2021 Køge municipal election

2021 Køge municipal election

16 November 2021
All 27 seats to the Køge Municipal Council 14 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	33,418 (68.4%) 4.2pp
First party Second party Third party   A V C Party Social Democrats Venstre Conservatives Last election 10 seats, 33.1% 6 seats, 20.4% 4 seats, 14.7% Seats won 10 6 5 Seat change 0 0 1 Popular vote 10,429 7,532 5,508 Percentage 31.8% 22.9% 16.8% Swing 1.3% 2.5% 2.1%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   F B Ø Party Green Left Danish Social Liberal Party Red–Green Alliance Last election 3 seats, 10.2% 0 seats, 1.4% 1 seat, 4.6% Seats won 2 1 1 Seat change 1 1 0 Popular vote 2,909 1,841 1,426 Percentage 8.9% 5.6% 4.3% Swing 1.3% 4.2% 0.3%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   D O I Party New Right Danish People's Party Liberal Alliance Last election 0 seats, 1.7% 2 seats, 8.5% 1 seat, 2.9% Seats won 1 1 0 Seat change 1 1 1 Popular vote 1,305 1,262 356 Percentage 4.0% 3.8% 1.1% Swing 2.3% 4.7% 1.8%
Mayor before election Marie Stærke Social Democrats Mayor after election Marie Stærke Social Democrats

For this election, Marie Stærke from the Social Democrats was seeking re-election and a fourth term, after having won the mayor's position following the last election.

In the election result, the Social Democrats would be the largest party with 10 seats against second-place Venstre who won 6 seats. Eventually Venstre ended giviving up on winning the mayor's position. Instead they reached an untraditional agreement with the Social Democrats, that would have Marie Stærke continue as mayor. Other parties in the agreement, included - the Green Left, Danish People's Party and the Red–Green Alliance.

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. Køge 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

Electoral Alliance 3

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

Electoral Alliance 4

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Køge Municipality
	Social Democrats	10,429	31.76	10	0
	Venstre	7,532	22.94	6	0
	Conservatives	5,508	16.77	5	+1
	Green Left	2,909	8.86	2	-1
	Danish Social Liberal Party	1,841	5.61	1	+1
	Red–Green Alliance	1,426	4.34	1	0
	New Right	1,305	3.97	1	+1
	Danish People's Party	1,262	3.84	1	-1
	Liberal Alliance	356	1.08	0	-1
	The Alternative	193	0.59	0	0
	Christian Democrats	78	0.24	0	0
Total		32,839	100.00	27	0
Valid votes		32,839	98.27
Invalid votes		124	0.37
Blank votes		455	1.36
Total votes		33,418	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		48,839	68.42
Source: KMD