2021 Hvidovre municipal election

2021 Hvidovre municipal election

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All 21 seats to the Hvidovre Municipal Council 11 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	24,912 (60.8%) 5.1pp
First party Second party Third party   A C F Party Social Democrats Conservatives Green Left Last election 8 seats, 33,8% 2 seats, 7.8% 3 seats, 10.6% Seats won 7 4 4 Seat change 1 2 1 Popular vote 8,535 4,010 3,800 Percentage 34.9% 16.4% 15.5% Swing 1.1% 8.6% 4.9%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   H V O Party Hvidovrelisten Venstre Danish People's Party Last election 2 seats, 9.8% 2 seats, 8.1% 3 seats, 13.8% Seats won 2 1 1 Seat change 0 1 2 Popular vote 1,685 1,472 1,450 Percentage 6.9% 6.0% 5.9% Swing 2.9% 2.1% 7.9%   Seventh party Eighth party   Ø D Party Red–Green Alliance New Right Last election 1 seat, 5.9% 0 seats, 1.3% Seats won 1 1 Seat change 0 1 Popular vote 1,310 866 Percentage 5.4% 3.5% Swing 0.5% 2.2%
Mayor before election Helle Moesgaard Adelborg Social Democrats Mayor after election Anders Wolf Andresen Green Left

Ever since 1944, the Social Democrats had held the mayor's position in Hvidovre Municipality.

In the 2017 election, the Social Democrats had won 8 seats and become the largest party. Helle Moesgaard Adelborg would eventually become mayor for her 2nd full term ^[a] . ^[1]

In this election, once again it would be the Social Democrats who won the most seats, despite losing a seat. However, the Conservatives, the Green Left, Venstre, the Red–Green Alliance and local party Hvidovrelisten reached an agreement without the Social Democrats. This would see Anders Wolf Andresen from the Green Left secure the mayor's position. ^{[2] [3]}

This was 1 of only 2 municipalities in the 2017 elections where the Green Left would win the mayor's position.

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. Hvidovre Municipality had 21 seats in 2021

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

Electoral alliances

Source ^[4]

Electoral Alliance 1

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

Electoral Alliance 2

Party			Political alignment
	B	Social Liberals	Centre to Centre-left
	F	Green Left	Centre-left to Left-wing
	G	Vegan Party	Single-issue
	H	Hvidovrelisten	Local politics
	Ø	Red–Green Alliance	Left-wing to Far-Left

Electoral Alliance 3

Party			Political alignment
	D	New Right	Right-wing to Far-right
	I	Liberal Alliance	Centre-right to Right-wing
	L	Lokalisten 2650	Local politics

Results by polling station

L = Lokallisten 2650
R = Kommunistisk Liste

Division	A	B	C	D	F	G	H	I	L	O	R	V	Ø
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Holmegårdshallen	25.7	4.5	18.4	3.2	17.8	0.4	8.9	1.2	1.2	5.8	0.3	5.9	6.6
Præstemoseskolen	32.4	2.5	18.5	4.4	15.2	0.2	7.8	0.8	0.6	6.1	0.3	6.3	4.9
Sønderkærskolen	36.7	3.3	14.3	4.2	15.4	0.4	5.4	1.0	0.8	5.8	0.2	6.0	6.6
Kometen	34.0	2.9	14.5	3.1	18.9	0.3	7.5	1.1	0.8	6.1	0.0	5.6	5.2
Avedøre Idrætscenter	44.5	2.7	12.0	3.8	12.6	0.4	3.6	0.7	2.6	5.9	0.4	3.9	6.9
Avedøre Skole	37.7	2.6	17.9	4.1	11.0	0.1	8.1	0.8	1.1	6.4	0.1	6.4	3.8
Frihedens Idrætscenter	36.6	2.3	16.4	3.2	16.9	0.3	6.5	0.7	1.0	5.5	0.2	6.0	4.5
Dansborghallen	30.7	3.1	18.6	2.6	16.8	0.3	7.0	1.1	0.9	6.0	0.2	7.7	5.1

Results

Party			Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-
Hvidovre Municipality
	A	Social Democrats	8,535	34.87	+1.05	7	-1
	C	Conservatives	4,010	16.38	+8.54	4	+2
	F	Green Left	3,800	15.52	+4.97	4	+1
	H	Hvidovrelisten	1,685	6.88	-2.91	2	0
	V	Venstre	1,472	6.01	-2.12	1	-1
	O	Danish People's Party	1,450	5.92	-7.88	1	-2
	Ø	Red-Green Alliance	1,310	5.35	-0.55	1	0
	D	New Right	866	3.54	+2.27	1	+1
	B	Social Liberals	725	2.96	+0.84	0	0
	L	Lokallisten 2650	279	1.14	New	0	New
	I	Liberal Alliance	225	0.92	-0.13	0	0
	G	Vegan Party	73	0.30	New	0	New
	R	Kommunistisk Liste	49	0.20	New	0	New
Total			24,479	100	N/A	21	N/A
Invalid votes			65	0.16	+0.06
Blank votes			368	0.90	-0.01
Turnout			24,912	60.79	-5.10
Source: valg.dk

Notes

1. she also took over in 2012 from Milton Graff Pedersen

References

1. "Fakta: Her er borgmestrene på plads | Nyheder". jyllands-posten (in Danish). Retrieved 16 February 2023.
2. "Kæmpe overraskelse: SF kupper socialdemokratisk borgmester i Hvidovre | Nyheder". tv2kosmopol (in Danish). Retrieved 16 February 2023.
3. "Medlemmer af Kommunalbestyrelsen 2022 - 2025 | Nyheder". hvidovre (in Danish). Retrieved 16 February 2023.
4. "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd den 16. november 2021 | Nyheder" (PDF). dst (in Danish). Retrieved 9 June 2025.