2021 North Denmark Regional election

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2021 North Denmark Regional election
 201716 November 2021 2025  

All 41 seats to the North Denmark Regional Council
21 seats needed for a majority
Turnout310,538 (67.8%)
Decrease2.svg 3.6pp
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
A
V
C
Party Social Democrats Venstre Conservatives
Last election18 seats, 41.5%11 seats, 24.5%4 seats, 8.5%
Seats won15117
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 30Increase2.svg 3
Popular vote108,63778,33749,069
Percentage35.0%25.2%15.8%
SwingDecrease2.svg 6.5%Increase2.svg 0.7%Increase2.svg 7.3%

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
Ø
D
F
Party Red–Green Alliance New Right Green Left
Last election2 seats, 4.3%0 seats, 1.0%1 seat, 3.4%
Seats won222
Seat change0Increase2.svg 2Increase2.svg 1
Popular vote14,37013,23313,073
Percentage4.6%4.3%4.2%
SwingIncrease2.svg 0.3%Increase2.svg 3.3%Increase2.svg 0.8%

 Seventh partyEighth party
 
O
B
Party Danish People's Party Danish Social Liberal Party
Last election4 seats, 8.8%1 seat, 3.1%
Seats won11
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 30
Popular vote12,06011,520
Percentage3.9%3.7%
SwingDecrease2.svg 4.9%Increase2.svg 0.6%

Chairperson before election

Ulla Astman
Social Democrats

Chairperson after election

Mads Duedahl
Venstre

The 2021 North Denmark Regional election was held on November 16, 2021, to elect the 41 members to sit in the regional council for the North Denmark Region, in the period of 2022 to 2025.

Contents

Prior to this election, and ever since the creation of the 5 Danish regions in the 2007 Municipal reform, the Social Democrats had been the largest party and held the chairperson's seat for North Denmark, and following the 2017 election, Ulla Astman had secured her third consecutive term as the chairperson . [lower-alpha 1] [1]

In this election, Astman would stand to get elected for a fourth term while Mads Duedahl from Venstre would be the main candidate for the opposition. In a result that was seen as a surprise, [2] [3] the parties commonly associated with the blue bloc of Danish politics had won 21 seats, and a change of control became a possibility. On the night following the election results, Mads Duedahl gave an interview announcing that he had found a majority to back him as the new chairperson. [4]

After the result, the 2020 Danish mink cull was seen as a possible reason to the Social Democrats losing control of the regional council for the first time. [5] [6]

Electoral Alliances

Electoral Alliance 1

PartyPolitical Position
B Danish Social Liberal Party Centre to Centre-left
F Green Left Centre-left to Left-wing
G Vegan Party Centre-left to Left-wing
R Kommunistisk Parti Local Politics
T Trafikalt Folkeparti Local Politics
Ø Red–Green Alliance Left-wing to Far-left
Å The Alternative Centre-left to Left-wing

Electoral Alliance 2

PartyPolitical Position
D New Right Right-wing
O Danish People's Party Right-wing
V Venstre Centre-right

Electoral Alliance 3

PartyPolitical Position
C Conservatives Centre-right
I Liberal Alliance Centre-right to Right-wing
K Christian Democrats Centre to Centre-right

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
North Denmark Regional council
Social Democrats 108,63734.9815-3
Venstre 78,33725.23110
Conservatives 49,06915.807+3
Red–Green Alliance 14,3704.6320
New Right 13,2334.262+2
Green Left 13,0734.212+1
Danish People's Party 12,0603.881-3
Danish Social Liberal Party 11,5203.7110
Liberal Alliance 3,4741.1200
Christian Democrats 2,7310.8800
The Alternative 9960.3200
Vegan Party 7550.240New
Freedom List 6560.210New
Trafikalt Folkeparti 6430.210New
Progress Party 4020.130New
Kommunistisk Parti 3740.1200
Stram Kurs 2080.070New
Total310,538100.00410
Valid votes310,53896.11
Invalid votes9640.30
Blank votes11,6063.59
Total votes323,108100.00
Registered voters/turnout476,69467.78
Source:

Notes

  1. Ulla Astman was also chairperson in the second half of the first term in the region

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