2021 Glostrup municipal election

2021 Glostrup municipal election

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All 19 seats to the Glostrup Municipal Council 10 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	11,148 (60.2%) 4.6pp
First party Second party Third party   A V C Party Social Democrats Venstre Conservatives Last election 7 seats, 35.5% 7 seats, 30.3% 1 seat, 3.8% Seats won 8 5 2 Seat change 1 2 1 Popular vote 3,921 2,680 1,029 Percentage 35.9% 24.5% 9.4% Swing 0.4% 5.8% 5.6%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   U B F Party Bylisten Social Liberals Green Left Last election Did Not Stand 0 seats, 2.9% 1 seat, 5.7% Seats won 2 1 1 Seat change 2 1 0 Popular vote 854 516 476 Percentage 7.8% 4.7% 4.4% Swing New 1.8% 1.3%   Seventh party Eighth party   Ø O Party Red–Green Alliance Danish People's Party Last election 1 seat, 5.3% 2 seats, 12.2% Seats won 0 0 Seat change 1 2 Popular vote 456 413 Percentage 4.2% 3.8% Swing 1.1% 8.4%
Mayor before election John Engelhardt Venstre Mayor after election Kasper Damsgaard Social Democrats

Venstre had held the mayor's position in Glostrup Municipality since 2010.

In the 2017 election, Venstre won 7 seats, and John Engelhardt would become mayor for his third term. ^[1]

Despite this, Mandag Morgen, a newspaper, expected the Social Democrats would take over the mayor's position following this election. One of the reasons they said for this was that 4 parties outside Venstre had agreed on a financial settlement for 2022 in the period up to the election. ^[2] Apart from this, John Engelhardt had also announced in November 2020 that he would not stand for a fourth term. ^[3]

In the election result, the Social Democrats would become the largest party with 8 seats, followed by Venstre who lost 2 seats and ended on 5. An agreement with the Social Liberals, the Conservatives and the Green Left was eventually reached by the Social Democrats, and this would see Kasper Damsgaard become the first mayor from the Social Democrats since 2009. ^{[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. Glostrup 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
	F	Green Left	Centre-left to Left-wing
	Ø	Red–Green Alliance	Left-wing to Far-Left

Electoral Alliance 2

Party			Political alignment
	C	Conservatives	Centre-right
	D	New Right	Right-wing to Far-right

Electoral Alliance 3

Party			Political alignment
	L	Glostrup Borgerliste	Local politics
	V	Venstre	Centre-right

Electoral Alliance 4

Party			Political alignment
	I	Liberal Alliance	Centre-right to Right-wing
	O	Danish People's Party	Right-wing to Far-right
	U	Bylisten	Local politics

Results by polling station

L = Glostrup Borgerliste
U = Bylisten

Division	A	B	C	D	F	I	L	O	U	V	Ø
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Glostrup Skole, Nordvang	33.2	6.0	12.3	1.9	4.5	1.6	2.3	2.8	5.6	26.6	3.2
Aktivitetscentret Sydvestvej	28.6	5.4	8.7	2.0	5.9	0.6	1.1	3.7	11.4	28.6	3.9
Søndervanghallen	35.7	4.6	9.6	3.1	4.1	1.0	1.5	4.1	8.9	23.0	4.6
Glostrup Skole, Vestervang	48.6	4.8	5.5	2.7	4.1	0.5	3.4	5.1	6.5	13.5	5.3
Ejbyhallen	26.7	3.7	11.2	1.3	2.4	1.3	0.9	3.7	7.1	38.5	3.2
Hvissingehallen	37.4	3.7	9.9	2.9	4.6	1.2	1.5	3.2	7.3	24.1	4.2

Results

Party			Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-
Glostrup Municipality
	A	Social Democrats	3,921	35.88	+0.37	8	+1
	V	Venstre	2,680	24.53	-5.77	5	-2
	C	Conservatives	1,029	9.42	+5.65	2	+1
	U	Bylisten	854	7.82	New	2	New
	B	Social Liberals	516	4.72	+1.80	1	+1
	F	Green Left	476	4.36	-1.34	1	0
	Ø	Red-Green Alliance	456	4.17	-1.12	0	-1
	O	Danish People's Party	413	3.78	-8.46	0	-2
	D	New Right	269	2.46	+1.06	0	0
	L	Glostrup Borgerliste	201	1.84	New	0	New
	I	Liberal Alliance	112	1.02	+0.27	0	0
Total			10,927	100	N/A	19	N/A
Invalid votes			65	0.35	+0.09
Blank votes			156	0.84	+0.25
Turnout			11,148	60.18	-4.63
Source: valg.dk

References

1. "Ny kommunalbestyrelse konstitueret | Nyheder". glostrup (in Danish). Retrieved 17 February 2023.
2. "Mandag Morgens borgmesterprognose: Flest røde rådhuse efter valget | Nyheder". mm (in Danish). Retrieved 17 February 2023.
3. "Borgmester gennem 11 år stopper: Genopstiller ikke til kommunalvalg | Nyheder". tv2kosmopol (in Danish). Retrieved 17 February 2023.
4. "Tømrer skal lede vestegnskommune til socialdemokratisk storhed | Nyheder". piopio (in Danish). 18 November 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
5. "Kommunalbestyrelsen | Nyheder". glostrup (in Danish). Retrieved 17 February 2023.
6. "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd den 16. november 2021 | Nyheder" (PDF). dst (in Danish). Retrieved 9 June 2025.