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2021 Læsø municipal election

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2021 Læsø municipal election
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All 9 seats to the Læsø Municipal Council
5 seats needed for a majority
Turnout33,065 (80.8%)
Decrease 1.5pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
V
C
H
Party Venstre Conservatives Læsø Borgerliste
Last election 4 seats, 37.1% 0 seats, 5.2% Did not stand
Seats won 3 2 2
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 2 Increase 2
Popular vote 307 290 261
Percentage 25.3% 23.9% 21.5%
Swing Decrease 11.8% Increase 18.7% New

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
A
O
Party Social Democrats Danish People's Party
Last election 1 seat, 8.7% 2 seats, 22.5%
Seats won 1 1
Seat change 0 Decrease 1
Popular vote 200 97
Percentage 16.5% 8.0%
Swing Increase 7.8% Decrease 14.5%

Mayor before election

Karsten Nielsen
Venstre

Mayor after election

Tobias Birch Johansen
Venstre

In 2018, following the 2017 Læsø Municipal election, Danish People's Party and the Social Democrats (Denmark) reached an agreement for a constitution that would see Karsten Nielsen, from Danish People's Party become the first mayor in a Danish municipality, in the party's history.[1] On June 4, 2021, Karsten Nielsen announced he would switch his party affiliation to centre-right Venstre.[2] Later on 9 October 2021, he announced he would not stand to be re-elected for mayor. Instead deputy mayor, Tobias Birch, would be the main candidate of Venstre.[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. Læsø Municipality had 9 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
The New Right Right-wing
Venstre Centre-right

Electoral Alliance 2

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

Results by polling station

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Polling Station A C D O V H
% % % % % %
Læsø 16.5 23.9 4.7 8.0 25.3 21.5

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Læsø Municipality
Venstre30725.333-1
Conservatives29023.932+2
Læsø Borgerliste26121.532+2
Social Democrats20016.5010
Danish People's Party978.001-1
New Right574.7000
Total1,212100.0090
Valid votes1,21297.04
Invalid votes131.04
Blank votes241.92
Total votes1,249100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,54680.79
Source: KMD

2021 Læsø Municipal election

References

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  1. ^ "Ny borgmester på Læsø: DF vipper Tobias Birch af pinden | Nyheder". TV2 Nord (in Danish). Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  2. ^ "DF mister sin eneste borgmester: Karsten Nielsen skifter parti | Nyheder". TV2 Nord (in Danish). Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Karsten Nielsen trækker sig som spidskandidat på Læsø | Nyheder". TV2 Nord (in Danish). Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd den 16. november 2021 | Nyheder" (PDF). dst (in Danish). Retrieved 28 January 2023.