2021 Brøndby municipal election

2021 Brøndby municipal election

16 November 2021
All 19 seats to the Brøndby Municipal Council 10 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	15,430 (55.5%) 6.8pp
First party Second party Third party   A C Ø Party Social Democrats Conservatives Red–Green Alliance Last election 11 seat, 52.9% 0 seats, 2.2% 1 seat, 5.8% Seats won 11 2 1 Seat change 0 2 0 Popular vote 8,104 1,146 1,185 Percentage 53.5% 7.6% 7.8% Swing 0.6% 5.4% 2%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   V F O Party Venstre Green Left Danish People's Party Last election 2 seats, 10.0% 1 seat, 5.2% 3 seats, 14.1% Seats won 1 1 1 Seat change 1 0 2 Popular vote 992 941 914 Percentage 6.6% 6.2% 6.0% Swing 3.4% 1.0% 8.1%   Seventh party Eighth party   B D Party Danish Social Liberal Party New Right Last election 1 seat, 3.2% 0 seats, 0.7% Seats won 1 1 Seat change 0 1 Popular vote 800 715 Percentage 5.3% 4.7% Swing 2.1% 4%
Mayor before election Kent Max Magelund Social Democrats Mayor after election Kent Max Magelund Social Democrats

Brøndby Municipality has in its history been a strong area for parties of the red bloc. In the 2019 Danish general election, it was the municipality where the bloc received the 3rd highest percentage of votes. Since 1966, the Social Democrats had held the mayor's position, and had won an absolute majority in all but one election from 1981 to 2017.

In the 2017 election, the Social Democrats had won 11 seats, and the absolute majority made Kent Max Magelund mayor.

In this election, once again the Social Democrats would become the largest party and win an absolute majority. Therefore Kent Max Magelund was set to be mayor for his 2nd full term

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. Brøndby Municipality had 19 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
New Right	Right-wing
Liberal Alliance	Centre-right to Right-wing
Danish People's Party	Right-wing
Venstre	Centre-right

Electoral Alliance 2

Party	Political Position
Danish Social Liberal Party	Centre to Centre-left
Green Left	Centre-left to Left-wing
Red–Green Alliance	Left-wing to Far-left

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Brøndby Municipality
	Social Democrats	8,104	53.50	11	0
	Red–Green Alliance	1,185	7.82	1	0
	Conservatives	1,146	7.56	2	+2
	Venstre	992	6.55	1	-1
	Green Left	941	6.21	1	0
	Danish People's Party	914	6.03	1	-2
	Danish Social Liberal Party	800	5.28	1	0
	New Right	715	4.72	1	+1
	Liberal Alliance	269	1.78	0	0
	Freedom List	83	0.55	0	New
Total		15,149	100.00	19	0
Valid votes		15,149	98.18
Invalid votes		98	0.64
Blank votes		183	1.19
Total votes		15,430	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		27,790	55.52
Source: KMD