2021 Odsherred municipal election

2021 Odsherred municipal election

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All 25 seats to the Odsherred Municipal Council 13 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	18,788 (67.8%) 5.1pp
First party Second party Third party   A V N Party Social Democrats Venstre Nyt Odsherred Last election 12 seats, 43.5% 7 seats, 24.6% Did Not Stand Seats won 10 4 4 Seat change 2 3 4 Popular vote 6,743 2,570 2,348 Percentage 36.6% 13.9% 12.7% Swing 6.9% 10.7% New   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   O B D Party Danish People's Party Social Liberals New Right Last election 2 seats, 9.7% 1 seat, 3.9% 0 seats, 1.3% Seats won 2 1 1 Seat change 0 0 1 Popular vote 1,360 1,163 1,035 Percentage 7.4% 6.3% 5.6% Swing 2.3% 2.4% 4.3%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   F C Ø Party Green Left Conservatives Red–Green Alliance Last election 1 seat, 3.2% 0 seats, 2.5% 1 seat, 4.9% Seats won 1 1 1 Seat change 0 1 0 Popular vote 1,033 981 943 Percentage 5.6% 5.3% 5.1% Swing 2.4% 2.8% 0.2%
Mayor before election Thomas Adelskov Social Democrats Mayor after election Karina Vincentz Nyt Odsherred

Ever since the 2007 municipal reform, the Social Democrats had held the mayor's position in the municipality.

In 2017, the Social Democrats had won 12 seats, just one short of an absolute majority. Still it would be Thomas Adelskov from the party who would become mayor. ^[1]

Prior to this election, a new party called Nyt Odsherred had been created to try and challenge the mayor's position for the election. ^[2] They would end up winning 4 seats, and become the party to receive the 3rd highest number of votes. However they would manage, together with the Social Liberals, the Conservatives, the New Right, Danish People's Party and Venstre, to reach an agreement that would see leader of the party, Karina Vincentz become mayor. ^[3]

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. Odsherred Municipality had 25 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

Electoral Alliance 2

Party			Political alignment
	D	New Right	Right-wing to Far-right
	I	Liberal Alliance	Centre-right to Right-wing
	V	Venstre	Centre-right

Electoral Alliance 3

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

Electoral Alliance 4

Party			Political alignment
	B	Social Liberals	Centre to Centre-left
	N	Nyt Odsherred	Centre to Centre-right (Local politics)

Results by polling station

Division	A	B	C	D	F	G	I	N	O	V	Æ	Ø
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Asnæs	41.9	5.6	4.9	4.5	4.7	0.3	0.3	10.1	6.9	16.4	0.3	4.2
Fårevejle	37.5	3.6	4.4	6.2	5.0	0.2	0.4	14.5	9.3	14.3	0.2	4.5
Grevinge	37.9	4.3	4.3	6.8	5.1	0.4	0.5	12.9	7.7	15.2	0.6	4.3
Hørve	34.0	3.9	7.8	6.9	4.9	0.2	0.3	11.1	10.4	15.7	0.3	4.6
Rørvig	34.3	5.1	7.3	3.0	8.8	0.8	0.3	14.3	3.7	15.1	0.0	7.2
Nykøbing	44.7	4.9	4.1	5.9	7.0	0.6	0.3	13.3	5.4	9.3	0.5	4.0
Vig	24.1	10.5	8.1	6.8	4.5	0.6	0.9	12.5	10.7	16.8	0.3	4.3
Odden	33.1	4.4	4.0	3.3	3.3	0.3	0.1	32.4	5.5	7.8	0.4	5.4
Egebjerg	27.6	6.4	3.7	7.1	8.4	1.0	0.7	8.3	5.7	17.7	0.9	12.6
Højby	35.0	12.0	5.0	4.6	4.9	1.8	0.5	9.4	7.0	14.1	0.7	4.9
Lumsås	36.3	10.4	4.1	4.8	6.8	0.5	0.7	10.4	4.1	13.3	1.0	7.5
Nr. Asmindrup	33.2	7.3	6.2	5.0	4.1	0.7	0.9	10.7	8.9	14.4	0.4	8.2

Results

Party			Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-
Odsherred Municipality
	A	Social Democrats	6,743	36.56	-6.91	10	-2
	V	Venstre	2,570	13.93	-10.63	4	-3
	N	Nyt Odsherred	2,348	12.73	New	4	New
	O	Danish People's Party	1,360	7.37	-2.35	2	0
	B	Social Liberals	1,163	6.30	+2.41	1	0
	D	New Right	1,035	5.61	+4.28	1	+1
	F	Green Left	1,033	5.60	+2.42	1	0
	C	Conservatives	981	5.32	+2.84	1	+1
	Ø	Red-Green Alliance	943	5.11	+0.21	1	0
	G	Vegan Party	113	0.61	New	0	New
	Æ	Freedom List	79	0.43	New	0	New
	I	Liberal Alliance	78	0.42	-0.25	0	0
Total			18,446	100	N/A	25	N/A
Invalid votes			97	0.35	+0.21
Blank votes			245	0.88	+0.15
Turnout			18,788	67.75	-5.11
Source: valg.dk

References

1. "Fakta: Her er borgmestrene på plads | Nyheder". jyllandsposten (in Danish). Retrieved 14 February 2023.
2. "Efter ballade i Venstre – udbrydere danner ny lokalliste i Odsherred | Nyheder". tv2øst (in Danish). Retrieved 14 February 2023.
3. "Odsherred får valgets første lokalliste-borgmester | Nyheder". berlingske (in Danish). Retrieved 14 February 2023.
4. "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd den 16. november 2021 | Nyheder" (PDF). dst (in Danish). Retrieved 9 June 2025.