2021 Stevns municipal election

2021 Stevns municipal election

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All 19 seats to the Stevns Municipal Council 10 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	13,678 (74.8%) 2.8pp
First party Second party Third party   A V C Party Social Democrats Venstre Conservatives Last election 6 seats, 27.3% 4 seats, 19.5% 2 seats, 9.2% Seats won 5 5 3 Seat change 1 1 1 Popular vote 3,141 3,054 1,741 Percentage 24.5% 23.8% 13.6% Swing 2.8% 4.3% 4.4%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   N O Ø Party Nyt Stevns Danish People's Party Red–Green Alliance Last election 2 seats, 12.4% 2 seats, 12.0% 2 seats, 6.2% Seats won 2 1 1 Seat change 0 1 1 Popular vote 1,182 886 839 Percentage 9.2% 6.9% 6.6% Swing 3.2% 5.1% 0.4%   Seventh party Eighth party   B F Party Social Liberals Green Left Last election 1 seat, 5.9% 0 seats, 2.6% Seats won 1 1 Seat change 0 1 Popular vote 720 682 Percentage 5.6% 5.3% Swing 0.3% 2.7%
Mayor before election Anette Mortensen Venstre Mayor after election Henning Urban Dam Social Democrats

Ever since the 2007 municipal reform, Venstre had held the mayor's position in Stevns Municipality. Despite only winning 4 seats, 2 less than largest party Social Democrats, in the 2017 election, they had manage to secure the mayor's position. ^[1]

In this election, the Social Democrats would lose a seat while Venstre would gain a seat, making them equally large for the first time. ^[a] However, local party Nyt Stevns won 2 seats, and could be decisive, as no bloc had a majority themselves. However, Venstre surprisingly, without citing exactly why, decided to support Henning Urban Dam from the Social Democrats as mayor. This deal included Anette Mortensen from Venstre becoming deputy mayor. ^{[2] [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. Stevns Municipality had 19 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
	D	New Right	Right-wing to Far-right
	I	Liberal Alliance	Centre-right to Right-wing
	N	Nyt Stevns	Local politics
	O	Danish People's Party	Right-wing to Far-right
	V	Venstre	Centre-right

Electoral Alliance 2

Party			Political alignment
	A	Social Democrats	Centre-left
	B	Social Liberals	Centre to Centre-left
	F	Green Left	Centre-left to Left-wing
	Ø	Red–Green Alliance	Left-wing to Far-Left

Results by polling station

Division	A	B	C	D	F	I	N	O	V	Ø
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Hårlevhallen	24.5	5.4	11.2	3.8	5.7	0.7	10.5	6.3	24.5	7.4
Strøbyhallen	22.9	5.3	15.1	3.9	6.1	0.9	5.2	5.8	28.8	5.8
Stevnshallen	27.1	5.5	14.3	3.5	4.4	0.8	9.8	7.8	20.5	6.3
Sydstevnshallen	23.7	6.6	13.1	2.6	4.7	1.2	13.8	8.5	18.8	7.0

Results

Party			Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-
Stevns Municipality
	A	Social Democrats	3,141	24.52	-2.82	5	-1
	V	Venstre	3,054	23.84	+4.38	5	+1
	C	Conservatives	1,741	13.59	+4.41	3	+1
	N	Nyt Stevns	1,182	9.23	-3.20	2	0
	O	Danish People's Party	886	6.92	-5.09	1	-1
	Ø	Red-Green Alliance	839	6.55	+0.35	1	-1
	B	Social Liberals	720	5.62	-0.27	1	0
	F	Green Left	682	5.32	+2.71	1	+1
	D	New Right	452	3.53	New	0	New
	I	Liberal Alliance	113	0.88	-1.69	0	0
Total			12,810	100	N/A	19	N/A
Invalid votes			69	0.36	+0.05
Blank votes			184	0.97	+0.02
Turnout			13,063	68.91	-3.83
Source: valg.dk

Notes

1. counting from the 2007 municipal reform

References

1. "Mød Stevns' nye borgmester | Nyheder". sn (in Danish). 2 January 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
2. "Henning Urban Dam snupper borgmesterkæden på Stevns | Nyheder". tv2øst (in Danish). Retrieved 13 February 2023.
3. "Kommunalbestyrelsen | Nyheder". stevns (in Danish). Retrieved 13 February 2023.
4. "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd den 16. november 2021 | Nyheder" (PDF). dst (in Danish). Retrieved 9 June 2025.