2021 Thisted municipal election

2021 Thisted municipal election

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All 27 seats to the Thisted Municipal Council 14 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	23,981 (69.6%) 4.8pp
First party Second party Third party   A V C Party Social Democrats Venstre Conservatives Last election 9 seats, 34.3% 6 seats, 21.9% 5 seats, 16.2% Seats won 9 7 6 Seat change 0 1 1 Popular vote 8,249 5,403 5,005 Percentage 34.8% 22.8% 21.1% Swing 0.5% 0.9% 4.9%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Ø O D Party Red–Green Alliance Danish People's Party New Right Last election 1 seat, 3.9% 3 seats, 10.9% 0 seats, 0.4% Seats won 1 1 1 Seat change 0 2 1 Popular vote 931 872 801 Percentage 3.9% 3.7% 3.4% Swing 0.0% 7.2% 3.0%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   F Å I Party Green Left The Alternative Liberal Alliance Last election 1 seat, 4.3% 1 seat, 2.4% 1 seat, 3.9% Seats won 1 1 0 Seat change 0 0 1 Popular vote 761 577 417 Percentage 3.2% 2.4% 1.8% Swing 1.1% 0.7% 2.1%
Mayor before election Ulla Jensen Social Democrats Mayor after election Niels Pedersen Venstre

In 2017, Lene Kjeldgaard from Venstre failed to become mayor for a third term. Instead Ulla Vestergaard from the Social Democrats became mayor, the first from the party to do so since 2007 municipal reform. ^[1]

However, despite the Social Democrats increasing their vote share by 0.5% in this election, a constitution that would see Niels Pedersen from Venstre become mayor, was announced. The constitution were solely made by parties from the traditional blue bloc, namely Conservatives, New Right, Danish People's Party and Venstre. ^{[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. Thisted Municipality had 27 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
	B	Social Liberals	Centre to Centre-left
	F	Green Left	Centre-left to Left-wing
	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
	K	Christian Democrats	Centre to Centre-right
	V	Venstre	Centre-right

Electoral Alliance 3

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

Results by polling station

Polling Station	A	B	C	D	F	I	K	O	V	Ø	Å	Q
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Thisted By	43.0	1.9	17.6	3.3	3.9	1.6	0.9	2.8	17.6	5.1	2.2	0.2
Harring-Stagstrup	36.8	1.1	21.1	3.0	2.6	0.8	0.6	4.4	25.7	2.0	2.0	0.0
Hillerslev-Kåstrup	26.4	3.8	14.5	3.2	2.6	1.2	1.0	3.8	39.6	3.2	0.4	0.4
Hundborg-Jannerup	30.3	2.0	21.7	4.0	3.8	1.0	2.6	4.8	17.7	6.8	5.2	0.0
Vorupør	20.1	0.5	33.6	2.4	6.2	0.0	0.0	4.7	27.0	4.5	1.0	0.2
Nors-Tved	24.7	3.4	13.2	3.2	1.5	18.7	0.8	2.5	27.6	2.3	2.0	0.1
Sennels	25.2	15.1	16.0	2.8	1.8	2.4	0.0	2.3	21.3	1.3	11.5	0.1
Sjørring-Thorsted	38.7	1.7	21.2	2.1	3.9	1.7	0.5	2.4	21.9	2.6	3.3	0.0
Skjoldborg-Kallerup	25.6	1.5	30.1	5.4	3.9	1.8	1.2	4.5	22.3	3.6	0.0	0.0
Snedsted-Nørhå	30.5	0.7	28.6	5.9	3.0	0.6	0.6	9.4	15.4	3.7	1.5	0.1
Sønderhå-Hørsted	28.2	3.5	25.6	3.5	3.1	0.0	0.0	5.3	24.2	3.5	3.1	0.0
Thisted Landsogn	41.4	1.9	19.8	2.6	3.0	1.6	1.0	2.7	20.2	3.9	1.8	0.1
Vang-Tvorup	29.7	1.9	15.1	5.7	5.2	1.9	2.8	8.0	16.0	9.0	4.7	0.0
Skinnerup, V Og Ø Vandet	22.4	3.7	20.0	6.6	2.1	2.9	1.3	2.1	31.3	5.3	2.4	0.0
Øsløs, Vesløs Og Arup	39.7	1.3	10.5	3.3	4.9	1.0	0.3	5.2	27.0	4.7	2.0	0.2
Østerild, Hunstrup	33.4	0.7	19.1	2.3	2.0	0.9	0.2	3.0	34.9	1.8	1.1	0.5
Hanstholm	35.3	0.2	27.1	3.8	2.5	0.8	0.3	3.0	24.1	2.2	0.7	0.1
Ræhr/Vigsø	31.1	0.5	30.8	3.3	0.8	1.3	0.8	1.5	26.5	2.1	1.0	0.3
Klitmøller	35.8	4.3	12.5	2.4	4.2	1.3	0.3	1.9	12.9	12.9	11.4	0.1
Frøstrup	23.9	0.5	7.4	2.7	11.9	0.5	0.7	6.7	32.9	8.9	3.7	0.2
Lild	24.3	2.2	13.8	3.3	10.5	2.2	0.0	5.0	31.5	3.3	3.9	0.0
Bedsted	28.9	1.0	17.2	5.5	1.9	0.6	0.7	5.7	33.1	3.8	1.6	0.0
Hurup	40.4	1.0	27.6	3.2	1.8	0.4	0.7	2.8	20.3	1.5	0.3	0.1
Koldby	25.7	0.7	18.4	3.3	1.7	0.3	0.6	4.5	38.9	2.9	2.9	0.0
Vestervig	29.7	0.7	43.5	2.4	1.9	0.2	0.5	3.2	15.2	1.6	1.0	0.1
Ydby	34.9	1.3	26.6	2.8	3.0	0.6	0.3	4.1	21.5	3.5	1.4	0.0

Results

Party			Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-
Thisted Municipality
	A	Social Democrats	8,249	34.81	+0.53	9	0
	V	Venstre	5,403	22.80	+0.86	7	+1
	C	Conservatives	5,005	21.12	+4.92	6	+1
	Ø	Red-Green Alliance	931	3.93	+0.04	1	0
	O	Danish People's Party	872	3.68	-7.25	1	-2
	D	New Right	801	3.38	+3.01	1	+1
	F	Green Left	761	3.21	-1.14	1	0
	Å	The Alternative	577	2.43	-0.65	1	0
	B	Social Liberals	481	2.03	New	0	New
	I	Liberal Alliance	417	1.76	-2.15	0	-1
	K	Christian Democrats	170	0.72	-0.24	0	0
	Q	Sten i Skoen	31	0.13	New	0	New
Total			23,698	100	N/A	27	N/A
Invalid votes			62	0.18	-0.07
Blank votes			221	0.64	-0.21
Turnout			23,981	69.55	-4.86
Source: valg.dk

References

1. "Borgmester-skifte: Farvel Lene og goddag Ulla | Nyheder". tvmidtvest (in Danish). Retrieved 11 February 2023.
2. "Det bliver en ren blå konstituering i Thisted | Nyheder" (in Danish). 19 November 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
3. "Niels Jørgen Pedersen bliver borgmester i Thisted Kommune | Nyheder". limfjordupdate (in Danish). 17 November 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
4. "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd den 16. november 2021 | Nyheder" (PDF). dst (in Danish). Retrieved 6 September 2023.