2021 Herning municipal election

2021 Herning municipal election

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All 31 seats to the Herning Municipal Council 16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	48,214 (68.8%) 5.4pp
First party Second party Third party   V A H Party Venstre Social Democrats Borgerlisten Last election 19 seats, 55.6% 5 seats, 16.8% Did not stand Seats won 17 4 2 Seat change 2 1 2 Popular vote 24.062 6,942 3,148 Percentage 50.5% 14.6% 6.6% Swing 5.1% 2.2% New   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   B F C Party Social Liberals Green Left Conservatives Last election 1 seats, 5.0% 1 seats, 4.3% 2 seats, 4.2% Seats won 2 2 2 Seat change 1 1 0 Popular vote 2,838 2,228 2,162 Percentage 6.0% 4.7% 4.5% Swing 1.0% 0.4% 0.3%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   K O Ø Party Christian Democrats Danish People's Party Red–Green Alliance Last election 1 seat, 3.2% 1 seat, 5.7% 1 seat, 2.2% Seats won 1 1 0 Seat change 0 0 1 Popular vote 2,157 1,443 805 Percentage 4.5% 3.0% 1.7% Swing 1.3% 2.7% 0.5%
Mayor before election Lars Krarup Venstre Mayor after election Dorte West Venstre

Since the 2007 municipal reform, Venstre had always had an absolute majority of seats in Herning Municipality. On November 30, 2020, Lars Krarup, mayor at the time, announced his resignation, and cited that he did it to make room for Dorte West. ^[1] Despite losing 2 seats, Venstre would once again win an absolute majority of seats, and it was later announced that Dorte West would continue as mayor, which she had been since Lars Krarup stepped down. ^[2]

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. Herning Municipality had 31 seats in 2021

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

Electoral alliances

Source ^[3]

Electoral Alliance 1

Party			Political alignment
	F	Green Left	Centre-left to Left-wing
	Ø	Red–Green Alliance	Left-wing to Far-Left

Electoral Alliance 2

Party			Political alignment
	B	Social Liberals	Centre to Centre-left
	V	Venstre	Centre-right

Electoral Alliance 3

Party			Political alignment
	C	Conservatives	Centre-right
	I	Liberal Alliance	Centre-right to Right-wing
	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	H	I	K	O	V	Æ	Ø
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Herning	17.0	7.9	5.2	1.8	5.9	7.2	1.8	3.3	3.0	44.0	0.3	2.7
Arnborg	14.7	2.1	3.6	5.4	2.6	9.1	0.3	1.8	6.5	52.7	0.5	0.8
Kibæk	19.3	2.7	3.7	2.1	2.1	4.4	0.8	5.0	2.6	56.3	0.2	0.8
Kølkær	14.8	4.4	2.5	5.0	3.6	6.0	0.4	4.6	6.0	50.3	0.4	2.1
Lind	12.1	5.5	3.7	1.8	4.5	6.8	1.1	2.5	1.8	58.7	0.3	1.1
Sdr. Felding	11.7	1.8	2.0	1.8	4.0	3.6	0.5	5.1	4.6	63.5	0.0	1.5
Skarrild	7.8	6.2	1.8	4.7	1.8	2.5	0.7	5.1	4.9	62.3	0.0	2.2
Studsgård	14.3	24.0	1.8	3.2	3.6	2.7	1.6	5.0	5.2	37.6	0.5	0.7
Aulum	16.7	3.0	4.3	2.7	1.8	3.2	2.3	10.8	2.9	51.0	0.3	1.1
Feldborg	9.7	2.6	1.0	4.0	2.6	2.4	0.7	1.7	4.0	69.4	0.5	1.4
Gullestrup	19.9	4.6	2.6	1.9	10.4	5.9	1.2	5.8	3.4	38.8	0.3	5.1
Haderup	7.8	2.8	5.9	7.2	3.1	4.1	0.8	2.5	3.0	61.9	0.0	0.9
Hammerum	12.8	10.7	6.1	1.9	3.9	7.5	1.1	4.4	2.5	47.1	0.2	1.8
Hodsager	8.7	3.1	1.5	3.6	3.3	3.1	1.8	5.6	4.1	63.1	0.0	2.1
Ilskov	16.5	5.6	5.2	2.9	3.3	5.8	1.7	2.9	8.1	45.7	0.2	1.9
Simmelkær	10.3	3.6	2.2	9.8	3.6	8.5	0.4	4.5	7.6	47.3	0.4	1.8
Sinding	11.0	8.7	1.7	1.1	2.8	5.7	0.9	3.6	5.7	57.1	0.0	1.7
Skibbild/Nøvling	13.3	3.3	0.7	3.5	3.3	5.6	0.7	6.1	4.2	57.6	0.4	1.2
Snejbjerg	13.8	5.3	4.4	2.1	4.8	5.8	1.0	4.9	2.5	54.3	0.3	0.8
Sunds	10.4	5.4	5.8	2.4	4.4	10.2	1.1	2.3	2.5	54.2	0.3	1.0
Vinding	12.6	1.6	1.1	2.3	3.3	4.3	1.8	8.8	2.8	59.9	0.2	1.2
Timring	16.3	1.7	3.1	2.3	3.6	4.6	1.0	10.3	5.1	50.6	0.3	1.1
Tjørring	12.9	4.7	5.7	2.0	9.1	9.4	0.9	5.9	2.2	45.7	0.2	1.3
Vildbjerg	16.8	2.9	5.0	2.1	2.3	7.0	0.6	6.3	2.3	54.0	0.0	0.6
Vind	17.9	3.2	6.7	4.6	3.5	3.5	3.9	2.8	3.2	48.4	0.0	2.5
Ørnhøj	14.3	3.2	4.0	2.7	1.6	4.6	2.7	3.5	5.3	56.5	0.8	0.8

Results

Party			Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-
Herning Municipality
	V	Venstre	24,062	50.52	-5.06	17	-2
	A	Social Democrats	6,942	14.58	-2.23	4	-1
	H	Borgerlisten	3,148	6.61	New	2	New
	B	Social Liberals	2,838	5.96	+0.98	2	+1
	F	Green Left	2,228	4.68	+0.37	2	+1
	C	Conservatives	2,162	4.54	+0.29	2	0
	K	Christian Democrats	2,157	4.53	+1.31	1	0
	O	Danish People's Party	1,443	3.03	-2.64	1	0
	D	New Right	1,102	2.31	+1.81	0	0
	Ø	Red-Green Alliance	805	1.69	-0.53	0	-1
	I	Liberal Alliance	613	1.29	-0.21	0	0
	Æ	Freedom List	124	0.26	New	0	New
Total			47,624	100	N/A	31	N/A
Invalid votes			130	0.19	+0.02
Blank votes			460	0.66	+0.06
Turnout			48,214	68.82	-5.39
Source: valg.dk

References

1. "Lars Krarup stopper før tid | Nyheder". tvmidtvest (in Danish). Retrieved 29 January 2023.
2. "Enigt byråd bag konstituering i Herning Kommune | Nyheder". voresbyherning (in Danish). Retrieved 29 January 2023.
3. "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd den 16. november 2021 | Nyheder" (PDF). dst (in Danish). Retrieved 6 September 2023.