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2021 Middelfart municipal election

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2021 Middelfart municipal election
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All 25 seats to the Middelfart Municipal Council
13 seats needed for a majority
Turnout22,330 (70.9%)
Decrease 5.9pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
A
V
C
Party Social Democrats Venstre Conservatives
Last election 14 seats, 48.6% 6 seats, 22.5% 1 seat, 3.6%
Seats won 11 7 2
Seat change Decrease 3 Increase 1 Increase 1
Popular vote 8,867 5,463 1,597
Percentage 40.4% 24.9% 7.3%
Swing Decrease 8.2% Increase 2.4% Increase 3.7%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
F
O
Ø
Party Green Left Danish People's Party Red–Green Alliance
Last election 1 seat, 5.7% 2 seats, 9.7% 1 seat, 3.1%
Seats won 2 1 1
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 1 0
Popular vote 1,478 1,066 969
Percentage 6.7% 4.9% 4.4%
Swing Increase 1.0% Decrease 4.8% Increase 1.3%

  Seventh party
 
D
Party The New Right
Last election Did Not Stand
Seats won 1
Seat change Increase 1
Popular vote 894
Percentage 4.1%
Swing New

Mayor before election

Johannes Lundsfryd Jensen
Social Democrats

Mayor after election

Johannes Lundsfryd Jensen
Social Democrats

Since the 2007 municipal reform, only the Social Democrats had held the mayor's position in Middelfart Municipality.

In 2017, Steen Dahlstrøm from the Social Democrats, who had been mayor for over 30 years, announced his immediate resignation, and Johannes Lundsfryd Jensen would take over.[1] He would win 14 seats in the 2017 Middelfart municipal election, one more than required for an absolute majority.[2]

For this election however, the Social Democrats would lose 3 seats. Venstre would win 7 seats, the most ever in the four elections after the municipal reform. However parties of the traditional red bloc won 14 seats, and Johannes Lundsfryd Jensen was in pole position to win a second term. It was later confirmed that he would continue as mayor.[3][4]

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. Middelfart 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[5]

Electoral Alliance 1

Party Political Position
Social Democrats Centre-left
Danish Social Liberal Party Centre to Centre-left

Electoral Alliance 2

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

Electoral Alliance 3

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

Electoral Alliance 4

Party Political Position
The New Right Right-wing
Venstre Centre-right

Results by polling station

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Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Middelfart Municipality
Social Democrats8,86740.4011-3
Venstre5,46324.897+1
Conservatives1,5977.282+1
Green Left1,4786.732+1
Danish People's Party1,0664.861-1
Red–Green Alliance9694.4110
The New Right8944.071New
Tværpolitisk Anstændighed[a]7263.310New
Danish Social Liberal Party6663.0300
Omsorgsgruppen[a]1360.620New
Freedom List520.240New
PositivPlus[a]340.1500
Total21,948100.00250
Valid votes21,94898.29
Invalid votes750.34
Blank votes3071.37
Total votes22,330100.00
Registered voters/turnout31,51670.85
Source: KMD

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Local party in Mariagerfjord

References

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  1. ^ "Middelfart får ny borgmester for første gang i 31 år | Nyheder". altinget (in Danish). Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd 21. november 2017 (page 19) | Nyheder" (PDF). Danmarks Statistik (in Danish). Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Bred konstituering på plads i Middelfart: Sådan fordeles formandsposterne | Nyheder". fyens (in Danish). Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  4. ^ "konstitueringsaftale | Nyheder". middelfart (in Danish). Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd den 16. november 2021 | Nyheder" (PDF). dst (in Danish). Retrieved 28 January 2023.