2021 Stevns municipal election

2021 Stevns municipal election

16 November 2021
All 19 seats to the Stevns Municipal Council 10 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	13,678 (74.8%) 2.8pp
First party Second party Third party   A V C Party Social Democrats Venstre Conservatives Last election 6 seats, 27.3% 4 seats, 19.5% 2 seats, 9.2% Seats won 5 5 3 Seat change 1 1 1 Popular vote 3,141 3,054 1,741 Percentage 24.5% 23.8% 13.6% Swing 2.8% 4.3% 4.4%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   N O Ø Party Nyt Stevns Danish People's Party Red–Green Alliance Last election 2 seats, 12.4% 2 seats, 12.0% 2 seats, 6.2% Seats won 2 1 1 Seat change 0 1 1 Popular vote 1,182 886 839 Percentage 9.2% 6.9% 6.6% Swing 3.2% 5.1% 0.4%   Seventh party Eighth party   B F Party Danish Social Liberal Party Green Left Last election 1 seat, 5.9% 0 seats, 2.6% Seats won 1 1 Seat change 0 1 Popular vote 720 682 Percentage 5.6% 5.3% Swing 0.3% 2.7%
Mayor before election Anette Mortensen Venstre Mayor after election Henning Urban Dam Social Democrats

Ever since the 2007 municipal reform, Venstre had held the mayor's position in Stevns Municipality. Despite only winning 4 seats, 2 less than largest party Social Democrats, in the 2017 election, they had manage to secure the mayor's position.

In this election, the Social Democrats would lose a seat while Venstre would gain a seat, making them equally large for the first time. However, local party Nyt Stevns won 2 seats, and could be decisive, as no bloc had a majority themselves. However, Venstre surprisingly, without citing exactly why, decided to support Henning Urban Dam from the Social Democrats as mayor. This deal included Anette Mortensen from Venstre becoming deputy 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. Stevns Municipality had 19 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	+/–
Stevns Municipality
	Social Democrats	3,141	24.52	5	-1
	Venstre	3,054	23.84	5	+1
	Conservatives	1,741	13.59	3	+1
	Nyt Stevns	1,182	9.23	0	0
	Danish People's Party	886	6.92	1	-1
	Red–Green Alliance	839	6.55	1	-1
	Danish Social Liberal Party	720	5.62	1	0
	Green Left	682	5.32	1	+1
	New Right	452	3.53	0	0
	Liberal Alliance	113	0.88	0	New
Total		12,810	100.00	17	0
Valid votes		12,810	98.06
Invalid votes		69	0.53
Blank votes		184	1.41
Total votes		13,063	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		18,957	68.91
Source: KMD