2021 Silkeborg municipal election

2021 Silkeborg municipal election

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All 31 seats to the Silkeborg Municipal Council 16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	55,182 (73.3%) 1.4pp
First party Second party Third party   A V C Party Social Democrats Venstre Conservatives Last election 10 seats, 30.1% 11 seats, 32.8% 1 seats, 4.5% Seats won 10 8 6 Seat change 0 3 5 Popular vote 15,523 14,509 7,671 Percentage 28.6% 26.7% 14.1% Swing 1.5% 6.1% 9.6%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Ø F B Party Red–Green Alliance Green Left Social Liberals Last election 2 seats, 5.5% 2 seats, 7.2% 1 seats, 4.2% Seats won 2 2 2 Seat change 0 0 1 Popular vote 4,174 3,611 2,892 Percentage 7.7% 6.6% 5.3% Swing 2.2% 0.6% 1.1%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   D O I Party New Right Danish People's Party Liberal Alliance Last election Did not stand 2 seats, 6.2% 1 seats, 3,6% Seats won 1 0 0 Seat change 1 2 1 Popular vote 2,225 1,253 692 Percentage 4.1% 2.3% 1.3 Swing New 3.9% 2.3
Mayor before election Steen Vindum Venstre Mayor after election Helle Gade Social Democrats

In 2021 Silkeborg Municipality had had mayors from 3 different parties since the 2007 municipal reform: the Conservatives from 2007 to 2009, the Social Democrats from 2010 to 2013, and Venstre from 2014 to 2021. The 2021 election was seen as an election that could tilt either way,^{[ which? ]} and was likely to be dependent on the position of the Social Liberals. ^[1] Both Venstre and Social Democrats decreased their vote share, but the Social Democrats didn't lose any seats, while Venstre lost 3 seats, and this meant the Social Democrats would be the biggest party in the following period. On December 10, 2021, a municipal council with Social Democrat Helle Gade as mayor was announced. ^[2]

Electoral system

For elections to Danish municipalities, a number of candidates varying from 9 to 31, depending on the municipality, 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. Silkeborg 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
	A	Social Democrats	Centre-left
	F	Green Left	Centre-left to Left-wing
	Æ	Freedom List	Right-wing to Far-right
	Ø	Red–Green Alliance	Left-wing to Far-Left

Electoral Alliance 2

Party			Political alignment
	B	Social Liberals	Centre to Centre-left
	K	Christian Democrats	Centre to Centre-right
	Å	The Alternative	Centre-left to Left-wing

