	20,146 (66.3%) 2.7pp
First party Second party Third party   A V C Party Social Democrats Venstre Conservatives Last election 11 seats, 41.0% 6 seats, 19.9% 2 seats, 6.6% Seats won 9 5 4 Seat change 2 1 2 Popular vote 6,240 3,880 2,766 Percentage 31.4% 19.5% 13.9% Swing 9.6% 0.4% 7.3%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   I F Ø Party Liberal Alliance Green Left Red–Green Alliance Last election 2 seats, 6.8% 2 seats, 6.5% 1 seat, 5.3% Seats won 3 3 1 Seat change 1 1 0 Popular vote 1,829 1,659 1,077 Percentage 9.2% 8.4% 5.4% Swing 2.4% 1.9% 0.1%   Seventh party Eighth party   D O Party The New Right Danish People's Party Last election Did Not Stand 3 seats, 10.0% Seats won 1 1 Seat change 1 2 Popular vote 1,034 835 Percentage 5.2% 4.2% Swing New 5.8%
Mayor before election Jan Petersen Social Democrats Mayor after election Kasper Bjerregaard Venstre

Since 2010, Jan Petersen from the Social Democrats had been mayor of Norddjurs Municipality. In all 3 elections from the 2009 Norddjurs municipal election and on, the Social Democrats had won 11 seats, with Venstre coming second with 6 seats. However, in this election, the Social Democrats would suffer a seat loss of 2. Venstre and Danish People's Party, from the traditional blue bloc, would lose 1 and 2 seats respectively. However, due to The New Right and Liberal Alliance gaining 1 seat and the Conservatives gaining 2 seats, the traditional blue bloc had a majority for the first time since the creation of Norddjurs Municipality. This resulted in Kasper Bjerregaard from Venstre becoming mayor.

Electoral system

For elections to Danish municipalities, a number varying from 9 to 31 are chosen to be elected to the municipal council. The seats are then allocated using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation. Norddjurs Municipality had 27 seats in 2021

Unlike in Danish General Elections, in elections to municipal councils, electoral alliances are allowed.

Electoral alliances

Source

Electoral Alliance 1

Party	Political Position
The New Right	Right-wing
Liberal Alliance	Centre-right to Right-wing

Electoral Alliance 2

Party	Political Position
Green Left	Centre-left to Left-wing
Red–Green Alliance	Left-wing to Far-left

Electoral Alliance 3

Party	Political Position
Danish People's Party	Right-wing
Venstre	Centre-right

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Norddjurs Municipality
	Social Democrats	6,240	31.41	9	-2
	Venstre	3,880	19.53	5	-1
	Conservatives	2,766	13.92	4	+2
	Liberal Alliance	1,829	9.21	3	+1
	Green Left	1,659	8.35	3	+1
	Red–Green Alliance	1,077	5.42	1	0
	The New Right	1,034	5.20	1	New
	Danish People's Party	835	4.20	1	-2
	Danish Social Liberal Party	528	2.66	0	0
	Frie Danske	20	0.10	0	New
Total		19,868	100.00	27	0
Valid votes		19,868	98.62
Invalid votes		61	0.30
Blank votes		217	1.08
Total votes		20,146	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		30,408	66.25
Source: KMD