2021 Fredensborg municipal election

2021 Fredensborg municipal election

16 November 2021
All 27 seats to the Fredensborg Municipal Council 14 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	22,432 (70.0%) 3.2pp
First party Second party Third party   A C V Party Social Democrats Conservatives Venstre Last election 10 seats, 31.6% 2 seats, 8.5% 7 seats, 21.7% Seats won 8 7 5 Seat change 2 5 2 Popular vote 6,529 4,860 3,492 Percentage 29.5% 22.0% 15.8% Swing 2.1% 13.5% 5.9%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   B F D Party Danish Social Liberal Party Green Left New Right Last election 3 seats, 10.0% 1 seat, 5.4% 0 seats, 1.4% Seats won 3 2 1 Seat change 0 1 1 Popular vote 2,534 1,694 1,024 Percentage 11.4% 7.6% 4.6% Swing 1.4% 2.2% 3.2%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   Ø O I Party Red–Green Alliance Danish People's Party Liberal Alliance Last election 1 seat, 2.8% 2 seats, 7.0% 1 seat, 6.2% Seats won 1 0 0 Seat change 0 2 1 Popular vote 641 532 507 Percentage 2.9% 2.4% 2.3% Swing 0.1% 4.6% 3.9%
Mayor before election Thomas Lykke Pedersen Social Democrats Mayor after election Thomas Lykke Pedersen Social Democrats

Counting from the first election that was held since the 2007 municipal reform, all elections had resulted in the Social Democrats winning the mayor's position.

In the 2017 election, the Social Democrats had become the largest party with 10 seats. They would also secure the mayor's position for a third term

In this election, the Conservatives would for the first time in their history become the largest blue party of a municipal election in the municipality. However, Thomas Lykke Pedersen from the Social Democrats, incumbent mayor, managed to secure a 4th term with support of the red bloc parties.

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. Fredensborg 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

Electoral Alliance 2

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Fredensborg Municipality
	Social Democrats	6,529	29.50	8	-2
	Conservatives	4,860	21.96	7	+5
	Venstre	3,492	15.78	5	-2
	Danish Social Liberal Party	2,534	11.45	3	0
	Green Left	1,694	7.65	2	+1
	New Right	1,024	4.63	1	+1
	Red–Green Alliance	641	2.90	1	0
	Danish People's Party	532	2.40	0	-2
	Liberal Alliance	507	2.29	0	-1
	The Alternative	209	0.94	0	0
	Christian Democrats	87	0.39	0	New
	Marie Mynche	22	0.10	0	New
Total		22,131	100.00	27	0
Valid votes		22,131	98.66
Invalid votes		54	0.24
Blank votes		247	1.10
Total votes		22,432	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		32,049	69.99
Source: KMD