2021 Hillerød municipal election

2021 Hillerød municipal election

16 November 2021
All 19 seats to the Hillerød Municipal Council 10 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	28,818 (69.5%) 4.7pp
First party Second party Third party   A V C Party Social Democrats Venstre Conservatives Last election 9 seats, 28.7% 10 seats, 33.9% 1 seat, 5.6% Seats won 7 6 5 Seat change 2 4 4 Popular vote 6,981 6,118 4,503 Percentage 24.6% 21.6% 15.9% Swing 4.1% 12.3% 10.3%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   F B Ø Party Green Left Danish Social Liberal Party Red–Green Alliance Last election 2 seats, 6.5% 2 seats, 5.7% 1 seat, 5.9% Seats won 4 2 1 Seat change 2 0 0 Popular vote 3,789 1,768 1,865 Percentage 13.4% 6.2% 6.6% Swing 6.9% 0.5% 0.7%   Seventh party Eighth party   D O Party New Right Danish People's Party Last election 1 seat, 3.6% 1 seat, 4.6% Seats won 1 1 Seat change 0 0 Popular vote 1,345 1,237 Percentage 4.8% 4.4% Swing 1.2% 0.2%
Mayor before election Kirsten Jensen Social Democrats Mayor after election Kirsten Jensen Social Democrats

In the 2017 election, the Social Democrats had won the mayor's position, a gain from the Conservatives who had held it in the previous term.

In this election, the Social Democrats and Venstre would both suffer 2 and 4 seat losses respectively. Green Left and Conservatives would on the other hand, gain 2 and 4 seats respectively. The election result still saw a slim red bloc majority however, and this helped Kirsten Jensen secure a 3rd full term as 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. Hillerød 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

Electoral Alliance 2

Electoral Alliance 3

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

Electoral Alliance 4

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

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Hillerød Municipality
	Social Democrats	6,981	24.65	7	-2
	Venstre	6,118	21.60	6	-4
	Conservatives	4,503	15.90	5	+4
	Green Left	3,789	13.38	4	+2
	Red–Green Alliance	1,865	6.59	1	0
	Danish Social Liberal Party	1,768	6.24	2	0
	New Right	1,345	4.75	1	0
	Danish People's Party	1,237	4.37	1	0
	Liberal Alliance	443	1.56	0	0
	Christian Democrats	174	0.61	0	0
	Freedom List	98	0.35	0	New
Total		28,321	100.00	27	0
Valid votes		28,321	98.28
Invalid votes		90	0.31
Blank votes		407	1.41
Total votes		28,818	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		41,439	69.54
Source: KMD