2021 Slagelse municipal election

2021 Slagelse municipal election

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All 31 seats to the Slagelse Municipal Council 16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	41,044 (63.7%) 5.9pp
First party Second party Third party   V A C Party Venstre Social Democrats Conservatives Last election 10 seats, 29.1% 12 seats, 34.6% 0 seats, 2.2% Seats won 11 9 3 Seat change 1 3 3 Popular vote 13,507 11,228 3,566 Percentage 33.6% 27.9% 8.9% Swing 4.5% 6.7% 6.7%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   D F B Party New Right Green Left Social Liberals Last election 0 seats, 2.5% 2 seats, 6.0% 1 seat, 2.8% Seats won 2 2 2 Seat change 2 0 1 Popular vote 2,814 2,530 1,932 Percentage 7.0% 6.3% 4.8% Swing 4.5% 0.3% 2%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   O Ø I Party Danish People's Party Red–Green Alliance Liberal Alliance Last election 4 seats, 13.6% 1 seat, 4.2% 1 seat, 2.7% Seats won 1 1 0 Seat change 3 0 1 Popular vote 2,174 1,640 409 Percentage 5.4% 4.1% 1.0% Swing 8.2% 0.1% 1.7%
Mayor before election John Dyrby Paulsen Social Democrats Mayor after election Knud Vincents Venstre

Following the last two elections in the municipality, a change of the party holding mayor's position had occurred.

In the last election, a dramatic deal that would see the Social Democrats and Liberal Alliance split the term in two periods, had been agreed upon. However Liberal Alliance decided to not take on the mayor's position, in the last two years as agreed. ^{[1] [2]}

In this election, Venstre would become the largest party for the first time in the municipality's history. ^[a] They would win 11 seats, an increase of 1 compared to 2017. Social Liberals, the Conservatives and Venstre would eventually come to an agreement that would see Knud Vincents from Venstre become the new mayor of the municipality. ^{[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. Slagelse Municipality had 31 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
	C	Conservatives	Centre-right
	D	New Right	Right-wing to Far-right
	I	Liberal Alliance	Centre-right to Right-wing
	V	Venstre	Centre-right

Electoral Alliance 2

Party			Political alignment
	B	Social Liberals	Centre to Centre-left
	F	Green Left	Centre-left to Left-wing
	G	Vegan Party	Single-issue
	K	Christian Democrats	Centre to Centre-right

