2021 Capital of Denmark Regional election

2021 Capital of Denmark Regional election

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All 41 seats to the Capital of Denmark Regional Council 21 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	954,456 (64.7%) 2.8pp
First party Second party Third party   C A Ø Party Conservatives Social Democrats Red–Green Alliance Last election 5 seats, 11.2% 13 seats, 28.4% 4 seats, 10.0% Seats won 10 9 6 Seat change 5 4 2 Popular vote 190,020 209,111 120,907 Percentage 20.7% 22.8% 13.2% Swing 9.5% 5.6% 3.2%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   V B F Party Venstre Social Liberals Green Left Last election 6 seats, 13.8% 3 seats, 8.1% 3 seats, 6.3% Seats won 5 5 4 Seat change 1 2 1 Popular vote 98,148 93,528 85,602 Percentage 10.7% 10.2% 9.3% Swing 3.1% 2.1% 3.0%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   O D I Party Danish People's Party New Right Liberal Alliance Last election 3 seats, 8.1% 0 seats, 1.4% 2 seats, 4.3% Seats won 1 1 0 Seat change 2 1 2 Popular vote 31,636 28,686 17,963 Percentage 3.4% 3.1% 2.0% Swing 4.7% 1.7% 2.3%
Chairperson before election Lars Gaardhøj [a] Social Democrats Chairperson after election Lars Gaardhøj Social Democrats

The 2021 Capital of Denmark Regional election was held on November 16, 2021, to elect the 41 members to sit in the regional council for the Capital Region of Denmark, in the period of 2022 to 2025.

Priro to this election and ever since the creation of the 5 Danish regions in the 2007 Municipal reform, the Social Democrats had been the largest party and held the chairperson's seat for the Capital Region of Denmark. Following the 2017 election, Sophie Hæstorp Andersen had won her second term as the chairperson. ^[1]

However, in November 2020 it was announced that Hæstorp Andersen would become the candidate of the Social Democrats for the Lord Mayor position in the 2021 Copenhagen City Council election, and she was therefore unable to stand in this election. ^[2] She would step down in June 2021, with Lars Gaardhøj taking over. ^[3]

In the election result, due to electoral alliances, the Conservatives won the most seats despite not having received the highest vote share. However the parties commonly associated with the red bloc won 24 seats. It was later announced that Lars Gaardhøj would continue as the chairperson. ^[4]

Electoral Alliances

Electoral Alliance 1

Party			Political Position
	C	Conservatives	Centre-right
	D	New Right	Right-wing
	I	Liberal Alliance	Centre-right to Right-wing
	K	Christian Democrats	Centre to Centre-right
	O	Danish People's Party	Right-wing
	V	Venstre	Centre-right

Electoral Alliance 2

Party			Political Position
	L	Lavere skatter og afgifter	Local Politics
	Æ	Freedom List	Centre-right to Right-wing

Electoral Alliance 3

Party			Political Position
	J	Hampepartiet	Local Politics
	Q	Feministisk Initiativ	Local Politics
	R	Kommunisterne	Local Politics
	Ø	Red–Green Alliance	Left-wing to Far-left
	2	Christiania-Listen	Local Politics
	3	Kommunistisk Parti	Local Politics

Electoral Alliance 4

Party			Political Position
	H	Lokalliste i Region Hovedstaden	Local Politics
	U	Copenhagen	Local Politics
	W	Odins Vikingehær	Local Politics
	Y	Kærlighedspartiet (Regnbuef / Bef)	Local Politics

Electoral Alliance 5

Party			Political Position
	B	Social Liberals	Centre to Centre-left
	F	Green Left	Centre-left to Left-wing
	G	Vegan Party	Centre-left to Left-wing
	Å	The Alternative	Centre-left to Left-wing

Results by constituencies and municipalities

This is a list of results of the following selected parties
A = Social Democrats
B = Social Liberals
C = Conservatives
D = New Right
F = Green Left
G = Vegan Party
H = Lokalliste i Region Hovedstaden
I = Liberal Alliance
K = Christian Democrats
J = Hampepartiet
L = Lavere skatter og afgifter
O = Danish People's Party
Q = Feministisk Initiativ
R = Kommunisterne
V = Venstre
Æ = Freedom List
Ø = Red–Green Alliance
Å = The Alternative

