2021 Skanderborg municipal election

2021 Skanderborg municipal election

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All 29 seats to the Skanderborg Municipal Council 15 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	35,504 (74.3%) 3.5pp
First party Second party Third party   A V C Party Social Democrats Venstre Conservatives Last election 11 seats, 36.8% 8 seats, 24.4% 1 seat, 5.2% Seats won 10 7 4 Seat change 1 1 3 Popular vote 10,512 8,418 4,458 Percentage 30.0% 24.0% 12.7% Swing 6.8% 0.4% 7.5%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   F B O Party Green Left Social Liberals Danish People's Party Last election 2 seats, 6.8% 2 seats, 6.6% 3 seats, 8.8% Seats won 2 2 1 Seat change 0 0 2 Popular vote 3,024 2,642 1,520 Percentage 8.6% 7.6% 4.3% Swing 1.8% 1.0% 4.5%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   Ø D Å Party Red–Green Alliance New Right The Alternative Last election 1 seat, 4.2% 0 seats, 0.8% 1 seat, 3.4% Seats won 1 1 1 Seat change 0 1 0 Popular vote 1,511 1,299 808 Percentage 4.3% 3.7% 2.3% Swing 0.1% 2.9% 1.1%
Mayor before election Jørgen Gaarde Social Democrats Mayor after election Frands Fischer Social Democrats

Since the first election following the 2007 municipal reform, Jørgen Gaarde from the Social Democrats had been mayor of Skanderborg Municipality. This was until 2019 when he announced he was resigning and that Frands Fischer would take over. ^[1]

In this election, the Social Democrats suffered the highest decrease in total vote share, and lost a seat. However the traditional red bloc won 16 seats, and eventually it was announced that Frands Fischer would continue as mayor. ^[2]

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. Skanderborg Municipality had 29 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
	H	Hanne Stender Damkjær	Local politics
	Ø	Red–Green Alliance	Left-wing to Far-Left
	Å	The Alternative	Centre-left to Left-wing

Electoral Alliance 2

Party			Political alignment
	C	Conservatives	Centre-right
	I	Liberal Alliance	Centre-right to Right-wing

Electoral Alliance 3

Party			Political alignment
	A	Social Democrats	Centre-left
	B	Social Liberals	Centre to Centre-left
	F	Green Left	Centre-left to Left-wing

Electoral Alliance 4

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

Results by polling station

H = Hanne Stender Damkjær

Division	A	B	C	D	F	H	I	O	V	Ø	Å
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Ejer Bavnehøj	17.9	3.1	9.2	4.2	8.1	0.1	1.3	3.9	44.8	5.2	2.2
Galten	33.4	10.4	12.9	3.6	4.9	0.1	4.5	3.7	22.9	2.5	1.1
Gl. Rye	35.8	5.1	8.0	2.3	19.2	0.6	1.8	1.3	14.4	6.8	4.7
Hørning	32.2	3.6	21.2	4.5	7.2	0.6	1.4	4.3	20.1	3.7	1.2
Ry	27.4	6.7	11.8	2.6	14.3	0.3	1.2	1.7	23.6	6.2	4.2
Niels Ebbesen	28.0	13.5	13.8	2.9	6.5	0.3	2.2	3.1	23.5	3.8	2.5
Låsby	16.2	3.7	10.8	4.3	7.9	0.1	1.4	7.7	41.6	4.7	1.5
Morten Børup	32.6	8.7	11.0	3.2	9.1	0.4	1.8	4.1	20.8	5.4	2.8
Skovby	35.6	6.1	12.4	4.5	8.4	0.1	2.9	4.7	20.9	2.7	1.5
Stilling	41.4	5.2	10.8	3.5	6.0	0.0	1.8	3.7	22.8	2.6	2.1
Stjær	16.9	19.0	7.8	2.8	7.7	0.0	1.2	19.7	17.4	5.7	1.7
Virring	22.6	3.8	8.8	9.5	6.9	0.1	2.6	4.2	35.8	3.7	2.0

Results

Party			Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-
Skanderborg Municipality
	A	Social Democrats	10,512	30.04	-6.79	10	-1
	V	Venstre	8,418	24.05	-0.38	7	-1
	C	Conservatives	4,458	12.74	+7.55	4	+3
	F	Green Left	3,024	8.64	+1.89	2	0
	B	Social Liberals	2,642	7.55	+0.93	2	0
	O	Danish People's Party	1,520	4.34	-4.49	1	-2
	Ø	Red-Green Alliance	1,511	4.32	+0.16	1	0
	D	New Right	1,299	3.71	+2.93	1	+1
	Å	The Alternative	808	2.31	-1.14	1	0
	I	Liberal Alliance	713	2.04	-0.89	0	0
	H	Hanne Stender Damkjær	92	0.26	New	0	New
Total			34,997	100	N/A	29	N/A
Invalid votes			107	0.22	+0.14
Blank votes			400	0.84	+0.08
Turnout			35,504	74.34	-3.45
Source: valg.dk

References

1. "Borgmester går af efter ni år: Alderen spiller en rolle | Nyheder". tv2østjylland (in Danish). Retrieved 3 February 2023.
2. "Endelig: Det nye byråd har fordelt de politiske poster | Nyheder". skanderborg.lokalavisen (in Danish). 25 November 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
3. "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd den 16. november 2021 | Nyheder" (PDF). dst (in Danish). Retrieved 6 September 2023.