2021 Gladsaxe municipal election

2021 Gladsaxe municipal election

16 November 2021
All 25 seats to the Gladsaxe Municipal Council 13 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	32,874 (62.4%) 3.3pp
First party Second party Third party   A V C Party Social Democrats Venstre Conservatives Last election 10 seats, 36% 5 seats, 15.1% 1 seat, 7.3% Seats won 8 4 3 Seat change 2 1 2 Popular vote 10,633 4,254 3,763 Percentage 32.9% 13.2% 11.7% Swing 3.1% 1.9% 4.4%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   F Ø B Party Green Left Red–Green Alliance Danish Social Liberal Party Last election 2 seats, 10.0% 3 seats, 10.4% 2 seats, 6.9% Seats won 3 3 2 Seat change 1 0 0 Popular vote 3,673 3,426 2,471 Percentage 11.4% 10.6% 7.7% Swing 1.4% 0.2% 0.8%   Seventh party Eighth party   L O Party Lokalisten Gladsaxe Danish People's Party Last election Did Not Stand 2 seats, 8,4% Seats won 1 1 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 1,250 1,103 Percentage 3.9% 3.4% Swing New 5.0%
Mayor before election Trine Græse Social Democrats Mayor after election Trine Græse Social Democrats

Gladsaxe 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 5th highest % of votes. Locally, the Social Democrats had held the mayor's position all years from 1913 and on.

In the 2017 election, the Social Democrats had won 10 seats, and kept its unbeaten streak as the largest party in the council. Trine Græse from the party would eventually become the mayor.

In this election, the Social Democrats would once again become the largest party, although they lost 2 seats. The traditional red bloc won 16 seats, and this meant Trine Græse had good chances to continue. It would eventually be confirmed that she could continue as the mayor, after the Social Democrats reached an agreement with the Danish Social Liberal Party and the Green Left

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. Gladsaxe 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

Electoral Alliance 2

Electoral Alliance 3

Party	Political Position
Christian Democrats	Centre to Centre-right
Lokallisten Gladsaxe	Local Party
Red–Green Alliance	Left-wing to Far-left

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Gladsaxe Municipality
	Social Democrats	10,633	32.94	8	-2
	Venstre	4,254	13.18	4	-1
	Conservatives	3,763	11.66	3	+2
	Green Left	3,673	11.38	3	+1
	Red–Green Alliance	3,426	10.61	3	0
	Danish Social Liberal Party	2,471	7.66	2	0
	Lokallisten Gladsaxe	1,250	3.87	1	New
	Danish People's Party	1,103	3.42	1	-1
	New Right	1,010	3.13	0	0
	Liberal Alliance	494	1.53	0	0
	Christian Democrats	134	0.42	0	New
	Sahar Aslani	66	0.20	0	New
Total		32,277	100.00	25	0
Valid votes		32,277	98.18
Invalid votes		161	0.49
Blank votes		436	1.33
Total votes		32,874	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		52,661	62.43
Source: KMD