2021 Aabenraa municipal election

2021 Aabenraa municipal election

16 November 2021
All 31 seats to the Aabenraa Municipal Council 16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	31,175 (66.5%) 5.2 pp
First party Second party Third party   V A C Party Venstre Social Democrats Conservatives Last election 11 seats, 33.5% 9 seats, 29.0% 2 seats, 4.9% Seats won 11 9 4 Seat change 0 0 2 Popular vote 10,250 8,678 3,544 Percentage 33.4% 28.3% 11.6% Swing 0.1 points 0.7 points 6.7 points   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   S D O Party Schleswig Party The New Right Danish People's Party Last election 2 seats, 6.1% 0 seats, 2.1% 5 seats, 14.4% Seats won 2 2 2 Seat change 0 2 3 Popular vote 2,257 2,045 1,796 Percentage 7.4% 6.7% 5.9% Swing 1.3 points 4.6 points 8.5 points   Seventh party Eighth party   F Ø Party Green Left Red–Green Alliance Last election 1 seat, 2.3% 1 seat, 3.0% Seats won 1 0 Seat change 0 1 Popular vote 997 523 Percentage 3.2% 1.7% Swing 0.9 points 1.3 points
Mayor before election Thomas Andersen Venstre Mayor after election Jan Riber Jakobsen Conservatives

Since 2014, Thomas Andersen from Venstre had been mayor of Aabenraa Municipality. He would stand to be re-elected. Venstre became the biggest party for the third election in a row, and kept 11 seats. After the election, the Conservatives and The New Right, who both gained 2 seats, attempted to find a majority outside of Venstre. As time passed, the Social Democrats, the Green Left and Schleswig Party would join in, while Danish People's Party chose to stand out. An agreement, consisting of parties along the political spectrum, was reached between the Social Democrats, the Conservatives, the Green Left and The New Right, which would see Jan Riber Jakobsen from the Conservatives become mayor, despite the party only winning 11.6% of the vote.

This would mark the first time since the 2007 municipal reform, that a municipality in the South Jutland constituency would have a mayor from the Conservatives. It was one of three municipalities in the constituency where the Conservatives had mayor's elected in the 2021

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. Aabenraa 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
Conservatives	Centre-right
The New Right	Right-wing
Liberal Alliance	Centre-right to Right-wing

Electoral alliance 2

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

Electoral alliance 3

Party	Political position
Christian Democrats	Centre to centre-right
Schleswig Party	Regional Party / Centre
The Alternative	Centre-left to left-wing

Electoral alliance 4

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

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Aabenraa Municipality
	Venstre	10,250	33.44	11	0
	Social Democrats	8,678	28.31	9	0
	Conservatives	3,544	11.56	4	+2
	Schleswig Party	2,257	7.36	2	0
	The New Right	2,045	6.67	2	+2
	Danish People's Party	1,796	5.86	2	-3
	Green Left	997	3.25	1	0
	Red–Green Alliance	523	1.71	0	-1
	Christian Democrats	232	0.76	0	0
	Liberal Alliance	173	0.56	0	0
	The Alternative	160	0.52	0	0
Total		30,655	100.00	31	0
Valid votes		30,655	98.33
Invalid votes		138	0.44
Blank votes		382	1.23
Total votes		31,175	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		46,849	66.54
Source: KMD