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2021 Vesthimmerland municipal election (Denmark)

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2021 Vesthimmerland municipal election (Denmark)
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All 27 seats to the Vesthimmerland Municipal Council
14 seats needed for a majority
Turnout19,431 (67.1%)
Decrease 5.2pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
V
C
A
Party Venstre Conservatives Social Democrats
Last election 8 seats, 24.6% 7 seats, 25.9% 7 seats, 22.3%
Seats won 9 7 5
Seat change Increase 1 0 Decrease 2
Popular vote 6,105 4,585 3,439
Percentage 31.8% 23.9% 17.9%
Swing Increase 7.2% Decrease 2.0% Decrease 4.4%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
F
O
L
Party Green Left Danish People's Party Vesthimmerlandslisten
Last election 2 seats, 9.1% 2 seats, 8.2% 1 seat, 5.6%
Seats won 3 1 1
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 1 0
Popular vote 2,288 664 653
Percentage 11.9% 3.5% 3.4%
Swing Increase 2.8% Decrease 4.7% Decrease 2.2%

  Seventh party
 
D
Party The New Right
Last election Did not stand
Seats won 1
Seat change Increase 1
Popular vote 651
Percentage 3.4
Swing New

Mayor before election

Per Bach Laursen
Venstre

Mayor after election

Per Bach Laursen
Venstre

Per Bach Laursen was seeking a second term, after winning the mayor's position following the election in 2017.[1]

In this election, Venstre won 9 seats, and increased their vote share by 7.2 points, The Conservatives, who had held the mayor's position from 2014 to 2017, decreased their vote share by 2.0 points. As the traditional blue bloc now had 18 of the 27 seats, Venstre was in pole position to secure the mayoralty. Following the election night a constitution was agreed on that would see Per Bach Laursen as mayor for a second term.[2][3]

Electoral system

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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. Vesthimmerland Municipality had 27 seats in 2021

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

Electoral alliances

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Source[4]

Electoral alliance 1

Party Political position
Social Democrats Centre-left
Green Left Centre-left to Left-wing

Electoral alliance 2

Party Political position
Danish Social Liberal Party Centre to Centre-left
Red–Green Alliance Left-wing to Far-left

Electoral alliance 3

Party Political position
Conservatives Centre-right
The New Right Right-wing
Christian Democrats Centre to Centre-right
VesthimmerlandsListen Local Party
Danish People's Party Right-wing
Venstre Centre-right

Results by polling station

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Polling Station A B C D F K O V Ø Others
% % % % % % % % % %
Aalestrup 18.9 1.3 32.6 3.6 5.1 0.4 2.8 33.7 0.3 1.3
Farsø 14.9 2.7 21.9 3.6 9.8 0.7 3.2 29.6 1.2 12.3
Strandby 13.4 5.2 18.4 5.6 10.1 0.7 4.9 30.0 2.0 9.6
Aars 18.8 2.5 35.2 2.5 9.3 0.4 2.3 25.4 0.7 2.8
Hvalpsund 15.4 1.9 11.4 5.1 9.8 0.8 2.1 44.6 2.9 6.0
Gislum-Vognsild 29.0 1.7 20.4 2.4 7.8 0.5 3.0 31.3 1.0 2.8
Gedsted 32.1 1.3 15.5 5.0 8.8 0.3 5.0 28.5 2.1 1.4
Hornum-Ulstrup 12.8 1.4 39.6 3.8 10.1 0.3 4.7 24.1 1.2 1.9
Vester Hornum 12.0 1.7 26.1 3.3 9.6 1.2 4.5 35.9 1.6 4.0
Løgstør 17.6 1.5 12.2 2.7 20.0 0.3 5.3 38.0 1.0 1.4
Ranum 11.7 2.5 10.6 3.2 30.1 1.5 3.9 29.1 5.3 2.1
Salling 13.4 0.6 13.1 4.7 18.6 0.8 5.3 40.3 1.4 1.8
Overlade 10.0 1.2 7.3 3.1 14.4 0.4 2.5 57.7 0.4 3.1
Skivum-Giver 34.2 2.2 16.4 5.2 8.0 1.3 2.2 27.7 1.1 1.7

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Vesthimmerland Municipality
Venstre6,10531.779+1
Conservatives4,58523.8670
Social Democrats3,43917.905-2
Green Left2,28811.913+1
Danish People's Party6643.461-1
Vesthimmerlandslisten6533.4010
The New Right6513.391New
Danish Social Liberal Party3882.0200
Red–Green Alliance2441.2700
Christian Democrats1110.5800
Progress Party880.4600
Total19,216100.00270
Valid votes19,21698.89
Invalid votes390.20
Blank votes1760.91
Total votes19,431100.00
Registered voters/turnout28,97167.07
Source: KMD

References

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  1. ^ "Overblik: Sådan ser det nye byråd ud i Vesthimmerland | Nyheder". tvmidtvest (in Danish). Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Sådan faldt konstitueringen ud | Nyheder". nordjyske (in Danish). Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Enigt byråd vælger Per Bach Laursen som borgmeste | Nyheder". vesthimmerland (in Danish). Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd den 16. november 2021 | Nyheder" (PDF). dst (in Danish). Retrieved 28 January 2023.