2021 Syddjurs municipal election

2021 Syddjurs municipal election

16 November 2021
All 27 seats to the Syddjurs Municipal Council 14 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	24,781 (71.1%) 2.7pp
First party Second party Third party   A V C Party Social Democrats Venstre Conservatives Last election 8 seats, 25.6% 8 seats, 29.6% 1 seat, 4.4% Seats won 7 7 5 Seat change 1 1 4 Popular vote 6.160 5,743 4,010 Percentage 25.2% 23.5% 16.4% Swing 0.4% 6.1% 12.0%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   F Ø B Party Green Left Red–Green Alliance Danish Social Liberal Party Last election 4 seats, 15.6% 1 seat, 4.6% 1 seats, 5.7% Seats won 4 2 1 Seat change 0 1 0 Popular vote 3,335 1,529 1,174 Percentage 13.6% 6.3% 4.8% Swing 2.0% 1.7% 0.9%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   D O Å Party The New Right Danish People's Party The Alternative Last election 0 seats, 0.6% 3 seats, 8.5% 1 seats, 3.9% Seats won 1 0 0 Seat change 1 3 1 Popular vote 1,105 704 666 Percentage 4.5% 2.9% 2.7% Swing 3.9% 5.6% 1.2%
Mayor before election Ole Bollesen Social Democrats Mayor after election Michael Stegger Jensen Social Democrats

Since the 2007 municipal reform, no mayor of Syddjurs Municipality has had more than one term. When the 2007 municipal reform applied, Vilfred Hansen from the Social Democrats was mayor. After the 2009 Syddjurs municipal election, Kirstine Bille from the Green Left became mayor, but the Green Left lost the mayor seat in 2013 to Venstre. In the 2017 Syddjurs municipal election, the result led to Ole Bollesen from the Social Democrats, becoming mayor. However he announced in January 2020 that he would not stand to be re-elected in 2021.

The Social Democrats and Venstre, who became the two biggest parties in the 2017 election respectively, retained their positions, but both parties lost a seat each. Conservatives saw similar success in Syddjurs, as seen in many municipalities nationwide, and would win 5 seats compared to just 1 they won in 2017. However the parties of the traditional red bloc still won 14 of the 27 seats, and it was later announced that the Social Democrats would keep holding the mayor's office, and Michael Stegger Jensen would be the one to take over from Ole Bollesen.

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. Syddjurs 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

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

Electoral Alliance 2

Electoral Alliance 3

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Syddjurs Municipality
	Social Democrats	6,160	25.22	7	-1
	Venstre	5,743	23.51	7	-1
	Conservatives	4,010	16.42	5	+4
	Green Left	3,335	13.65	4	0
	Red–Green Alliance	1,529	6.26	2	+1
	Danish Social Liberal Party	1,174	4.81	1	0
	The New Right	1,105	4.52	1	+1
	Danish People's Party	704	2.88	0	-3
	The Alternative	666	2.73	0	-1
Total		24,426	100.00	27	0
Valid votes		24,426	98.57
Invalid votes		60	0.24
Blank votes		295	1.19
Total votes		24,781	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		34,874	71.06
Source: KMD