2021 Gentofte municipal election

2021 Gentofte municipal election

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All 19 seats to the Gentofte Municipal Council 10 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	40,200 (71.5%) 0.1pp
First party Second party Third party   C B A Party Conservatives Social Liberals Social Democrats Last election 13 seats, 58,1% 1 seat, 7.7% 2 seats, 10.8% Seats won 12 2 2 Seat change 1 1 0 Popular vote 22,700 4,114 3,461 Percentage 57.0% 10.3% 8.7% Swing 1.1% 2.6% 2.1%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   F V Ø Party Green Left Venstre Red–Green Alliance Last election 1 seat, 3.0% 1 seat, 6.6% 1 seat, 5.3% Seats won 1 1 1 Seat change 0 0 0 Popular vote 2,783 2,263 2,125 Percentage 7.0% 5.7% 5.3% Swing 4% 0.9% 0.0%
Mayor before election Michael Fenger [a] Conservatives Mayor after election Michael Fenger Conservatives

In 1888, ^[b] the Conservatives won the mayor's position in the municipality for the first time. Since then, the Conservatives had held it. In 2017 they won their 33rd consecutive term, and Hans Toft his 7th term. However, he would not stand in this election. ^[2]

Despite a new candidate from the Conservatives, they would still win a comfortable absolute majority. They lost 1 seat, but still won 12 of the 19 seats (63.2%). It would be the municipality where they won the highest % of votes, and also the third highest vote share for a party in the 2017 Danish local elections. With 12 seats, Michael Fenger, the new Conservative candidate, was set to become the mayor. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

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. Gentofte Municipality had 19 seats in 2021

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

Electoral alliances

Source ^[6]

Electoral Alliance 1

Party			Political alignment
	B	Social Liberals	Centre to Centre-left
	I	Liberal Alliance	Centre-right to Right-wing
	V	Venstre	Centre-right

Electoral Alliance 2

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

Electoral Alliance 3

Party			Political alignment
	C	Conservatives	Centre-right
	D	New Right	Right-wing to Far-right
	K	Christian Democrats	Centre to Centre-right
	O	Danish People's Party	Right-wing to Far-right

Results by polling station

Division	A	B	C	D	F	I	K	O	V	Æ	Ø
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Jægersborg	7.4	8.6	60.3	2.0	6.5	2.6	0.3	0.6	6.3	0.4	5.1
Munkegård	17.3	10.5	44.3	2.2	10.6	1.7	0.5	0.9	4.0	0.3	7.7
Rådhuset	7.5	11.4	58.8	2.4	7.1	2.9	0.3	0.5	5.0	0.2	4.0
Bakkegård	14.7	12.0	48.3	2.5	7.6	1.6	0.4	0.9	5.3	0.7	6.1
Ordrup	8.2	9.1	59.7	2.4	5.7	2.2	0.2	0.5	6.2	0.5	5.1
Hellerup	7.6	10.4	55.3	2.4	7.5	2.7	0.5	0.6	6.2	0.3	6.6
Maglegård	6.0	12.0	59.3	2.0	7.1	2.8	0.1	0.4	5.5	0.2	4.6
Dyssegård	8.3	11.7	56.9	1.9	8.0	1.9	0.1	0.7	4.9	0.2	5.4
Skovshoved	5.5	9.3	63.8	2.1	4.5	3.2	0.3	0.5	6.2	0.2	4.4
Skovgård	6.7	8.3	61.3	2.2	5.8	3.0	0.2	0.6	7.0	0.3	4.7

Results

Party			Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-
Gentofte Municipality
	C	Conservatives	22,700	57.04	-1.10	12	-1
	B	Social Liberals	4,114	10.34	+2.62	2	+1
	A	Social Democrats	3,461	8.70	-2.07	2	0
	F	Green Left	2,783	6.99	+3.95	1	0
	V	Venstre	2,263	5.69	-0.87	1	0
	Ø	Red-Green Alliance	2,125	5.34	+0.03	1	0
	I	Liberal Alliance	996	2.50	+0.63	0	0
	D	New Right	873	2.19	+0.73	0	0
	O	Danish People's Party	241	0.61	-1.40	0	0
	Æ	Freedom List	128	0.32	New	0	New
	K	Christian Democrats	115	0.29	+0.08	0	0
Total			39,799	100	N/A	19	N/A
Invalid votes			137	0.24	+0.08
Blank votes			264	0.47	-0.06
Turnout			40,200	71.49	-0.15
Source: valg.dk

Notes

1. Hans Toft became mayor after the 2017 election, however in January 2021 Michael Fenger took over ^[1]
2. Højre was the party who held the position from 1888 to 1909, but became a part of the Conservatives in 1915

References

1. "Gentofte får ny borgmester: Michael Fenger afløser Hans Toft | Nyheder". altinget (in Danish). 7 April 2021. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
2. "Borgmester Hans Toft genopstiller ikke til kommunalvalget 2021 | Nyheder". gentofte (in Danish). Retrieved 16 February 2023.
3. "Fenger løfter arven efter bykonge i landets rigeste kommune | Nyheder". tv2kosmopol (in Danish). Retrieved 16 February 2023.
4. "K beholder absolut flertal i Gentofte efter bykonges exit | Nyheder". berlingske (in Danish). 16 November 2021. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
5. "Medlemmer af kommunalbestyrelsen | Nyheder". gentofte (in Danish). Retrieved 16 February 2023.
6. "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd den 16. november 2021 | Nyheder" (PDF). dst (in Danish). Retrieved 9 June 2025.