2021 Danish local elections

2021 Danish local elections

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98 municipal councils 5 regional councils

Party Leader % Seats +/– Social Democrats Mette Frederiksen 28.4 756 -86 Venstre Jakob Ellemann-Jensen 21.2 620 -68 Conservative Søren Pape Poulsen 15.2 403 +178 SF Pia Olsen Dyhr 7.6 168 +42 Red–Green Mai Villadsen[a] 7.3 114 +12 Social Liberals Sofie Carsten Nielsen 5.6 94 +14 DPP Kristian Thulesen Dahl 4.1 91 -130 New Right Pernille Vermund 3.6 64 +63 KD Isabella Arendt 0.8 12 +3 Schleswig Carsten Leth Schmidt 0.3 10 0 Liberal Alliance Alex Vanopslagh 1.4 9 -19 The Alternative Franciska Rosenkilde 0.7 5 -15 Other 3.9 90 +12 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Party winning the position as mayor in each municipality and chairman in each region.Share of votes earned by the largest party in each municipality or region.Share of votes earned by the largest party in each polling area.Show all

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The Danish local elections of 2021 were held in 2021 for Denmark's 98 municipal councils and five regional councils. All 2,436 seats were contested for the 2022–2025 term of office, together with 205 seats in five regional councils. Frederiksberg Municipality had increased their number of councillors from 25 to 29.

Opinion polls[]

Results[]

Results of regional elections[]

The regions are not municipalities but are financed only through block grants.

Number of councillors and political parties in the regional councils[]

Party		Seats[1]	Change
A	Social Democrats	64	6
V	Venstre	54	0
C	Conservative People's Party	31	16
F	Socialist People's Party	14	1
Ø	Red-Green Alliance	14	2
B	Danish Social Liberal Party	12	4
D	The New Right	8	8
O	Danish People's Party	6	15
K	Christian Democrats	1	0
I	Liberal Alliance	0	5
Å	The Alternative	0	3
	Others	1	0
Total		205

Old and new chairs of the regional councils[]

In four of the five regions, the incumbent chairman kept the position. However, in the North Denmark Region, an agreement was made between Venstre, the Danish People's Party, New Right and the Conservative People's Party to give the chairmanship to of Venstre. This was the first time since the region's establishment in 2007 that the Social Democrats did not win the region's chairmanship.^[2]

Results of municipal elections[]

Seats for the 98 municipal councils were up for vote.

Number of councillors and political parties in the municipal councils[]

The Conservative People's Party had their best local election results since 1985.

Sum of 98 local elections
Party		Share of vote[3]		Seats[1]
		Percent	Change	Number	Change
A	Social Democrats	28.40%	-4.05%	756	86
V	Venstre	21.18%	-1.88%	620	68
C	Conservative People's Party	15.24%	+6.46%	403	178
F	Socialist People's Party	7.61%	+1.91%	168	42
Ø	Red-Green Alliance	7.34%	+1.38%	114	12
B	Danish Social Liberal Party	5.59%	+0.99%	94	14
O	Danish People's Party	4.09%	-4.66%	91	130
D	The New Right	3.57%	+2.67%	64	63
K	Christian Democrats	0.79%	+0.29%	12	3
S	Schleswig Party	0.29%	-0.01%	10	0
I	Liberal Alliance	1.38%	-1.22%	9	19
Å	The Alternative	0.71%	-2.29%	5	15
G	Vegan Party	0.17%	New	0	New
	Others	3.64%	+0.44%	90	12
Total				2,436	4

Mayors in the municipalities[]

The mayors (Danish: borgmester; plural: borgmestre) of the 98 municipalities head the council meetings and are the chair of the finance committee in each of their respective municipalities. Only in Copenhagen, this mayor – the head of the finance committee and council meetings – is called the lord mayor (Danish: overborgmester).

Mayors after the election
Party		Number	Change
	Social Democrats	44	3
	Venstre	34	3
	Conservative People's Party	14	6
	Socialist People's Party	2	1
	Danish Social Liberal Party	1	0
	Liberal Alliance	1	1
	Schleswig Party	1	1
	Local parties	1	1
	Danish People's Party	0	1
	The Alternative	0	1

Old and new mayors in the municipalities[]

The term of office for the mayors elected by the majority of councillors among its members in each municipal council is the same as for the councils elected, namely 1 January 2022 until 31 December 2025. The correct name for the municipality on the somewhat remote island of Bornholm is Regional Municipality, because the municipality also handles several tasks not carried out by the other Danish municipalities but by the regions.

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