2021 Slagelse municipal election

2021 Slagelse municipal election

16 November 2021
All 31 seats to the Slagelse Municipal Council 16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	41,044 (63.7%) 5.9pp
First party Second party Third party   V A C Party Venstre Social Democrats Conservatives Last election 10 seats, 29.1% 12 seats, 34.6% 0 seats, 2.2% Seats won 11 9 3 Seat change 1 3 3 Popular vote 13,507 11,228 3,566 Percentage 33.6% 27.9% 8.9% Swing 4.5% 6.7% 6.7%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   D F B Party New Right Green Left Danish Social Liberal Party Last election 0 seats, 2.5% 2 seats, 6.0% 1 seat, 2.8% Seats won 2 2 2 Seat change 2 0 1 Popular vote 2,814 2,530 1,932 Percentage 7.0% 6.3% 4.8% Swing 4.5% 0.3% 2%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   O Ø I Party Danish People's Party Red–Green Alliance Liberal Alliance Last election 4 seats, 13.6% 1 seat, 4.2% 1 seat, 2.7% Seats won 1 1 0 Seat change 3 0 1 Popular vote 2,174 1,640 409 Percentage 5.4% 4.1% 1.0% Swing 8.2% 0.1% 1.7%
Mayor before election John Dyrby Paulsen Social Democrats Mayor after election Knud Vincents Venstre

Following the last two elections in the municipality, a change of the party holding mayor's position had occurred.

In the last election, a dramatic deal that would see the Social Democrats and Liberal Alliance split the term in two periods, had been agreed upon. However Liberal Alliance decided to not take on the mayor's position, in the last two years as agreed.

In this election, Venstre would become the largest party for the first time in the municipality's history. They would win 11 seats, an increase of 1 compared to 2017. Danish Social Liberal Party, the Conservatives and Venstre would eventually come to an agreement that would see Knud Vincents from Venstre become the new mayor of the municipality.

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. Slagelse Municipality had 31 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

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Slagelse Municipality
	Venstre	13,507	33.56	11	+1
	Social Democrats	11,228	27.90	9	-3
	Conservatives	3,566	8.86	3	+3
	New Right	2,814	6.99	2	+2
	Green Left	2,530	6.29	2	0
	Danish People's Party	2,174	5.40	1	-3
	Danish Social Liberal Party	1,932	4.80	2	+1
	Red–Green Alliance	1,640	4.07	1	0
	Liberal Alliance	409	1.02	0	-1
	Vegan Party	235	0.58	0	New
	Christian Democrats	119	0.30	0	New
	Frihedslisten	94	0.23	0	New
Total		40,248	100.00	31	0
Valid votes		40,248	98.06
Invalid votes		123	0.30
Blank votes		673	1.64
Total votes		41,044	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		64,466	63.67
Source: KMD