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2021 Glostrup municipal election

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2021 Glostrup municipal election
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All 19 seats to the Glostrup Municipal Council
10 seats needed for a majority
Turnout11,148 (60.2%)
Decrease 4.6pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
A
V
C
Party Social Democrats Venstre Conservatives
Last election 7 seats, 35.5% 7 seats, 30.3% 1 seat, 3.8%
Seats won 8 5 2
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 2 Increase 1
Popular vote 3,921 2,680 1,029
Percentage 35.9% 24.5% 9.4%
Swing Increase 0.4% Decrease 5.8% Increase 5.6%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
U
B
F
Party Bylisten Danish Social Liberal Party Green Left
Last election Did Not Stand 0 seats, 2.9% 1 seat, 5.7%
Seats won 2 1 1
Seat change Increase 2 Increase 1 0
Popular vote 854 516 476
Percentage 7.8% 4.7% 4.4%
Swing New Increase 1.8% Decrease 1.3%

  Seventh party Eighth party
 
Ø
O
Party Red–Green Alliance Danish People's Party
Last election 1 seat, 5.3% 2 seats, 12.2%
Seats won 0 0
Seat change Decrease 1 Decrease 2
Popular vote 456 413
Percentage 4.2% 3.8%
Swing Decrease 1.1% Decrease 8.4%

Mayor before election

John Engelhardt
Venstre

Mayor after election

Kasper Damsgaard
Social Democrats

Venstre had held the mayor's position in Glostrup Municipality since 2010.

In the 2017 election, Venstre won 7 seats, and John Engelhardt would become mayor for his third term. [1]

Despite this, Mandag Morgen, a newspaper, expected the Social Democrats would take over the mayor's position following this election. One of the reasons they said for this was that 4 parties outside Venstre had agreed on a financial settlement for 2022 in the period up to the election. [2] Apart from this, John Engelhardt had also announced in November 2020 that he would not stand for a fourth term.[3]

In the election result, the Social Democrats would become the largest party with 8 seats, followed by Venstre who lost 2 seats and ended on 5. An agreement with the Danish Social Liberal Party, the Conservatives and the Green Left was eventually reached by the Social Democrats, and this would see Kasper Damsgaard become the first mayor from the Social Democrats since 2009. [4] [5]

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. Glostrup Municipality had 19 seats in 2021

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

Electoral alliances

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Source[6]

Electoral Alliance 1

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

Electoral Alliance 2

Party Political Position
Conservatives Centre-right
New Right Right-wing

Electoral Alliance 3

Party Political Position
Glostrup Borgerliste Local Party
Venstre Centre-right

Electoral Alliance 4

Party Political Position
Liberal Alliance Centre-right to Right-wing
Danish People's Party Right-wing
Bylisten Local Party

Results by polling station

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Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Glostrup Municipality
Social Democrats3,92135.888+1
Venstre2,68024.535-2
Conservatives1,0299.422+1
Bylisten[a]8547.822New
Danish Social Liberal Party5164.721+1
Green Left4764.3610
Red–Green Alliance4564.170-1
Danish People's Party4133.780-2
New Right2692.4600
Glostrup Borgerliste2011.840New
Liberal Alliance1121.0200
Total10,927100.00190
Valid votes10,92798.02
Invalid votes650.58
Blank votes1561.40
Total votes11,148100.00
Registered voters/turnout18,52460.18
Source: KMD

Notes

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  1. ^ Local party in Glostrup

References

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  1. ^ "Ny kommunalbestyrelse konstitueret | Nyheder". glostrup (in Danish). Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Mandag Morgens borgmesterprognose: Flest røde rådhuse efter valget | Nyheder". mm (in Danish). Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Borgmester gennem 11 år stopper: Genopstiller ikke til kommunalvalg | Nyheder". tv2kosmopol (in Danish). Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Tømrer skal lede vestegnskommune til socialdemokratisk storhed | Nyheder". piopio (in Danish). 18 November 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Kommunalbestyrelsen | Nyheder". glostrup (in Danish). Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  6. ^ "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd den 16. november 2021 | Nyheder" (PDF). dst (in Danish). Retrieved 28 January 2023.