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Local elections were held in Denmark on 17 November 2009. Councils were elected in Denmark's 98 municipalities and the five regions. 2468 seats were contested in the municipal elections (previous election: 2522 seats). 205 seats were contested in the regional elections.
The electoral details are laid down in the municipal and regional electoral act. [1] The elections are overseen by the Ministry of the Interior. [2]
The Ministry of interior informed that voter turnout was 65.7%. The regions are not municipalities, and are not allowed to levy any taxes, but are financed only through block grants from the central government and the municipalities within each region. The results of the regional elections: [3]
| Party | Seats | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) | 68 |  9 |
| V | Venstre (Venstre) | 54 | 6 |
| F | Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti) | 32 |  20 |
| C | Conservative People's Party (Konservative Folkeparti) | 20 |  0 |
| O | Danish People's Party (Dansk Folkeparti) | 19 | 5 |
| B | Danish Social Liberal Party (Radikale Venstre) | 7 | 4 |
| Ø | Red-Green Alliance (Enhedslisten) | 2 | 4 |
| Others | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 205 | ||
The Ministry of the Interior stated that voter turnout was 65.8%. The results of the municipal elections: [4]
| Sum of 98 local elections | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Share of vote | Seats | |||
| Percent | Change | Number | Change | ||
| A | Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) | 30.3 % | -3.6 % | 801 | 99 |
| V | Venstre (Venstre) | 24.5 % | -2.7 % | 699 | 105 |
| F | Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti) | 14.3 % | +7.0 % | 340 | 178 |
| C | Conservative People's Party (Konservative Folkeparti) | 10.9 % | +0.8 % | 262 | 5 |
| O | Danish People's Party (Dansk Folkeparti) | 8.0 % | +2.2 % | 186 | 61 |
| B | Danish Social Liberal Party (Radikale Venstre) | 3.7 % | -1.4 % | 50 | 36 |
| Ø | Red-Green Alliance (Enhedslisten) | 2.3 % | -0.4 % | 14 | 10 |
| K | Christian Democrats (Kristendemokraterne) | 0.4 % | -0.6 % | 6 | 9 |
| S | Schleswig Party (Slesvigsk Parti) | 0.2% | +0.1 % | 6 | 2 |
| I | Liberal Alliance (Liberal Alliance) | 0.3 % | New | 1 | New |
| Others | 4.0 % | -2.6 % | 103 | 42 | |
| Total | 2,468 | 54 | |||
The mayors (Danish: borgmester; plural: borgmestre) of the 98 municipalities heads the council meetings and is the chairman of the finance committee in each of their respective municipalities. Only in Copenhagen, this mayor – the head of the finance committee and council meetings – is called the lord mayor (Danish: overborgmester).
| Mayors after the election | |||
| Party | Number | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democrats | 49 | 4 | |
| Venstre | 31 | 6 | |
| Conservative People's Party | 12 | 2 | |
| Local parties | 4 | 1 | |
| Socialist People's Party | 2 | 2 | |
| Danish Social Liberal Party | 0 | 1 | |
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