2021 Skanderborg municipal election

2021 Skanderborg municipal election

16 November 2021
All 29 seats to the Skanderborg Municipal Council 15 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	35,504 (74.3%) 3.5pp
First party Second party Third party   A V C Party Social Democrats Venstre Conservatives Last election 11 seats, 36.8% 8 seats, 24.4% 1 seat, 5.2% Seats won 10 7 4 Seat change 1 1 3 Popular vote 10,512 8,418 4,458 Percentage 30.0% 24.0% 12.7% Swing 6.8% 0.4% 7.5%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   F B O Party Green Left Danish Social Liberal Party Danish People's Party Last election 2 seats, 6.8% 2 seats, 6.6% 3 seats, 8.8% Seats won 2 2 1 Seat change 0 0 2 Popular vote 3,024 2,642 1,520 Percentage 8.6% 7.6% 4.3% Swing 1.8% 1.0% 4.5%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   Ø D Å Party Red–Green Alliance The New Right The Alternative Last election 1 seat, 4.2% 0 seats, 0.8% 1 seat, 3.4% Seats won 1 1 1 Seat change 0 1 0 Popular vote 1,511 1,299 808 Percentage 4.3% 3.7% 2.3% Swing 0.1% 2.9% 1.1%
Mayor before election Jørgen Gaarde Social Democrats Mayor after election Frands Fischer Social Democrats

Since the first election following the 2007 municipal reform, Jørgen Gaarde from the Social Democrats had been mayor of Skanderborg Municipality. This was until 2019 when he announced he was resigning and that Frands Fischer would take over.

In this election, the Social Democrats suffered the highest decrease in total vote share, and lost a seat. However the traditional red bloc won 16 seats, and eventually it was announced that Frands Fischer would continue 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. Skanderborg Municipality had 29 seats in 2021

Unlike in Danish General Elections, in elections to municipal councils, electoral alliances are allowed.

Electoral alliances

Source

Electoral Alliance 1

Party	Political Position
Hanne Stender Damkjær	Local Party
Red–Green Alliance	Left-wing to Far-left
The Alternative	Centre-left to Left-wing

Electoral Alliance 2

Electoral Alliance 3

Electoral Alliance 4

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Skanderborg Municipality
	Social Democrats	10,512	30.04	10	-1
	Venstre	8,418	24.05	7	-1
	Conservatives	4,458	12.74	4	+3
	Green Left	3,024	8.64	2	0
	Danish Social Liberal Party	2,642	7.55	2	0
	Danish People's Party	1,520	4.34	1	-2
	Red–Green Alliance	1,511	4.32	1	0
	The New Right	1,299	3.71	1	+1
	The Alternative	808	2.31	1	0
	Liberal Alliance	713	2.04	0	0
	Hanne Stender Damkjær	92	0.26	0	New
Total		34,997	100.00	29	0
Valid votes		34,997	98.57
Invalid votes		107	0.30
Blank votes		400	1.13
Total votes		35,504	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		47,757	74.34
Source: KMD