Constituencies

Division	A	B	C	D	F	G	H	I	J	K	L	O	Q	R	V	Æ	Ø	Å
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
North Zealand	22.7	8.2	25.2	4.5	7.8	0.4	0.2	2.0	0.2	0.6	0.1	3.8	0.1	0.1	16.2	0.3	6.0	0.8
Greater Copenhagen	29.1	7.8	25.3	3.5	9.0	0.5	0.3	1.6	0.2	0.5	0.1	4.0	0.1	0.1	8.2	0.3	7.5	0.9
Copenhagen	17.8	13.5	15.8	2.1	11.0	0.8	0.1	2.2	0.2	0.4	0.1	2.2	0.2	0.2	8.3	0.4	21.8	1.6
Bornholm	38.4	2.0	4.5	1.7	2.0	0.5	0.0	0.4	0.2	3.9	0.2	14.9	0.1	0.0	20.5	0.3	8.9	0.7

Municipalities

Division	A	B	C	D	F	G	H	I	J	K	L	O	Q	R	V	Æ	Ø	Å
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Helsingør	24.5	7.0	31.8	5.8	6.8	0.6	0.0	1.6	0.2	0.3	0.1	4.8	0.1	0.1	6.4	0.3	7.8	2.5
Fredensborg	23.4	10.5	26.5	4.6	7.6	0.5	0.1	1.9	0.1	0.6	0.1	3.1	0.1	0.1	13.9	0.3	5.0	0.7
Hørsholm	11.7	7.5	41.7	3.6	3.3	0.3	0.1	3.1	0.1	0.4	0.1	2.3	0.1	0.1	22.7	0.1	2.0	0.3
Hillerød	24.2	7.8	18.8	4.3	10.3	0.5	0.1	1.8	0.1	1.4	0.1	3.8	0.1	0.0	18.0	0.4	6.8	0.5
Gribskov	20.0	4.9	22.3	6.8	7.5	0.5	0.1	1.3	0.3	1.6	0.2	5.6	0.1	0.1	19.9	0.4	6.8	0.4
Frederikssund	29.9	4.4	12.4	5.6	8.1	0.4	0.1	1.2	0.2	0.5	0.1	6.5	0.1	0.0	20.2	0.2	5.3	0.3
Halsnæs	33.5	3.3	10.0	4.9	11.9	0.4	0.0	0.7	0.2	0.5	0.1	4.6	0.1	0.1	20.5	0.3	6.2	1.6
Egedal	27.0	9.6	18.5	4.8	8.0	0.3	0.6	2.1	0.1	0.4	0.3	4.9	0.1	0.1	17.1	0.2	4.8	0.3
Furesø	24.9	12.4	26.2	2.4	7.3	0.4	0.1	3.1	0.1	0.4	0.1	1.8	0.1	0.1	11.2	0.4	7.4	0.9
Rudersdal	12.6	11.6	37.2	2.8	5.7	0.4	0.5	3.0	0.1	0.3	0.1	1.4	0.1	0.0	17.4	0.2	5.5	0.4
Allerød	17.2	9.2	29.2	3.5	10.2	0.4	0.1	1.6	0.2	0.5	0.1	1.7	0.2	0.0	19.3	0.2	5.4	0.3
Gentofte	8.2	9.6	57.3	2.0	5.7	0.5	0.1	2.1	0.1	0.3	0.1	0.8	0.1	0.1	6.2	0.3	5.6	0.3
Lyngby-Taarbæk	16.3	13.8	35.7	2.8	9.5	0.6	0.1	2.3	0.1	0.3	0.1	1.6	0.1	0.1	8.8	0.3	6.2	0.4
Gladsaxe	29.5	10.1	15.1	3.2	11.1	0.5	0.3	1.9	0.2	0.6	0.1	3.6	0.1	0.1	10.8	0.3	10.6	0.8
Rødovre	37.6	5.9	17.1	3.8	11.1	0.4	0.2	1.1	0.3	0.9	0.2	4.4	0.1	0.1	6.2	0.3	8.4	0.6
Herlev	37.7	5.5	17.9	3.5	10.4	0.3	0.1	1.4	0.2	0.9	0.2	3.8	0.1	0.1	6.4	0.3	9.6	0.6
Hvidovre	32.9	5.5	16.7	3.9	13.6	0.4	1.9	1.2	0.2	0.5	0.1	6.2	0.1	0.2	7.1	0.3	6.9	1.0
Brøndby	42.7	5.3	10.6	5.0	7.9	0.3	0.1	1.2	0.2	0.3	0.1	6.8	0.1	0.1	7.7	0.6	7.7	1.7
Ishøj	43.0	6.0	10.0	4.5	6.9	0.4	0.2	1.1	0.2	0.4	0.7	6.0	0.1	0.1	9.8	0.5	6.5	1.5
Vallensbæk	26.4	5.3	37.3	3.8	5.4	0.3	0.1	1.3	0.1	0.3	0.1	5.1	0.0	0.1	7.3	0.1	5.1	0.7
Høje-Taastrup	31.8	5.3	26.7	4.4	6.2	0.4	0.1	2.2	0.2	0.5	0.1	5.3	0.1	0.1	7.4	0.3	6.1	1.8
Albertslund	32.3	7.1	11.7	3.5	15.0	0.5	0.1	0.9	0.2	0.3	0.1	5.3	0.1	0.2	5.4	0.4	13.1	2.4
Ballerup	44.3	5.8	14.1	3.8	7.1	0.7	0.1	1.2	0.2	0.7	0.1	4.7	0.1	0.1	8.5	0.5	6.6	0.4
Glostrup	36.1	5.6	12.8	4.2	6.9	0.4	0.2	1.6	0.2	0.3	0.2	5.5	0.1	0.1	17.9	0.3	5.6	0.7
København	16.3	14.3	13.2	2.0	11.9	0.8	0.1	2.3	0.2	0.5	0.0	2.0	0.2	0.2	7.8	0.4	24.3	1.8
Frederiksberg	18.7	13.0	27.9	1.3	8.1	0.7	0.1	2.2	0.2	0.3	0.1	1.4	0.1	0.1	8.0	0.3	15.6	0.8
Tårnby	37.1	5.1	11.5	5.0	6.8	0.5	0.1	1.1	0.2	0.4	0.1	7.8	0.1	0.1	12.8	0.4	8.9	0.5
Dragør	20.5	7.7	32.0	3.5	6.2	0.5	0.1	1.7	0.1	0.2	0.1	4.1	0.0	0.0	16.5	0.2	4.9	0.3
Bornholm	38.4	2.0	4.5	1.7	2.0	0.5	0.0	0.4	0.2	3.9	0.2	14.9	0.1	0.0	20.5	0.3	8.9	0.7

