2021 Varde municipal election

2021 Varde municipal election

16 November 2021
All 25 seats to the Varde Municipal Council 13 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	26,944 (68.4%) 4.0pp
First party Second party Third party   V A C Party Venstre Social Democrats Conservatives Last election 12 seats, 42.0% 6 seats, 18.9% 1 seat, 6.8% Seats won 10 6 5 Seat change 2 0 4 Popular vote 10,351 5,461 4,325 Percentage 39.1% 20.6% 16.3% Swing 2.9% 1.7% 9.5%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   D O K Party The New Right Danish People's Party Christian Democrats Last election Did Not Stand 2 seats, 10.3% 0 seats, 0.5% Seats won 1 1 1 Seat change 1 1 1 Popular vote 1,220 1,196 856 Percentage 4.6% 4.5% 3.2% Swing New 5.8% 2.7%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   F B L Party Green Left Danish Social Liberal Party Lokallisten 2017 Last election 0 seats, 1.9% 1 seat, 3.7% 2 seats, 8.7% Seats won 1 0 0 Seat change 1 1 2 Popular vote 821 800 284 Percentage 3.1% 3.0% 1.1% Swing 1.2% 0.7% 7.6%
Mayor before election Erik Buhl Venstre Mayor after election Mads Sørensen Venstre

Varde was the municipality where the traditional blue bloc got the 4th highest % of vote share in the 2019 Danish general election. Venstre had won a majority of seats in 2009 and 2013, but had come one short in 2017, although they still had managed to find a majority that would support them holding the mayor position.

In 2020, Erik Buhl Nielsen from Venstre, who had been mayor for the last 2 terms, announced that would not stand for a third term. Instead Mads Sørensen would be the candidate from Venstre. He would succeed in being elected for the mayor position, despite Venstre losing 2 seats, and thus receiving their worst election result since the 2007 municipal reform. The traditional blue bloc itself would gain 2 seats.

The Christian Democrats would win its first seat in the municipality since the 2007 municipal reform, and it would be the only seat they would win in a municipality from the South Jutland constituency.

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. Varde Municipality had 25 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
Social Democrats	Centre-left
Danish Social Liberal Party	Centre to Centre-left

Electoral Alliance 2

Party	Political Position
E-Borgergruppen	Local Party
Lokallisten 2017	Local Party

Electoral Alliance 3

Party	Political Position
Green Left	Centre-left to Left-wing
Red–Green Alliance	Left-wing to Far-left

Electoral Alliance 4

Party	Political Position
Conservatives	Centre-right
The New Right	Right-wing
Liberal Alliance	Centre-right to Right-wing
Christian Democrats	Centre to Centre-right
Danish People's Party	Right-wing

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Varde Municipality
	Venstre	10,351	39.10	10	-2
	Social Democrats	5,461	20.63	6	0
	Conservatives	4,325	16.34	5	+4
	The New Right	1,220	4.61	1	New
	Danish People's Party	1,196	4.52	1	-1
	Christian Democrats	856	3.23	1	+1
	Green Left	821	3.10	1	+1
	Danish Social Liberal Party	800	3.02	0	-1
	Udvikingslisten	397	1.50	0	New
	E-Borgergruppen	346	1.31	0	New
	Lokallisten 2017	284	1.07	0	-2
	Red–Green Alliance	240	0.91	0	0
	Liberal Alliance	177	0.67	0	-1
Total		26,474	100.00	25	0
Valid votes		26,474	98.26
Invalid votes		138	0.51
Blank votes		332	1.23
Total votes		26,944	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		39,382	68.42
Source: KMD