2021 Billund municipal election

2021 Billund municipal election

16 November 2021
All 25 seats to the Billund Municipal Council 13 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	14,182 (68.3%) 4.5pp
First party Second party Third party   V A C Party Venstre Social Democrats Conservatives Last election 10 seats, 36.5% 7 seats, 27.9% 1 seat, 6.1% Seats won 10 9 3 Seat change 0 2 2 Popular vote 5,267 4,455 1,351 Percentage 37.8% 32% 9.7% Swing 1.3% 4.1% 3.6%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   O L B Party Danish People's Party Lokalpolitisk Forum Danish Social Liberal Party Last election 3 seats, 11.4% Did Not Stand 2 seats, 7.7% Seats won 2 1 0 Seat change 1 1 2 Popular vote 1,240 588 222 Percentage 8.9% 2.6% 1.6% Swing 2.5% New 6.1%
Mayor before election Ib Kristensen Venstre Mayor after election Stephanie Storbank Venstre

Billund Municipality can be categorized as a quite blue municipality, having voted for parties of the blue bloc by 65%, the fifth most of the 98 municipalities in Denmark, in the 2019 Danish general election.

Ib Kristensen from Venstre had been mayor of Billund Municipality ever since the 2007 municipal reform. However, in September 2020, he announced that he would not stand for re-election, stating that he saw himself as too old. Already in November 2020, 37-year old Stephanie Storbank could announce that she had the support to become the new mayor candidate for Venstre in the election the following year.

In the election result, Venstre would increase their vote share by 1.3% and once again become the biggest party, although they didn't win any new seats. It was later announced that Venstre and the Social Democrats, who together had won 17 of the 25 seats, had reached an agreement that would see Stephanie Storbank become the new mayor.

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. Billund Municipality had 25 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

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

Electoral Alliance 3

Party	Political Position
Lokapolitisk Forum	Local Party
Danish People's Party	Right-wing

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Billund Municipality
	Venstre	5,267	37.78	10	0
	Social Democrats	4,455	31.95	9	+2
	Conservatives	1,351	9.69	3	+2
	Danish People's Party	1,240	8.89	2	-1
	Lokapolitisk Forum	784	5.62	1	New
	The New Right	322	2.31	0	New
	Danish Social Liberal Party	222	1.59	0	-2
	Christian Democrats	178	1.28	0	New
	Green Left	123	0.88	0	0
Total		13,942	100.00	25	0
Valid votes		13,942	98.31
Invalid votes		85	0.60
Blank votes		155	1.09
Total votes		14,182	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		20,754	68.33
Source: KMD