2021 Randers municipal election

2021 Randers municipal election

16 November 2021
All 31 seats to the Randers Municipal Council 16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	51,030 (64.6%) 5.1pp
First party Second party Third party   A V C Party Social Democrats Venstre Conservatives Last election 13 seats, 37.8% 9 seats, 26.1% 1 seats, 4.1% Seats won 12 6 4 Seat change 1 3 3 Popular vote 17,175 9,333 5,580 Percentage 34.2% 18.6% 11.1% Swing 3.6% 7.5% 7%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Q O F Party Østbroen Danish People's Party Green Left Last election Did Not Stand 3 seats, 8.3% 1 seat, 4.2% Seats won 2 1 1 Seat change 2 2 0 Popular vote 3,917 2,635 2,539 Percentage 7.8% 5.2% 5.1% Swing New 3.1% 0.9%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   Æ D B Party Velfærdslisten The New Right Danish Social Liberal Party Last election 1 seat, 4.0% 0 seats, 0.6% 1 seat, 2.8% Seats won 1 1 1 Seat change 0 1 0 Popular vote 1,904 1,881 1,537 Percentage 3.8% 3.8% 3.1% Swing 0.2% 3.2% 0.3%
Mayor before election Torben Hansen Social Democrats Mayor after election Torben Hansen Social Democrats

Torben Hansen from the Social Democrats, who became mayor following the 2017 election, attempted to be re-elected for this election. The parties of the nationwide red bloc lost a seat and only won 15 of the 31 seats, thus being one short of a majority. Instead of using the left of center majority, that could have been completed, with 2 local left-wing parties, Velfærdslisten and Beboerlisten, who won 1 and 2 seats respectively, the constitution, that would make Torben Hansen, would be across the political spectrum, and ended up including the Social Democrats, Danish Social Liberal Party, Conservatives, Danish People's Party and Venstre.

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. Randers Municipality had 31 seats in 2021

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

Electoral alliances

Source

Electoral Alliance 1

Party	Political Position
Social Democrats	Centre-left
Green Left	Centre-left to Left-wing

Electoral Alliance 2

Electoral Alliance 3

Electoral Alliance 4

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

Electoral Alliance 5

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

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Randers Municipality
	Social Democrats	17,175	34.23	12	-1
	Venstre	9,333	18.60	6	-3
	Conservatives	5,580	11.12	4	+3
	Østbroen	3,917	7.81	2	New
	Danish People's Party	2,635	5.25	1	-2
	Green Left	2,539	5.06	1	0
	Velfærdslisten	1,904	3.79	1	0
	The New Right	1,881	3.75	1	+1
	Danish Social Liberal Party	1,537	3.06	1	0
	Red–Green Alliance	1,447	2.88	1	0
	Beboerlisten	1,341	2.67	1	0
	Liberal Alliance	458	0.91	0	0
	Christian Democrats	428	0.85	0	0
Total		50,175	100.00	31	0
Valid votes		50,175	98.32
Invalid votes		170	0.33
Blank votes		685	1.34
Total votes		51,030	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		79,010	64.59
Source: KMD