2021 Vejle municipal election

2021 Vejle municipal election

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All 31 seats to the Vejle Municipal Council 16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	62,052 (67.1%) 3.4pp
First party Second party Third party   V A C Party Venstre Social Democrats Conservatives Last election 10 seats, 30.0% 11 seats, 30.3% 2 seats, 7.2% Seats won 12 9 3 Seat change 2 2 1 Popular vote 21,297 18,342 6,696 Percentage 34.9% 30.1% 11.0% Swing 4.9% 0.2% 3.8%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   F D O Party Green Left New Right Danish People's Party Last election 3 seats, 7.2% 0 seats, 1.6% 3 seats, 11.1% Seats won 3 2 1 Seat change 0 2 2 Popular vote 4,368 2,420 2,596 Percentage 7.2% 4.0% 4.2% Swing 0.0% 2.4% 6.9%   Seventh party Eighth party   B I Party Danish Social Liberal Party Liberal Alliance Last election 1 seat, 4.1% 1 seats, 2.9% Seats won 1 0 Seat change 0 1 Popular vote 1,990 669 Percentage 3.3% 1.1% Swing 0.8% 1.8%
Mayor before election Jens Ejner Christensen Venstre Mayor after election Jens Ejner Christensen Venstre

In the three elections, following the 2007 municipal reform, that had been held prior to this election, Venstre had ended up with the mayor position. In the 2017 Vejle municipal election, the parties of the traditional blue bloc had won 16 seats against 15 for the traditional red bloc. Therefore, this election was seen as a "thriller". ^[1]

Jens Ejner Christensen from Venstre was seeking a second term, while Martin Sikær would be the candidate for the Social Democrats. ^[2]

Despite that the Social Democrats were given a fair chance to win the mayor's position, the results ended in favor of the blue bloc. Venstre would win 2 seats, while the Social Democrats would lose 2, which meant they would lose the position as the biggest party in the council. It was later confirmed that Jens Ejner Christensen would continue as mayor. ^{[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. Vejle 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
	B	Social Liberals	Centre to Centre-left
	Å	The Alternative	Centre-left to Left-wing

Electoral Alliance 2

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

Electoral Alliance 3

Party			Political alignment
	F	Green Left	Centre-left to Left-wing
	Ø	Red–Green Alliance	Left-wing to Far-Left

Electoral Alliance 4

Party			Political alignment
	D	New Right	Right-wing to Far-right
	E	Liberal Borgerliste Vejle	Local politics
	I	Liberal Alliance	Centre-right to Right-wing
	K	Christian Democrats	Centre to Centre-right

