2021 Rudersdal municipal election

2021 Rudersdal municipal election

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All 23 seats to the Rudersdal Municipal Council 12 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	23,313 (74.1%) 0.8pp
First party Second party Third party   C V A Party Conservatives Venstre Social Democrats Last election 4 seats, 16.8% 8 seats, 30.6% 4 seats, 13.5% Seats won 9 5 3 Seat change 5 3 1 Popular vote 10,574 7,328 3,470 Percentage 33.1% 22.9% 10.9% Swing 16.3% 7.7% 2.6%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   L B Ø Party Lokalisten Social Liberals Red–Green Alliance Last election 3 seats, 11,6% 2 seats, 7.9% 1 seat, 3.4% Seats won 2 2 1 Seat change 1 0 0 Popular vote 2,905 2,472 1,676 Percentage 9.1% 7.7% 5.2% Swing 2.5% 0.2% 1.8%   Seventh party Eighth party   F I Party Green Left Liberal Alliance Last election 0 seats, 2.5% 1 seat, 5.4% Seats won 1 0 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 1,404 883 Percentage 4.4% 2.8% Swing 1.9% 2.6%
Mayor before election Jens Ive Venstre Mayor after election Ann Sofie Orth Conservatives

Ever since the 2009 election resulted in Erik Fabrin from Venstre becoming mayor, Venstre had held the mayor's position in the Municipality. ^[a] It was Jens Ive who had become mayor following the 2017 election ^[1]

In this election, the Conservatives would surprisingly become the biggest party. ^[2] They won 9 seats, an increase of 4, while Venstre won 5 seats, 3 less than in 2017. The Conservatives would eventually find an agreement with Lokalisten and Danish Social Liberal Party, which would see Ann Sofie Orth becoming the first mayor in the municipality from the Conservatives. ^[b] Eventually, all parties would agree on the constitution. ^{[3] [4]}

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. Rudersdal Municipality had 23 seats in 2021

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

Electoral alliances

Source ^[5]

Electoral Alliance 1

Party			Political alignment
	A	Social Democrats	Centre-left
	B	Social Liberals	Centre to Centre-left
	L	Lokallisten	Local politics

Electoral Alliance 2

Party			Political alignment
	C	Conservatives	Centre-right
	D	New Right	Right-wing to Far-right
	I	Liberal Alliance	Centre-right to Right-wing
	O	Danish People's Party	Right-wing to Far-right

Electoral Alliance 3

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

Results by polling station

R = BorgerFokus

Division	A	B	C	D	F	I	L	O	R	V	Ø
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Birkerød	15.2	8.0	23.4	1.9	4.2	1.7	17.8	1.5	0.3	19.3	6.5
Grünersvej	8.3	6.4	44.9	2.1	4.3	3.0	4.1	0.7	0.1	21.7	4.4
Nærum	18.8	7.3	27.6	3.5	6.0	2.2	5.7	1.4	0.2	21.2	6.1
Sjælsø	10.2	9.1	28.0	2.5	4.7	2.7	15.5	1.0	0.3	19.8	6.2
Vangebo	6.0	7.3	41.6	2.2	4.2	3.6	3.5	0.7	0.3	26.2	4.5
Trørød	12.7	7.1	34.7	3.0	4.4	3.2	3.7	1.0	0.2	26.2	3.8
Toftevang	11.6	9.6	25.0	2.7	4.8	2.1	15.9	1.4	0.6	18.7	7.8
Skovly	8.9	8.5	41.5	2.8	4.2	4.0	5.2	0.3	0.1	20.6	4.1
Vedbæk	6.4	6.1	37.6	3.5	3.2	3.2	4.0	0.6	0.1	32.3	3.0

Results

Party			Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-
Rudersdal Municipality
	C	Conservatives	10,574	33.09	+16.23	9	+5
	V	Venstre	7,328	22.93	-7.64	5	-3
	A	Social Democrats	3,470	10.86	-2.64	3	-1
	L	Lokallisten	2,905	9.09	-2.52	2	-1
	B	Social Liberals	2,472	7.73	-0.14	2	0
	Ø	Red-Green Alliance	1,676	5.24	+1.84	1	0
	F	Green Left	1,403	4.39	+1.87	1	+1
	I	Liberal Alliance	883	2.76	-2.62	0	-1
	D	New Right	856	2.68	+0.26	0	0
	O	Danish People's Party	313	0.98	-2.08	0	0
	R	BorgerFokus	79	0.25	New	0	New
Total			31,959	100	N/A	23	N/A
Invalid votes			112	0.26	+0.05
Blank votes			242	0.55	-0.12
Turnout			32,313	74.07	-0.86
Source: valg.dk

Notes

1. counting since 2007 where the municipality was altered
2. counting since 2007 where the municipality was altered

References

1. "Fakta: Her er borgmestrene på plads | Nyheder". jyllands-posten (in Danish). 21 November 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
2. "Mandag Morgens borgmesterprognose: Flest røde rådhuse efter valget | Nyheder". mandagmorgen (in Danish). Retrieved 16 February 2023.
3. "Ny borgmester, ny politik og en ny start for Rudersdal | Nyheder". sn (in Danish). 24 November 2021. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
4. "Kommunalbestyrelsen | Nyheder". rudersdal (in Danish). 11 April 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
5. "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd den 16. november 2021 | Nyheder" (PDF). dst (in Danish). Retrieved 9 June 2025.