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2021 Kerteminde municipal election

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2021 Kerteminde municipal election
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All 25 seats to the Kerteminde Municipal Council
13 seats needed for a majority
Turnout14,090 (72.6%)
Decrease 4.0pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
A
C
V
Party Social Democrats Conservatives Venstre
Last election 7 seats, 23.3% 7 seats, 21.4% 3 seats, 11.9%
Seats won 10 9 2
Seat change Increase 3 Increase 2 Decrease 1
Popular vote 5,075 4,616 971
Percentage 36.6% 33.3% 7.0%
Swing Increase 13.3% Increase 11.9% Decrease 4.9%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
F
O
Ø
Party Green Left Danish People's Party Red–Green Alliance
Last election 2 seats, 8.2% 3 seats, 12.2% 1 seat, 6.2%
Seats won 1 1 1
Seat change Decrease 1 Decrease 2 0
Popular vote 763 639 595
Percentage 5.5% 4.6% 4.3%
Swing Decrease 2.7% Decrease 7.6% Decrease 1.9%

  Seventh party Eighth party
 
D
B
Party New Right Danish Social Liberal Party
Last election Did Not Stand 1 seat, 6.5%
Seats won 1 0
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 1
Popular vote 593 382
Percentage 4.3% 2.8%
Swing New Decrease 3.7%

Mayor before election

Kasper Olesen
Social Democrats

Mayor after election

Kasper Olesen
Social Democrats

The 2017 election, resulted in Kasper Olesen from the Social Democrats becoming mayor, but not without drama. The election resulted in both the Social Democrats and the Conservatives winning 7 seats. This was while Venstre who had held the mayor's position in the period up to the election, only won 3 seats. They tried to have a majority behind them holding the mayor's position once again, however without luck. After many days of negotiations, they eventually opted for supporting Kasper Olesen for mayor. This was untraditional, since Conservatives and Venstre are in the same political bloc.[1]

Because of the dramatic and uncommon result, and that the Conservatives were having great opinion polls nationwide, it was speculated that they would have a good chance to win the mayor's position this time. Conservatives and Venstre were part of an electoral alliance with the New Right and Danish People's Party. This suggested that they would be ready to give one of them the mayor's position, if a majority was won.[2][3]

In the result, both the Social Democrats and Conservatives would increase their vote share by more than 10%, and would gain 3 and 2 seats respectively. A majority in the electoral alliance mentioned above was won. However Danish People's Party would drop its support to a mayor from the blue bloc, and suddenly Kasper Olesen would once again have an untraditional majority behind him, being the Social Democrats, the Green Left, Danish People's Party and the Red–Green Alliance.[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. Kerteminde Municipality had 25 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
Christian Democrats Centre to Centre-right

Electoral Alliance 2

Party Political Position
Conservatives Centre-right
New Right Right-wing
Danish People's Party Right-wing
Venstre Centre-right

Electoral Alliance 3

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

Results by polling station

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Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Kerteminde Municipality
Social Democrats5,07536.5710+3
Conservatives4,61633.269+2
Venstre9717.002-1
Green Left7635.501-1
Danish People's Party6394.601-2
Red–Green Alliance5954.2910
New Right5934.271New
Danish Social Liberal Party3822.750-1
Frie Lokale[a]1461.050New
Christian Democrats990.710New
Total13,879100.00250
Valid votes13,87998.50
Invalid votes440.31
Blank votes1671.19
Total votes14,090100.00
Registered voters/turnout19,39872.64
Source: KMD

Notes

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  1. ^ Local party in Kerteminde

References

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  1. ^ "Efter lange forhandlinger: Ny borgmester på plads i Kerteminde | Nyheder". altinget (in Danish). Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Her er de 10 største gysere ved kommunalvalget | Nyheder". tv2 (in Danish). Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Mandag Morgens borgmesterprognose: Flest røde rådhuse efter valget | Nyheder". mandagmorgen (in Danish). Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Kasper Olesen fortsætter som borgmester i Kerteminde | Nyheder". kjavis (in Danish). Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Byråd | Nyheder". kerteminde (in Danish). Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  6. ^ "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd den 16. november 2021 | Nyheder" (PDF). dst (in Danish). Retrieved 28 January 2023.