2021 Gladsaxe municipal election

2021 Gladsaxe municipal election

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All 25 seats to the Gladsaxe Municipal Council 13 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	32,874 (62.4%) 3.3pp
First party Second party Third party   A V C Party Social Democrats Venstre Conservatives Last election 10 seats, 36% 5 seats, 15.1% 1 seat, 7.3% Seats won 8 4 3 Seat change 2 1 2 Popular vote 10,633 4,254 3,763 Percentage 32.9% 13.2% 11.7% Swing 3.1% 1.9% 4.4%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   F Ø B Party Green Left Red–Green Alliance Social Liberals Last election 2 seats, 10.0% 3 seats, 10.4% 2 seats, 6.9% Seats won 3 3 2 Seat change 1 0 0 Popular vote 3,673 3,426 2,471 Percentage 11.4% 10.6% 7.7% Swing 1.4% 0.2% 0.8%   Seventh party Eighth party   L O Party Lokalisten Gladsaxe Danish People's Party Last election Did Not Stand 2 seats, 8,4% Seats won 1 1 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 1,250 1,103 Percentage 3.9% 3.4% Swing New 5.0%
Mayor before election Trine Græse Social Democrats Mayor after election Trine Græse Social Democrats

Gladsaxe Municipality has in its history been a strong area for parties of the red bloc. In the 2019 Danish general election, it was the municipality where the bloc received the 5th highest % of votes. ^[1] Locally, the Social Democrats had held the mayor's position all years from 1913 and on. ^[a]

In the 2017 election, the Social Democrats had won 10 seats, and kept its unbeaten streak as the largest party in the council. Trine Græse from the party would eventually become the mayor. ^[2]

In this election, the Social Democrats would once again become the largest party, although they lost 2 seats. The traditional red bloc won 16 seats, and this meant Trine Græse had good chances to continue. It would eventually be confirmed that she could continue as the mayor, after the Social Democrats reached an agreement with the Social Liberals and the Green Left ^{[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. Gladsaxe Municipality had 25 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
	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
	O	Danish People's Party	Right-wing to Far-right
	V	Venstre	Centre-right

Electoral Alliance 3

Party			Political alignment
	K	Christian Democrats	Centre to Centre-right
	L	Lokallisten Gladsaxe	Local politics
	Ø	Red–Green Alliance	Left-wing to Far-Left

Results by polling station

H = Sahar Aslani

Division	A	B	C	D	F	H	I	K	L	O	V	Ø
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Bagsværd	29.0	7.9	16.5	3.2	10.5	0.1	2.2	0.4	2.7	2.6	16.3	8.7
Hovedbiblioteket	34.9	6.5	10.0	3.5	11.7	0.1	1.6	0.4	3.8	3.6	13.3	10.6
Egegård	35.5	6.2	12.4	4.0	9.7	0.2	1.3	0.3	3.1	4.4	14.5	8.4
Grønnemose	30.5	8.6	7.8	2.4	12.1	0.3	1.1	0.4	9.2	3.9	9.1	14.7
Vadgård	33.9	7.5	12.7	4.2	9.9	0.2	1.8	0.4	2.0	3.8	13.9	9.6
Søborg	29.6	9.2	12.5	2.6	12.3	0.2	1.6	0.3	2.8	3.1	13.4	12.3
Stengård	32.6	9.6	12.7	2.2	12.3	0.1	1.4	0.4	2.4	1.8	14.6	10.1
Mørkhøj	38.3	5.3	9.7	3.5	12.5	0.2	1.3	0.7	3.1	4.5	10.5	10.3
Værebro	29.7	8.8	12.8	2.8	10.2	0.3	2.1	0.4	4.9	3.2	15.0	9.8

Results

Party			Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-
Gladsaxe Municipality
	A	Social Democrats	10,633	32.94	-3.09	8	-2
	V	Venstre	4,254	13.18	-1.88	4	-1
	C	Conservatives	3,763	11.66	+4.39	3	+2
	F	Green Left	3,673	11.38	+1.38	3	+1
	Ø	Red-Green Alliance	3,426	10.61	+0.23	3	0
	B	Social Liberals	2,471	7.66	+0.80	2	0
	L	Lokallisten Gladsaxe	1,250	3.87	New	1	New
	O	Danish People's Party	1,103	3.42	-4.95	1	-1
	D	New Right	1,010	3.13	+2.26	0	0
	I	Liberal Alliance	494	1.53	-0.92	0	0
	K	Christian Democrats	134	0.42	New	0	New
	H	Sahar Aslani	66	0.20	New	0	New
Total			32,277	100	N/A	25	N/A
Invalid votes			161	0.31	+0.19
Blank votes			436	0.83	-0.07
Turnout			32,874	62.43	-3.25
Source: valg.dk

Notes

1. the Green Left held it in July 2002, but it was not following an election and lasted only until August 2002

References

1. "FVKOM: Folketingsvalg efter valgresultat og kommuner | Nyheder". statistikbanken (in Danish). Retrieved 16 February 2023.
2. "Fakta: Her er Danmarks 14 kvindelige borgmestre | Nyheder". jyllands-posten (in Danish). 25 November 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
3. "Et yderst sjældent syn i lokalpolitik: Kvinderne har taget magten i Gladsaxe Byråd | Nyheder". dr (in Danish). 18 November 2021. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
4. "Trine Græse fortsætter som borgmester | Nyheder". gladsaxe (in Danish). Retrieved 16 February 2023.
5. "Mød dit byråd | Nyheder". gladsaxe (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.