2021 Aarhus municipal election

2021 Aarhus municipal election

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All 31 seats to the Aarhus Municipal Council 16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	196,274 (68.2%) 2.3pp
First party Second party Third party   A C F Party Social Democrats Conservatives Green Left Last election 13 seats, 37.8% 1 seat, 4.2% 3 seats, 9.2% Seats won 10 5 4 Seat change 3 4 1 Popular vote 55,295 28,077 26,439 Percentage 28.7% 14.6% 13.7% Swing 9.1% 10.4% 4.5%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   V Ø B Party Venstre Red–Green Alliance Social Liberals Last election 6 seats, 15.3% 2 seats, 7.2% 2 seats, 8.2% Seats won 4 3 3 Seat change 2 1 1 Popular vote 2,2835 19,044 17,761 Percentage 11.9% 9.9% 9.2% Swing 3.4% 2.7% 1.0%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   D O I Party New Right Danish People's Party Liberal Alliance Last election 0 seats, 1.1% 2 seats, 6.4% 1 seat, 4.1% Seats won 1 1 0 Seat change 1 1 1 Popular vote 6,174 5,252 3,496 Percentage 3.2% 2.7% 1.8% Swing 2.1% 3.7% 2.3%
Result in each polling area
Mayor before election Jacob Bundsgaard Social Democrats Mayor after election Jacob Bundsgaard Social Democrats

Being one of the strongest municipalities for parties of the traditional red bloc, Jacob Bundsgaard from the Social Democrats, who had been mayor since 2014, was expected to be re-elected in this election. In the campaign before the election, Jacob Bundsgaard did remarkably not include his party logo or name on his election posters. ^[1]

However, he would still suffer seat losses similar to those the Social Democrats saw in all 4 largest municipalities of Denmark in the 2021 Danish local elections. ^[2]

As in the 2017 Aarhus municipal election, Jacob Bundsgaard became the person to receive the most personal votes in Denmark as a whole, however he received only 19,279 compared to 39,841 in 2017.

Despite being the biggest party, the Social Democrats lost 3 seats, but the parties of the traditional red bloc won 20 of the 31 seats, and it was later announced that Jacob Bundsgaard would continue as mayor. ^[3]

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. Aarhus Municipality had 31 seats in 2021

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

Electoral alliances

Source ^[4]

Electoral Alliance 1

Party			Political alignment
	A	Social Democrats	Centre-left
	B	Social Liberals	Centre to centre-left
	F	Green Left	Centre-left to left-wing

Electoral Alliance 2

Party			Political alignment
	C	Conservatives	Centre-right
	D	New Right	Right-wing to far-right
	I	Liberal Alliance	Centre-right to right-wing [ clarification needed ]
	K	Christian Democrats	Centre to centre-right
	O	Danish People's Party	Right-wing to far-right
	V	Venstre	Centre-right

Electoral Alliance 3

Party			Political alignment
	G	Vegan Party	Single-issue
	J	De Grønne	Local politics
	Ø	Red–Green Alliance	Left-wing to far-Left
	Å	The Alternative	Centre-left to left-wing

Results by polling station

(This list only includes selected parties)
H = Trivsel og Reel Borgerinddragelse
J = De Grønne
R = Kommunisterne
U = Bedre Aarhus
Æ = Egalitært Folkeparti