Results

Party			Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-
Capital of Denmark Region
	A	Social Democrats	209,111	22.77	-5.60	9	-4
	C	Conservatives	190,020	20.69	+9.52	10	+5
	Ø	Red-Green Alliance	120,907	13.17	+3.08	6	+2
	V	Venstre	98,148	10.69	-3.08	5	-1
	B	Social Liberals	93,528	10.19	+2.19	5	+2
	F	Green Left	85,602	9.32	+2.97	4	+1
	O	Danish People's Party	31,636	3.45	-4.67	1	-2
	D	New Right	28,686	3.12	+1.68	1	+1
	I	Liberal Alliance	17,963	1.96	-2.35	0	-2
	Å	The Alternative	10,144	1.10	-3.61	0	-2
	G	Vegan Party	5,463	0.59	New	0	New
	K	Christian Democrats	5,328	0.58	+0.12	0	0
	Æ	Freedom List	3,166	0.34	New	0	New
	M	Danmark for Alle	2,434	0.27	New	0	New
	J	Hampepartiet	1,801	0.20	-0.05	0	0
	H	Lokalliste i Region Hovedstaden	1,597	0.17	+0.01	0	0
	E	Valgfest med mexicansk tema	1,380	0.15	+0.03	0	0
	Y	Kærlighedspartiet Regnbuefolket Be	1,216	0.13	New	0	New
	W	Odins Vikingehær	1,154	0.13	New	0	New
	R	Kommunisterne	1,134	0.12	-0.10	0	0
	P	Stram Kurs	1,021	0.11	+0.05	0	0
	Q	Feministisk Initiativ	1,020	0.11	-0.27	0	0
	N	Fjordlandslisten	998	0.11	New	0	New
	L	Lavere skatter og afgifter	964	0.10	+0.02	0	0
	T	Det Syge Hus	232	0.03	New	0	New
	U	Copenhagen	176	0.02	New	0	New
	Z	De LokalNationale	174	0.02	New	0	New
Total			915,003	100	N/A	41	0
Invalid votes			4,247	0.29	+0.04
Blank votes			31,990	2.17	-0.17
Turnout			951,240	64.44	-2.84
Source: valg.dk

Notes

1. Sophie Hæstorp Andersen became chairperson following the last election, but Lars Gaardhøj took over in June 2021

References

1. "Her er de nye borgmestre og regionsrådsformænd". altinget.dk (in Danish). 21 November 2017. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
2. "Sophie Hæstorp Andersen bliver Socialdemokratiets kandidat til overborgmesterposten i København". newsoresund (in Danish). 9 November 2020. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
3. "Lars Gaardhøj ny regionsrådsformand i hovedstaden". regionh.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-06-14.
4. "Overblik: Alle regionsrådsformænd er fundet - her er valgets mest opsigtsvækkende resultater". avisendanmark.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-06-14.