2021 Horsens municipal election

2021 Horsens municipal election

16 November 2021
All 27 seats to the Horsens Municipal Council 14 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	47,094 (63.8%) 4.7pp
First party Second party Third party   A V C Party Social Democrats Venstre Conservatives Last election 13 seats, 43.2% 7 seats, 23.0% 1 seat, 4.1% Seats won 12 7 3 Seat change 1 0 2 Popular vote 17,846 11,135 4,673 Percentage 38.5% 24.0% 10.1% Swing 4.7% 1.0% 6.0%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Ø F O Party Red–Green Alliance Green Left Danish People's Party Last election 1 seat, 4.7% 1 seat, 3.9% 3 seats, 10.8% Seats won 1 1 1 Seat change 0 0 2 Popular vote 2,629 2,559 2,305 Percentage 5.7% 5.5% 5.0% Swing 1.0% 1.6% 5.8%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   B D I Party Danish Social Liberal Party The New Right Liberal Alliance Last election 0 seats, 2.2% 0 seats, 0.8% 1 seat, 4.8% Seats won 1 1 0 Seat change 1.0 1 1 Popular vote 1,647 1,488 1,422 Percentage 3.6% 3.2% 3.1% Swing 1.4% 2.4% 1.7%
Mayor before election Peter Sørensen Social Democrats Mayor after election Peter Sørensen Social Democrats

Despite tending to vote for parties in the blue bloc for Danish general elections, Horsens Municipality have only had mayors from the Social Democrats since the 2007 municipal reform.

In the 2017 election, the Social Democrats had come one seat short of an absolute majority, but managed to win the mayor's position nonetheless.

In this election Peter Sørensen from the Social Democrats was seeking his third term. The result would see the Social Democrats once again becoming largest, despite them losing a seat and decreasing their vote share by 4.7%. The final agreement would have Peter Sørensen continuing as mayor, as the Social Democrats, the Green Left and the Red–Green Alliance all supported him.

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. Horsens 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

Electoral Alliance 2

Party	Political Position
Conservatives	Centre-right
The New Right	Right-wing
Christian Democrats	Centre to Centre-right
Maren Spild Gruppen	Local Party
Venstre	Centre-right

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Horsens Municipality
	Social Democrats	17,846	38.54	12	-1
	Venstre	11,135	24.05	7	0
	Conservatives	4,673	10.09	3	+2
	Red–Green Alliance	2,629	5.68	1	0
	Green Left	2,559	5.53	1	0
	Danish People's Party	2,305	4.98	1	-2
	Danish Social Liberal Party	1,647	3.56	1	+1
	The New Right	1,488	3.21	1	+1
	Liberal Alliance	1,422	3.07	0	-1
	Miljølisten Horsens	252	0.54	0	New
	Christian Democrats	178	0.38	0	0
	Maren Spild Gruppen	141	0.30	0	0
	Frie Danske	34	0.07	0	New
Total		46,309	100.00	27	0
Valid votes		46,309	98.33
Invalid votes		242	0.51
Blank votes		543	1.15
Total votes		47,094	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		73,779	63.83
Source: KMD