Division	A	B	C	D	F	G	I	H	J	K	O	R	U	V	Y	Æ	Ø	Å
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Frederiksbjerg Hallerne	25.6	10.8	16.2	2.0	13.6	0.4	1.9	0.5	0.3	0.6	1.5	0.1	0.2	11.7	0.1	0.0	12.4	2.1
Lokalcenter Fr.Bjerg/Langenæs	30.2	11.6	12.3	2.5	13.1	0.7	2.0	0.4	0.2	0.8	2.4	0.1	0.2	9.4	0.2	0.1	12.2	1.6
Rundhøjhallen, Holme	32.6	6.3	16.8	4.2	12.0	0.5	1.0	0.5	0.2	0.5	3.0	0.1	0.3	12.2	0.2	0.0	8.7	0.9
Kragelundskolen, Højbjerg	27.8	9.1	16.8	2.8	12.5	0.4	1.4	0.6	0.3	0.7	2.6	0.0	0.3	13.6	0.5	0.0	9.3	1.3
Tranbjerg Skole	38.4	4.8	13.6	4.8	11.4	0.4	1.5	0.6	0.1	0.6	5.9	0.1	0.1	13.0	0.1	0.0	4.0	0.6
Rosenvangskolen, Viby J	30.1	8.0	19.3	3.2	12.9	0.3	1.6	0.8	0.2	0.5	2.5	0.0	0.3	10.7	0.1	0.0	8.2	1.0
Viby Hallen	35.4	7.5	13.9	3.7	11.1	0.6	2.1	0.7	0.3	0.7	3.6	0.1	0.2	9.2	0.1	0.1	9.3	1.3
Beder Skole	33.0	4.5	14.0	2.9	15.6	0.2	1.0	0.4	0.2	0.8	2.9	0.1	0.0	13.0	0.1	0.0	9.4	1.8
DOKK1	21.3	12.0	19.3	2.1	11.8	0.7	3.0	0.4	0.5	0.4	1.1	0.1	0.2	13.0	0.0	0.0	12.3	1.8
Malling Skole	31.9	4.7	14.5	4.1	14.2	0.5	1.0	0.4	0.2	0.4	3.7	0.1	0.1	14.3	0.2	0.0	8.8	0.9
Mårslet Skole	31.9	5.8	16.3	3.0	14.9	0.2	1.5	0.3	0.2	0.8	2.0	0.1	0.1	14.1	0.2	0.0	8.0	0.7
Solbjergskolen	26.6	4.6	15.1	5.6	10.9	0.2	1.5	0.9	0.2	1.3	4.2	0.1	0.0	23.0	0.1	0.0	5.1	0.5
Ormslev Præstegård	24.4	9.3	16.1	5.2	13.6	0.5	0.7	0.7	0.9	0.9	4.3	0.0	0.0	13.6	0.2	0.0	9.5	0.2
Hasselager Hallen	34.5	4.3	13.6	6.6	14.8	0.3	1.2	0.6	0.2	0.5	6.1	0.1	0.1	12.1	0.2	0.0	4.4	0.4
Højvangskolen, Stavtrup	33.4	6.4	13.0	4.0	13.8	0.4	0.9	1.4	0.0	0.2	3.4	0.1	0.1	13.0	0.3	0.0	9.1	0.5
Rådhushallen	22.8	12.3	16.3	1.7	12.5	0.7	3.3	0.4	0.4	0.3	1.0	0.2	0.2	13.0	0.1	0.1	12.2	2.3
Globus 1	23.0	33.6	6.3	1.8	8.7	0.5	1.4	0.1	0.5	3.2	1.9	0.2	0.3	4.8	0.2	0.0	12.2	1.3
Brabrandhallen, Brabrand	40.9	3.5	12.0	7.4	8.4	0.2	1.2	2.4	0.0	0.5	3.9	0.0	0.0	13.9	0.1	0.0	5.2	0.3
Hasle Skole	28.9	11.3	11.7	2.5	14.9	0.4	1.7	0.7	0.5	2.4	2.8	0.2	0.1	9.6	0.2	0.1	10.4	1.5
Gammelgårdskolen, Åbyhøj	32.2	8.5	12.9	2.8	16.4	0.5	1.1	0.6	0.3	1.2	2.7	0.1	0.2	9.9	0.0	0.0	9.6	0.9
Skjoldhøjskolen	33.5	9.9	9.9	3.5	11.5	0.7	1.1	1.4	0.4	1.6	4.8	0.2	0.2	9.7	0.1	0.0	10.5	0.9
VIA University College	23.1	13.2	18.3	2.1	11.1	0.6	4.0	0.3	0.4	0.6	0.9	0.1	0.2	14.8	0.1	0.1	8.5	1.6
TST Aktiv-Center, Tilst	35.3	8.5	10.3	4.3	10.0	0.7	1.1	4.7	0.4	1.5	4.0	0.0	0.1	12.3	0.2	0.0	5.8	0.7
Næshøjhallen	40.9	3.5	12.0	7.4	8.4	0.2	1.2	2.4	0.0	0.5	3.9	0.0	0.0	13.9	0.1	0.0	5.2	0.3
Skovvangskolen	26.1	11.4	11.8	2.1	17.0	0.8	1.7	0.6	0.7	0.7	1.8	0.2	0.2	7.5	0.2	0.0	14.9	2.2
Samsøgades Skole	21.9	13.8	11.5	1.4	16.0	0.6	2.3	0.3	0.4	0.3	1.2	0.1	0.3	8.5	0.2	0.1	18.4	2.8
Sabro-Korsvejskolen, Sabro	37.2	4.8	13.2	6.2	8.2	0.2	1.7	0.7	0.1	0.6	6.0	0.0	0.1	16.3	0.2	0.0	3.9	0.7
Borum Forsamlingshus	25.9	6.2	9.1	8.4	14.8	1.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	1.0	4.2	0.0	0.0	13.6	0.0	0.2	12.6	2.0
Møllevangskolen	29.2	10.8	12.2	2.1	14.2	0.7	2.1	0.5	0.6	0.6	2.5	0.3	0.1	7.9	0.2	0.2	13.8	1.9
Lisbjergskolen	28.6	8.9	10.3	3.9	17.0	1.0	1.3	0.4	0.6	1.6	3.9	0.0	0.4	9.5	0.4	0.0	11.3	1.1
Bellevue-Hallen	21.5	6.5	26.2	3.1	12.4	0.1	1.3	1.0	0.2	0.6	2.3	0.0	0.2	14.4	0.2	0.0	9.2	0.9
Skødstrup Hallen	27.6	4.8	13.0	4.2	15.7	0.3	1.9	0.4	0.3	0.6	3.0	0.1	0.0	22.6	0.1	0.0	4.7	0.6
Sølystskolen, Egå	29.2	4.9	21.9	3.6	10.6	0.5	1.5	1.0	0.2	0.9	3.5	0.0	0.0	15.4	0.1	0.0	6.2	0.7
Virupskolen, Hjortshøj	21.9	3.7	7.3	2.4	40.4	0.3	0.7	0.4	0.4	0.5	2.7	0.0	0.0	8.2	0.1	0.0	10.2	0.6
Bjørnshøjcentret, Trige	35.7	5.8	10.5	5.6	10.6	0.6	0.8	1.4	0.2	1.6	4.6	0.3	0.1	14.1	0.1	0.0	7.5	0.6
Spørring Fælleshus	27.3	5.4	19.6	5.2	10.6	0.3	0.7	0.5	0.0	0.7	6.2	0.2	0.0	17.0	0.3	0.0	4.7	1.2
Håruphallen	29.5	2.8	7.4	5.5	12.7	0.3	1.4	0.5	0.1	0.6	3.8	0.0	0.0	29.0	0.5	0.0	5.4	0.7
Ellevangskolen, Risskov	32.1	6.8	14.4	4.1	15.4	0.4	1.1	1.0	0.3	0.9	3.3	0.1	0.2	10.2	0.1	0.0	8.4	0.9
Åby Hallen	32.0	9.0	12.9	2.6	15.0	0.6	2.2	0.5	0.3	1.0	2.0	0.1	0.3	9.6	0.2	0.0	10.7	1.0
Center-10	29.5	15.0	8.7	2.1	15.9	0.8	1.5	0.6	0.4	1.1	2.2	0.2	0.2	7.1	0.2	0.1	13.0	1.4
Søndervangskolen, Viby J	39.1	22.0	7.0	2.8	6.8	0.1	1.5	0.3	0.6	0.5	3.0	0.1	0.4	6.3	0.3	0.0	8.7	0.5
Skåde Skole	22.3	6.1	26.6	4.5	9.6	0.8	2.3	0.8	0.3	0.4	1.9	0.1	0.2	16.7	0.3	0.1	6.1	0.9
Vorrevangskolen	39.6	6.8	6.6	3.2	17.0	0.6	0.8	0.7	0.4	1.3	3.4	0.3	0.3	4.6	0.2	0.1	13.1	1.0
Katrinebjergskolen	26.2	11.6	12.2	2.1	15.0	0.8	2.7	0.4	0.6	0.8	2.1	0.1	0.1	7.8	0.2	0.1	15.0	2.3
Lystrup Hallen	31.1	4.9	14.3	4.5	17.0	0.2	1.3	0.4	0.3	0.8	4.3	0.1	0.1	13.2	0.1	0.0	6.7	0.6
Vejlby-Risskov Hallen	28.9	11.4	12.0	2.7	15.2	0.9	2.1	0.6	0.3	1.4	2.3	0.2	0.1	8.6	0.1	0.1	11.5	1.7
Skæring Skole	26.3	4.0	21.3	5.0	11.6	0.3	1.9	0.7	0.2	0.7	4.4	0.1	0.0	17.1	0.2	0.0	5.7	0.6

