2021 Solrød municipal election
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| Turnout | 13,177 (73.4%) 1.7pp | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ever since the 2007 municipal reform, and prior to this election, the election results had led to Niels Hörup from Venstre becoming mayor. All the elections had given Venstre 8 seats. In the 2017 election, the blue bloc had won 11 seats.[1]
However this election was quite remarkable in multiple ways. First off this would become Liberal Alliance best result in any municipality in the 2017 Danish local elections, as they won 14.9% of the vote, an 8% increase compared to 2017. This would also be the only municipal election in 2017 where no party won above 20% of the vote. The result would be very split, with 5 parties winning 3 or 4 seats. Venstre would still become the party to receive the most votes, but would lose 4 seats.
On election night, at first, it looked like the Conservatives had won the mayor's position. However to great frustration from the Conservatives, the Liberal Alliance had decided to support the Social Democrats.[2] The day following the election, Jonas Ring Madsen from the Social Democrats could declare that he had secured the mayor's position.[citation needed]
On November 22, 2021, however, Emil Blücher from Liberal Alliance could announce that he would become the new mayor, as the Conservatives, Venstre and local party Havdrup Listen supported him as the new mayor.[3][4]
This would mark the first mayor position of Liberal Alliance.
Electoral system[edit]
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. Solrød Municipality had 19 seats in 2021
Unlike in Danish General Elections, in elections to municipal councils, electoral alliances are allowed.
Electoral alliances[edit]
Source[5]
Electoral Alliance 1
| Party | Political Position |
|---|---|
| Social Democrats | Centre-left |
| Green Left | Centre-left to Left-wing |
| Red–Green Alliance | Left-wing to Far-left |
Electoral Alliance 2
| Party | Political Position |
|---|---|
| Danish Social Liberal Party | Centre to Centre-left |
| Conservatives | Centre-right |
| Havdruplisten | Local Party |
Electoral Alliance 3
| Party | Political Position |
|---|---|
| New Right | Right-wing |
| Liberal Alliance | Centre-right to Right-wing |
| Danish People's Party | Right-wing |
Results by polling station[edit]
Results[edit]
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solrød Municipality | |||||
| Venstre | 2,553 | 19.56 | 4 | -4 | |
| Social Democrats | 2,187 | 16.76 | 4 | 0 | |
| VoresSolrød | 2,084 | 15.97 | 3 | New | |
| Liberal Alliance | 1,944 | 14.90 | 3 | +2 | |
| Conservatives | 1,473 | 11.29 | 3 | +2 | |
| Havdruplisten[a] | 831 | 6.37 | 1 | 0 | |
| Danish People's Party | 604 | 4.63 | 1 | 0 | |
| Green Left | 489 | 3.75 | 0 | -1 | |
| New Right | 449 | 3.44 | 0 | 0 | |
| Red–Green Alliance | 306 | 2.35 | 0 | New | |
| Danish Social Liberal Party | 129 | 0.99 | 0 | -1 | |
| Total | 13,049 | 100.00 | 19 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 13,049 | 99.03 | |||
| Invalid votes | 30 | 0.23 | |||
| Blank votes | 98 | 0.74 | |||
| Total votes | 13,177 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 17,964 | 73.35 | |||
| Source: KMD | |||||
Notes[edit]
- ^ Local party in Solrød
References[edit]
- ^ "Her er borgmestrene på plads - kun tre kommuner mangler afklaring | Nyheder". ejendomswatch (in Danish). 22 November 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
- ^ "Drama i Solrød Kommune: Var borgmester i 15 minutter | Nyheder". berlingske (in Danish). 17 November 2021. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
- ^ "Efter dramatisk valg: Liberal Alliance får første borgmester | Nyheder". berlingske (in Danish). 22 November 2021. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
- ^ "Byrådets medlemmer | Nyheder". solrod (in Danish). Retrieved 13 February 2023.
- ^ "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd den 16. november 2021 | Nyheder" (PDF). dst (in Danish). Retrieved 28 January 2023.