2021 Ringsted municipal election

2021 Ringsted municipal election

16 November 2021
All 21 seats to the Ringsted Municipal Council 11 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	18,273 (65.8%) 4.5pp
First party Second party Third party   V C A Party Venstre Conservatives Social Democrats Last election 6 seats, 26.6% 3 seats, 10.6% 5 seats, 24.8% Seats won 6 6 4 Seat change 0 3 1 Popular vote 4,649 4,487 3,761 Percentage 25.9% 25.0% 21.0% Swing 0.7% 14.4% 3.8%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   F Ø D Party Green Left Red–Green Alliance New Right Last election 1 seat, 5.2% 2 seats, 5.4% 0 seats, 1.4% Seats won 2 1 1 Seat change 1 1 1 Popular vote 1,369 1,018 770 Percentage 7.6% 5.7% 4.3% Swing 2.4% 0.3% 2.9%   Seventh party Eighth party   O B Party Danish People's Party Danish Social Liberal Party Last election 3 seats, 16.3% 1 seat, 4.7% Seats won 1 0 Seat change 2 1 Popular vote 674 560 Percentage 3.8% 3.1% Swing 12.5% 1.6%
Mayor before election Henrik Hvidesten Venstre Mayor after election Henrik Hvidesten Venstre

The 2021 Ringsted municipal election took place in Ringsted, Denmark on 16 November 2021 to elect all 21 members of the Ringsted Municipal Council. The three elections that had been held after 2007 where the 2007 municipal reform took effect, had resulted in Venstre becoming the largest party solely and winning the mayor's position.

In 2017, Venstre won 6 seats, and Henrik Hvidesten would secure a 2nd term.

In this election, Henrik Hvidesten would seek a third term. While Venstre would once again with 6 seats with 25.9%, the Conservatives, with 25% of the vote, would also win 6 seats, marking the first time Venstre would fail to being the party that was individually the largest. Henrik Hvidesten would eventually become mayor, after a broad agreement with the Social Democrats, the Green Left and Danish People's Party was reached.

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. Ringsted 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

Electoral Alliance 3

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Ringsted Municipality
	Venstre	4,649	25.92	6	0
	Conservatives	4,487	25.02	6	+3
	Social Democrats	3,761	20.97	4	-1
	Green Left	1,369	7.63	2	+1
	Red–Green Alliance	1,018	5.68	1	-1
	New Right	770	4.29	1	+1
	Danish People's Party	674	3.76	1	-2
	Danish Social Liberal Party	560	3.12	0	-1
	Christian Democrats	436	2.43	0	0
	Liberal Alliance	144	0.80	0	0
	Freedom List	67	0.37	0	New
Total		17,935	100.00	21	0
Valid votes		17,935	98.15
Invalid votes		89	0.49
Blank votes		249	1.36
Total votes		18,273	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		27,766	65.81
Source: KMD