Results

Party			Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-
Aarhus Municipality
	A	Social Democrats	55,295	28.74	-9.03	10	-3
	C	Conservatives	28,077	14.59	+10.35	5	+4
	F	Green Left	26,439	13.74	+4.49	4	+1
	V	Venstre	22,835	11.87	-3.46	4	-2
	Ø	Red-Green Alliance	19,044	9.90	+2.74	3	+1
	B	Social Liberals	17,761	9.23	+0.99	3	+1
	D	New Right	6,174	3.21	+2.11	1	+1
	O	Danish People's Party	5,252	2.73	-3.69	1	-1
	I	Liberal Alliance	3,496	1.82	-2.29	0	-1
	Å	The Alternative	2,523	1.31	-3.61	0	-1
	K	Christian Democrats	1,554	0.81	+0.07	0	0
	H	Trivsel og Reel Borgerinddragelse	1,325	0.69	New	0	New
	G	Vegan Party	994	0.52	New	0	New
	J	De Grønne	651	0.34	New	0	New
	Y	Freedom List	306	0.16	New	0	New
	U	Bedre Aarhus	300	0.16	New	0	New
	R	Kommunisterne	213	0.11	New	0	New
	Æ	Egalitært Folkeparti	90	0.05	New	0	New
	Q	Partiet Samfundssind	74	0.04	New	0	New
Total			192,403	100	N/A	31	N/A
Invalid votes			864	0.30	+0.10
Blank votes			3,007	1.04	+0.20
Turnout			196,274	68.21	-2.27
Source: valg.dk

References

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