2021 Hvidovre municipal election

2021 Hvidovre municipal election

16 November 2021
All 21 seats to the Hvidovre Municipal Council 11 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	24,912 (60.8%) 5.1pp
First party Second party Third party   A C F Party Social Democrats Conservatives Green Left Last election 8 seats, 33,8% 2 seats, 7.8% 3 seats, 10.6% Seats won 7 4 4 Seat change 1 2 1 Popular vote 8,535 4,010 3,800 Percentage 34.9% 16.4% 15.5% Swing 1.1% 8.6% 4.9%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   H V O Party Hvidovrelisten Venstre Danish People's Party Last election 2 seats, 9.8% 2 seats, 8.1% 3 seats, 13.8% Seats won 2 1 1 Seat change 0 1 2 Popular vote 1,685 1,472 1,450 Percentage 6.9% 6.0% 5.9% Swing 2.9% 2.1% 7.9%   Seventh party Eighth party   Ø D Party Red–Green Alliance New Right Last election 1 seat, 5.9% 0 seats, 1.3% Seats won 1 1 Seat change 0 1 Popular vote 1,310 866 Percentage 5.4% 3.5% Swing 0.5% 2.2%
Mayor before election Helle Moesgaard Adelborg Social Democrats Mayor after election Anders Wolf Andresen Green Left

Ever since 1944, the Social Democrats had held the mayor's position in Hvidovre Municipality.

In the 2017 election, the Social Democrats had won 8 seats and become the largest party. Helle Moesgaard Adelborg would eventually become mayor for her 2nd full term.

In this election, once again it would be the Social Democrats who won the most seats, despite losing a seat. However, the Conservatives, the Green Left, Venstre, the Red–Green Alliance and local party Hvidovrelisten reached an agreement without the Social Democrats. This would see Anders Wolf Andresen from the Green Left secure the mayor's position.

This was 1 of only 2 municipalities in the 2017 elections where the Green Left would win the mayor's position.

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. Hvidovre Municipality had 21 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

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

Electoral Alliance 3

Party	Political Position
New Right	Right-wing
Liberal Alliance	Centre-right to Right-wing
Lokallisten 2650	Local Party

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Hvidovre Municipality
	Social Democrats	8,535	34.87	7	-1
	Conservatives	4,010	16.38	4	+2
	Green Left	3,800	15.52	4	+1
	Hvidovrelisten	1,685	6.88	2	0
	Venstre	1,472	6.01	1	-1
	Danish People's Party	1,450	5.92	1	-2
	Red–Green Alliance	1,310	5.35	1	0
	New Right	866	3.54	1	+1
	Danish Social Liberal Party	725	2.96	0	0
	Lokallisten 2650	279	1.14	0	New
	Liberal Alliance	225	0.92	0	0
	Vegan Party	73	0.30	0	New
	Kommunistisk Liste	49	0.20	0	New
Total		24,479	100.00	21	0
Valid votes		24,479	98.26
Invalid votes		65	0.26
Blank votes		368	1.48
Total votes		24,912	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		40,978	60.79
Source: KMD