Results by polling station

E = Liberal Borgerliste Vejle
L = Danmark Først

Division	A	B	C	D	E	F	I	K	L	O	V	Ø	Å
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Brejning Syd	34.0	3.7	14.1	3.4	1.4	11.1	0.5	1.1	0.1	4.4	23.7	2.0	0.5
Børkop Syd	33.5	2.0	18.0	4.1	0.7	8.1	0.7	1.3	0.1	3.5	25.9	1.8	0.4
Gårslev Syd	31.7	1.2	9.0	4.6	0.6	4.5	0.7	1.5	0.2	5.1	39.0	1.4	0.6
Smidstrup Syd	20.0	3.9	8.6	6.6	1.0	5.1	1.0	1.2	0.1	6.9	42.6	2.1	1.0
Øster Starup Syd	23.4	1.6	6.9	5.9	0.1	6.5	1.1	0.5	0.5	4.5	46.6	2.1	0.5
Jerlev Syd	27.8	1.6	8.0	2.8	0.2	3.3	0.9	0.5	0.2	8.7	43.9	1.6	0.5
Egtved Syd	23.6	2.3	7.1	4.9	0.5	5.8	2.5	0.4	0.1	6.0	45.0	1.4	0.3
Ødsted Syd	24.3	2.3	8.4	5.3	0.2	4.7	0.4	0.5	0.2	5.2	46.5	1.9	0.3
DGI-Huset Syd	33.4	3.0	11.9	3.6	0.4	9.4	1.3	0.5	0.1	3.7	27.2	4.3	1.1
Multihuset Højen Syd	30.9	3.3	12.9	4.7	0.3	6.3	0.8	0.4	0.0	4.0	35.1	1.2	0.0
Vinding Idræts Center Syd	30.6	2.7	14.7	3.3	0.4	5.5	0.6	0.4	0.0	3.2	36.8	1.2	0.5
Mølholmhallen Syd	31.9	3.0	13.7	2.3	0.5	5.8	0.7	0.3	0.0	2.1	36.9	2.0	0.7
Skibet Hallen Nord	39.2	2.5	11.2	2.9	0.2	5.7	0.4	0.6	0.1	2.7	32.7	1.5	0.3
CSV - Vejle Syd	44.4	3.9	9.7	3.1	0.2	10.2	0.9	0.5	0.0	3.1	20.4	3.0	0.6
Rødkilde Gymnasium Syd	32.7	2.8	10.1	3.8	0.4	8.3	1.3	0.4	0.3	3.3	30.6	4.8	1.1
Kvartershuset Syd	46.7	2.8	7.1	3.1	0.2	8.0	1.3	1.2	0.1	3.6	20.8	4.6	0.6
Give Nord	25.0	1.8	8.1	3.6	0.6	2.4	2.4	0.7	0.1	8.0	46.0	0.9	0.5
Thyregod Nord	18.4	2.8	8.2	6.7	0.6	5.0	1.3	1.6	0.2	13.5	38.0	2.5	1.3
Gadbjerg Nord	17.8	22.6	4.7	4.7	0.5	4.1	1.4	0.4	0.1	6.0	35.3	1.0	1.4
Givskud Nord	29.3	2.5	7.9	4.8	2.3	2.6	0.9	0.6	0.3	7.5	38.0	2.3	0.8
Jelling Nord	29.6	8.6	6.7	3.0	0.2	11.3	0.7	0.3	0.1	3.6	33.2	2.3	0.5
Øster Nykirke Nord	15.6	2.6	4.7	3.4	0.8	4.3	1.5	0.2	0.1	8.0	56.3	1.4	1.0
Grønbjerg Nord	13.5	1.8	5.8	6.3	1.1	2.3	1.8	0.7	0.0	5.4	58.2	2.6	0.5
Lindeballe Nord	17.0	4.6	7.4	6.4	0.0	4.2	0.4	0.4	0.0	4.9	53.0	0.7	1.1
Kollerup-Sandvad Nord	15.1	3.6	5.5	5.8	0.5	7.5	0.8	1.3	0.1	6.9	49.2	2.8	0.8
Grejs Nord	38.4	2.3	8.8	5.5	0.1	6.6	1.0	1.2	0.2	4.0	29.1	1.5	1.2
Bredsten Nord	23.4	2.3	5.8	3.5	0.4	4.3	1.1	0.5	0.0	4.6	52.5	0.9	0.7
Nørup Nord	19.0	1.7	4.1	3.5	0.2	7.1	1.3	0.4	0.2	5.3	53.1	3.2	0.8
Hældagerhallen Nord	27.9	2.6	17.8	4.1	0.4	5.4	1.1	0.6	0.0	1.9	36.0	1.4	0.7
Engum Nord	27.6	1.9	14.6	3.8	0.4	8.8	1.2	0.4	0.1	3.0	36.6	1.3	0.4
Nørremarkshallen Nord	37.4	4.6	10.9	2.9	0.3	9.1	0.6	1.5	0.1	2.8	25.5	3.5	0.7
Vandel Nord	21.7	1.6	5.5	6.1	0.4	4.1	1.3	0.5	0.0	4.6	51.2	2.3	0.7
Multihallen v. Petersmindeskolen	31.7	3.6	12.0	3.8	0.2	10.1	1.2	0.9	0.0	3.0	30.7	2.2	0.7
Grejsdalen Nord	32.0	3.6	10.7	5.3	0.5	13.1	0.9	0.8	0.1	4.2	24.2	4.0	0.9

Results

Party			Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-
Vejle Municipality
	V	Venstre	21,297	34.90	+4.90	12	+2
	A	Social Democrats	18,342	30.06	-0.22	9	-2
	C	Conservatives	6,696	10.97	+3.73	3	+1
	F	Green Left	4,368	7.16	+0.01	3	0
	O	Danish People's Party	2,596	4.25	-6.83	1	-2
	D	New Right	2,420	3.97	+2.38	2	+2
	B	Social Liberals	1,990	3.26	-0.88	1	0
	Ø	Red-Green Alliance	1,447	2.37	-0.18	0	0
	I	Liberal Alliance	669	1.10	-1.77	0	-1
	K	Christian Democrats	443	0.73	+0.13	0	0
	Å	The Alternative	421	0.69	-1.18	0	0
	E	Liberal Borgerliste Vejle	280	0.46	New	0	New
	L	Danmark Først	58	0.10	+0.02	0	0
Total			61,027	100	N/A	31	N/A
Invalid votes			257	0.28	+0.04
Blank votes			768	0.83	-0.04
Turnout			62,052	67.14	-3.36
Source: valg.dk

References

1. "Her er de 10 største gysere ved kommunalvalget | Nyheder". tv2.dk (in Danish). 10 November 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
2. "Din stemmeseddel | Nyheder". dr.dk (always lists top candidate as the first one below a party's name) (in Danish). Retrieved 6 February 2023.
3. "Vejle-borgmester fortsætter på styrket mandat | Nyheder". berlingske (in Danish). 17 November 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
4. "Konstitueringsaftale | Nyheder". vejle.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 6 February 2023.
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