2021 Favrskov municipal election

2021 Favrskov municipal election
16 November 2021

All 25 seats to the Favrskov Municipal Council
13 seats needed for a majority
Turnout27,000 (64.6%)
2.9pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
A
C
V
Party Social Democrats Conservatives Venstre
Last election 11 seats, 43.1% 2 seats, 6.5% 9 seats, 29,7%
Seats won 9 6 5
Seat change 2 4 4
Popular vote 9,478 5,653 5,757
Percentage 35.6% 21.2% 21.6%
Swing 7.5% 14.7% 8.1%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Ø
F
B
Party Red–Green Alliance Green Left Social Liberals
Last election 1 seat, 3.3% 1 seat, 2.8% 0 seats, 2.3%
Seats won 1 1 1
Seat change 0 0 1
Popular vote 1,254 1,048 1,007
Percentage 4.7% 3.9% 3.8%
Swing 1.4% 1.1% 1.5%

  Seventh party Eighth party
 
D
O
Party New Right Danish People's Party
Last election 0 seats, 0.6% 1 seat, 6,6%
Seats won 1 1
Seat change 1 0
Popular vote 942 935
Percentage 3.5% 3.5%
Swing 2.9% 3.1%

Mayor before election

Nils Borring
Social Democrats

Mayor after election

Lars Storgaard
Conservatives

Nils Borring from the Social Democrats was seeking a 4th term as mayor of Favrskov Municipality. The traditional red bloc won just 1 seat more than required in 2017, and therefore the results was expected to be tight.[1]

In a surprise the Conservatives won 6 seats, an increase of 4 compared to 2017. Due to electoral alliances, the Conservatives would win a seat more than Venstre, who on the contrary lost 4 seats. With the Danish People's Party keeping their 1-seat and New Right also winning 1 seat, a seat majority between the blue bloc parties had been won. It was later announced that Lars Storgaard would become mayor, and be the first to do so from the Conservatives in Favrskov since the 2007 municipal reform, and he would also become the first mayor from the Conservatives, who had been elected in a municipality from the East Jutland constituency.[2]

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. Favrskov Municipality had 25 seats in 2021

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

Electoral alliances

Source[3]

Electoral Alliance 1

Party Political alignment
D New Right Right-wing to Far-right
I Liberal Alliance Centre-right to Right-wing
O Danish People's Party Right-wing to Far-right

Electoral Alliance 2

Party Political alignment
B Social Liberals Centre to Centre-left
F Green Left Centre-left to Left-wing
Ø Red–Green Alliance Left-wing to Far-Left

Electoral Alliance 3

Party Political alignment
C Conservatives Centre-right
L Samlingspartier Favrskov Local politics

Results by polling station

L = Samlingspartiet Favrskov

Division A B C D F I L O V Ø
% % % % % % % % % %
Hadsten Nord 32.6 4.8 22.6 2.9 3.5 1.4 2.5 3.9 20.7 5.0
Hadsten Syd 36.1 6.4 25.0 3.3 3.1 1.0 0.8 2.7 17.8 3.9
Hadbjerg 37.9 2.9 22.6 5.0 2.4 0.9 1.3 3.2 20.5 3.3
Hammel Nord 48.0 2.0 21.9 2.7 2.4 0.5 1.1 3.4 13.5 4.6
Foldby 32.2 12.2 14.1 4.0 5.0 1.5 1.2 5.3 18.1 6.4
Rønbæk/Grundfør 36.1 4.5 15.1 3.2 6.9 0.9 0.5 3.5 23.6 5.7
Hammel Syd 37.9 2.4 20.1 6.8 4.0 0.9 1.4 4.3 15.9 6.2
Haldum-Hinnerup/Vitten 35.9 5.1 13.4 2.2 7.8 1.3 1.2 2.7 24.2 6.1
Ulstrup 23.0 1.0 42.2 3.7 2.3 0.5 0.9 2.1 21.4 2.9
Thorsø/Haurum/Sall 30.3 1.2 29.4 5.5 2.3 0.6 1.1 4.9 21.0 3.7
Laurbjerg/Houlbjerg 30.0 2.3 9.5 3.6 3.2 0.8 1.1 4.3 38.1 7.1
Søften 35.4 4.5 17.9 2.3 4.7 0.9 0.7 3.2 27.8 2.6
Lading 33.5 4.5 10.9 5.3 3.1 1.5 1.6 3.4 28.4 7.8
Voldum 29.9 1.1 8.0 6.2 1.8 1.0 1.6 5.1 42.0 3.4

Results

Party Votes % +/- Seats +/-
Favrskov Municipality
A Social Democrats 9,478 35.59 -7.49 9 -2
V Venstre 5,757 21.62 -8.07 5 -4
C Conservatives 5,653 21.23 +14.73 6 +4
Ø Red-Green Alliance 1,254 4.71 +1.38 1 0
F Green Left 1,048 3.94 +1.14 1 0
B Social Liberals 1,007 3.78 +1.45 1 +1
D New Right 942 3.54 +2.92 1 +1
O Danish People's Party 935 3.51 -3.05 1 0
L Samlingspartiet Favrskov 316 1.19 New 0 New
I Liberal Alliance 239 0.90 -1.86 0 0
Total 26,629 100 N/A 25 N/A
Invalid votes 54 0.15 0.0
Blank votes 317 0.86 +0.16
Turnout 27,000 73.11 -2.87
Source: valg.dk

Notes

References

  1. ^ "Favrskov Kommune: Veteran mod debutant i kamp om borgmesterkæden | Nyheder". tvmidtvest (in Danish). Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Samtlige partier bakker op om ny borgmester | Nyheder". tv2ostjylland.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd den 16. november 2021 | Nyheder" (PDF). dst (in Danish). Retrieved 6 September 2023.