Results by polling station

Division	A	B	C	D	F	G	I	K	O	V	Æ	Ø
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Dalmose	24.7	6.4	7.7	8.9	6.2	0.7	1.8	0.1	11.5	28.4	0.2	3.4
Flakkebjerg	21.4	5.0	9.8	10.4	6.6	0.0	1.0	0.0	7.8	33.0	0.4	4.6
Slots Bjergby	18.6	8.7	9.9	9.8	5.7	0.2	1.0	0.0	5.4	36.6	0.3	3.7
Sørbymagle	27.7	3.5	10.9	8.2	4.4	0.6	2.9	0.4	7.0	30.7	0.1	3.7
Korsør Søndre Bydel	35.4	4.9	7.8	7.4	5.4	0.7	0.8	0.5	5.0	28.0	0.4	3.7
Korsør Nordre Bydel	40.2	3.8	6.3	7.5	5.9	0.6	0.4	0.8	5.8	23.3	0.4	5.0
Tårnborg	32.2	2.7	7.7	10.5	6.6	0.7	0.7	0.5	5.5	29.6	0.1	3.4
Vemmelev	21.8	3.8	10.6	10.3	5.0	0.5	1.3	0.3	6.4	37.9	0.3	1.8
Søndermark	29.1	4.9	10.7	6.9	6.9	0.3	0.8	0.5	4.6	30.5	0.2	4.8
Rude	18.5	3.0	3.5	6.1	6.2	1.0	0.9	0.1	5.3	49.0	0.3	6.1
Skælskør Vest	26.5	6.1	5.3	4.0	5.7	0.7	0.1	0.1	5.4	40.2	0.1	5.8
Agersø	69.3	1.5	1.5	2.2	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.0	1.5	20.4	2.2	0.7
Magleby	20.7	8.2	6.1	10.2	3.4	0.3	0.7	0.0	6.8	40.1	0.0	3.4
Skælskør Øst	23.3	5.3	5.6	5.1	4.1	0.3	0.8	0.1	6.8	45.1	0.1	3.5
Eggeslevmagle	17.8	6.4	8.7	7.2	3.4	1.1	0.0	0.0	4.9	45.8	0.0	4.5
Boeslunde	19.8	4.6	9.0	7.8	3.7	1.0	1.0	0.1	7.8	39.3	0.1	5.6
Omø	60.6	1.8	1.8	1.8	3.7	1.8	0.0	0.0	4.6	13.8	0.0	10.1
Tjæreby	19.8	5.9	2.9	8.6	5.6	0.8	0.5	0.0	8.6	43.6	0.0	3.7
Slagelse Hallen	23.1	6.5	10.2	6.6	8.7	0.8	2.2	0.2	4.2	33.1	0.3	4.2
Antvorskov	26.7	5.0	11.1	5.9	7.2	0.6	1.1	0.2	3.8	34.4	0.2	3.8
Stillinge	26.0	2.4	10.7	6.9	6.0	0.3	0.4	0.3	5.7	38.6	0.1	2.6
Vestermose	18.6	3.8	11.3	8.0	6.7	0.7	1.5	0.1	6.4	40.5	0.0	2.4
Vesthallen	26.3	4.8	10.7	5.6	7.3	0.6	0.9	0.1	4.5	36.3	0.1	2.7
Nordhallen	29.9	4.7	9.8	6.0	7.0	0.5	1.2	0.3	4.8	30.2	0.3	5.4
Havrebjerg	28.2	2.6	6.5	6.8	8.2	0.0	1.8	0.0	6.8	35.0	0.0	4.1

Results

Party			Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-
Slagelse Municipality
	V	Venstre	13,507	33.56	+4.46	11	+1
	A	Social Democrats	11,228	27.90	-6.67	9	-3
	C	Conservatives	3,566	8.86	+6.63	3	+3
	D	New Right	2,814	6.99	+4.52	2	+2
	F	Green Left	2,530	6.29	+0.30	2	0
	O	Danish People's Party	2,174	5.40	-8.18	1	-3
	B	Social Liberals	1,932	4.80	+1.95	2	+1
	Ø	Red-Green Alliance	1,640	4.07	-0.07	1	0
	I	Liberal Alliance	409	1.02	-1.73	0	-1
	G	Vegan Party	235	0.58	New	0	New
	K	Christian Democrats	119	0.30	+0.13	0	0
	Æ	Freedom List	94	0.23	New	0	New
Total			40,248	100	N/A	31	N/A
Invalid votes			123	0.19	+0.07
Blank votes			673	1.04	+0.15
Turnout			41,044	63.67	-5.94
Source: valg.dk

Notes

1. counting from the 2007 municipal reform

References

1. "Kupforsøg, knive i ryggen og et forlist brinteventyr: Derfor endte Slagelse med en delt borgmesterpost | Nyheder". altinget (in Danish). 8 April 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
2. "Liberal Alliance takker nej til borgmesterpost – men forlanger, at Dyrby betaler for det | Nyheder". tv2øst (in Danish). Retrieved 14 February 2023.
3. "Den nye borgmester hedder Knud Vincents | Nyheder". slagelse (in Danish). 17 November 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
4. "Byrådet | Nyheder". slagelse (in Danish). Retrieved 14 February 2023.
5. "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd den 16. november 2021 | Nyheder" (PDF). dst (in Danish). Retrieved 9 June 2025.