2021 Egedal municipal election

2021 Egedal municipal election

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All 21 seats to the Egedal Municipal Council 11 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	24,219 (71.9%) 3.9pp
First party Second party Third party   A V L Party Social Democrats Venstre Lokalisten Ny Egedal Last election 6 seats, 25.9% 6 seats, 27.5% Did Not Stand Seats won 5 5 4 Seat change 1 1 4 Popular vote 5,481 4,464 4,276 Percentage 23.0% 18.7% 17.9% Swing 2.9% 8.8% New   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   C F B Party Conservatives Green Left Social Liberals Last election 2 seats, 11.6% 1 seat, 6.8% 3 seats, 11.6% Seats won 3 2 1 Seat change 1 1 2 Popular vote 3,019 1,867 1,092 Percentage 12.7% 7.8% 4.6% Swing 1.1% 1.0% 7%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   Ø O I Party Red–Green Alliance Danish People's Party Liberal Alliance Last election Did Not Stand 2 seats, 10.4% 1 seat, 4.0% Seats won 1 0 0 Seat change 1 2 1 Popular vote 1,046 775 427 Percentage 4.4% 3.2% 1.8% Swing New 7.2% 2.2%
Mayor before election Karsten Søndergaard Venstre Mayor after election Vicky Holst Rasmussen Social Democrats

In 2017, Karsten Søndergaard from Venstre would secure the party's 3rd consecutive term holding the mayor's position in the municipality. ^[1]

In this election, a new local party called Lokallisten Ny Egedal would see great success. They would manage to win 4 seats, and become the third largest party. As no bloc had a majority, they could become decisive in deciding who'd become the next mayor. At first, it sounded as Karsten Søndergaard could continue as mayor. ^[2] However, the Conservatives decided that they could see more influence if they made a constitutional agreement having Vicky Holst Rasmussen from the Social Democrats as the new mayor. Therefore, the Social Democrats would be able to hold the mayor's position in the municipality for the first time. ^{[a] [3] [4]}

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. Egedal Municipality had 21 seats in 2021

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

Electoral alliances

Source ^[5]

Electoral Alliance 1

Party			Political alignment
	C	Conservatives	Centre-right
	I	Liberal Alliance	Centre-right to Right-wing
	O	Danish People's Party	Right-wing to Far-right
	V	Venstre	Centre-right

Electoral Alliance 2

Party			Political alignment
	F	Green Left	Centre-left to Left-wing
	H	Et Samlet Egedal	Local politics
	Ø	Red–Green Alliance	Left-wing to Far-Left

Electoral Alliance 3

Party			Political alignment
	A	Social Democrats	Centre-left
	B	Social Liberals	Centre to Centre-left

Results by polling station

H = Et Samlet Egedal
L = Lokalisten Ny Egedal

Division	A	B	C	D	F	H	I	L	O	V	Ø
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Ledøje Forsamlingshus	28.5	2.3	26.7	3.7	7.7	0.2	2.2	7.2	2.8	14.9	3.9
Smørum Idrætscenter	20.7	3.7	15.8	2.7	11.9	1.3	1.1	19.2	2.5	16.6	4.5
Stenløse	26.2	6.2	11.4	2.9	5.0	1.7	1.2	16.4	3.3	21.7	4.1
Veksø	22.5	6.9	9.3	2.7	10.1	0.6	1.3	9.1	1.8	28.6	7.0
Stengårdsskolen	25.7	3.8	12.6	3.6	6.6	2.5	2.0	11.0	5.4	23.7	3.0
Ølstykke	22.3	3.3	13.5	4.0	7.0	8.5	4.0	12.9	4.1	16.7	3.7
Slagslunde	18.5	6.7	9.5	3.3	7.7	1.1	1.0	23.5	2.8	14.2	11.8
Ganløse	17.7	5.6	4.7	1.3	5.0	0.5	0.9	49.5	1.0	9.8	4.1
Bækkegårdsskolen	26.5	5.2	12.0	4.0	6.6	2.9	1.9	10.9	3.9	22.3	3.8

Results

Party			Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-
Egedal Municipality
	A	Social Democrats	5,481	23.00	-2.90	5	-1
	V	Venstre	4,464	18.73	-8.74	5	-1
	L	Lokallisten Ny Egedal	4,276	17.94	New	4	New
	C	Conservatives	3,019	12.67	+1.10	3	+1
	F	Green Left	1,867	7.83	New	2	New
	B	Social Liberals	1,092	4.58	-7.06	1	-2
	Ø	Red-Green Alliance	1,046	4.39	New	1	New
	O	Danish People's Party	775	3.25	-7.15	0	-2
	D	New Right	747	3.13	New	0	New
	H	Et Samlet Egedal	637	2.67	New	0	New
	I	Liberal Alliance	427	1.79	-2.21	0	-1
Total			23,831	100	N/A	21	N/A
Invalid votes			106	0.31	-0.04
Blank votes			282	0.84	-0.17
Turnout			24,219	71.90	-3.85
Source: valg.dk

Notes

1. counting from 2007 where the municipality was altered

References

1. "Overblik: Her er Nordsjællands borgmestre | Nyheder". sn.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 16 February 2023.
2. "Tre partier: "Vi serverede borgmesterposten på et sølvfad, men Vicky Holst Rasmussen takkede nej" | Nyheder". sn.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 16 February 2023.
3. "Socialdemokrat kupper Venstre-borgmester | Nyheder". dr (in Danish). Retrieved 16 February 2023.
4. "Byrådets medlemmer | Nyheder". egedalkommune (in Danish). Retrieved 16 February 2023.
5. "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd den 16. november 2021 | Nyheder" (PDF). dst (in Danish). Retrieved 9 June 2025.