Electoral Alliance 3

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

Results by polling station

E = Carsen Ørum Skytt
Æ = Deltagerlisten

Division	A	B	C	D	E	F	I	K	O	V	Æ	Ø	Å
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Ans	31.1	1.2	8.4	4.6	0.0	4.3	0.7	3.9	2.9	38.5	0.2	4.1	0.2
Funder	28.7	4.0	18.1	5.3	0.0	5.6	1.8	1.8	2.3	23.2	0.5	8.2	0.4
Fårvang	25.7	1.7	6.9	6.3	0.0	4.8	0.9	3.6	7.9	38.2	0.0	3.2	0.8
Gjern	21.1	2.5	8.6	2.9	0.0	5.8	0.9	18.5	1.9	30.0	0.2	7.2	0.3
Grauballe	32.4	1.0	6.2	6.1	0.0	6.2	1.2	3.0	2.1	37.6	0.3	3.6	0.3
Gødvad	30.7	5.0	15.3	4.1	0.1	6.5	1.6	2.5	2.0	22.7	0.2	7.7	1.6
Kjellerup	25.2	1.8	6.7	3.3	0.0	7.5	0.6	1.6	2.7	47.1	0.1	3.3	0.1
Kragelund	33.5	1.4	23.9	5.1	0.0	3.1	0.4	2.3	2.9	21.6	0.1	5.6	0.1
Lemming	31.6	4.8	6.8	5.9	0.0	9.2	1.8	1.8	4.5	27.8	0.6	5.2	0.1
Linå	24.6	4.3	14.2	7.0	0.0	7.0	1.9	1.9	3.4	20.9	0.2	13.6	1.0
Resenbro	36.0	3.4	14.7	3.7	0.1	3.0	2.2	1.7	1.6	21.6	0.0	11.9	0.2
Sejling	27.5	6.4	12.1	5.2	0.2	10.3	2.1	2.3	2.0	27.2	0.4	4.3	0.2
Sejs	22.4	2.7	23.1	2.5	0.0	4.6	0.6	0.4	1.1	33.8	0.2	8.5	0.2
Sjørslev	26.0	1.3	4.6	5.4	0.0	8.0	0.2	1.5	17.8	32.1	0.6	2.2	0.4
Sorring	35.3	1.7	30.5	3.5	0.0	4.0	1.0	2.6	1.2	11.9	0.0	8.2	0.1
Thorning	20.0	1.4	5.4	5.8	0.0	12.2	0.7	1.6	2.7	47.3	0.1	2.2	0.6
Vinderslev	24.9	1.7	6.4	5.8	0.0	5.7	1.4	3.5	3.3	43.7	0.3	3.5	0.0
Voel	40.7	1.1	11.5	3.0	0.0	3.1	0.9	9.4	1.5	25.0	0.0	3.5	0.3
Balle	31.6	4.3	15.2	3.5	2.2	7.3	1.8	1.2	2.1	23.9	0.3	6.5	0.2
Bryrup	13.6	3.4	7.7	4.9	0.0	18.5	1.6	1.3	2.6	15.7	0.0	30.6	0.2
Buskelund	28.6	6.1	21.9	3.5	0.1	4.6	1.3	0.9	1.0	26.6	0.2	5.0	0.4
Gjessø	19.1	3.5	10.8	4.7	0.1	5.8	1.9	1.2	2.3	40.7	0.3	9.1	0.4
Hjøllund	20.9	4.7	10.6	5.5	0.0	9.1	0.4	1.2	2.8	15.0	0.0	28.3	1.6
Langsøskolen	35.2	5.1	12.4	3.3	0.1	7.9	0.9	0.8	1.9	23.2	0.7	7.2	1.2
Lysbro	29.7	6.1	19.0	3.0	0.1	7.3	1.8	0.9	1.6	22.2	0.2	7.7	0.4
Alderslyst	34.8	4.8	12.9	3.9	0.6	7.1	0.8	1.0	1.8	20.1	2.1	8.9	1.3
Jysk Arena	34.0	4.4	14.9	3.6	0.1	6.5	1.1	1.4	2.6	18.2	1.0	8.0	4.0
Them	21.6	19.5	8.2	6.9	0.0	5.6	1.5	0.7	2.7	25.2	0.1	7.5	0.3
Vestergadehallen	28.6	5.8	16.3	3.7	0.0	7.8	1.7	0.7	1.6	22.1	0.3	10.7	0.5
Virklund	23.5	23.9	14.8	3.1	0.2	5.0	1.4	0.4	1.2	19.7	0.0	6.7	0.1

Results

Party			Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-
Silkeborg Municipality
	A	Social Democrats	15,523	28.56	-1.50	10	0
	V	Venstre	14,509	26.70	-6.09	8	-3
	C	Conservatives	7,671	14.11	+9.66	6	+5
	Ø	Red-Green Alliance	4,174	7.68	+2.14	2	0
	F	Green Left	3,611	6.64	-0.57	2	0
	B	Social Liberals	2,892	5.32	+1.13	2	+1
	D	New Right	2,225	4.09	New	1	New
	O	Danish People's Party	1,253	2.31	-3.92	0	-2
	K	Christian Democrats	1,088	2.00	+1.11	0	0
	I	Liberal Alliance	692	1.27	-2.37	0	-1
	Å	The Alternative	408	0.75	-1.71	0	-1
	Æ	Deltagerlisten	195	0.36	+0.01	0	0
	E	Carsten Ørum Skytt	109	0.20	New	0	New
Total			54,350	100	N/A	31	N/A
Invalid votes			258	0.34	+0.22
Blank votes			574	0.76	-0.14
Turnout			55,182	73.34	-1.33
Source: valg.dk

References

1. "Spænding i Silkeborg: Ny meningsmåling viser dødt løb mellem borgmesterkandidater English: Tension in Silkeborg: New polling shows tight races between mayoral candidates | Nyheder". tvmidtvest (in Danish). Retrieved 29 January 2023.
2. "Helle Gade bliver borgmester og de forskellige poster er fordelt blandt partierne English: Helle Gade becomes mayor and the seats are distributed among the parties | Nyheder". silkeborg.dk (in Danish). Archived from the original on 6 October 2022. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
3. "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd den 16. november 2021 | Nyheder" (PDF). dst (in Danish). Retrieved 6 September 2023.