2021 Viborg municipal election

2021 Viborg municipal election

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All 31 seats to the Viborg Municipal Council 16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	53,013 (70.1%) 2.2pp
First party Second party Third party   V A C Party Venstre Social Democrats Conservatives Last election 10 seats, 32.3% 9 seats, 29.0% 7 seats, 18.6% Seats won 12 8 7 Seat change 2 1 0 Popular vote 17,928 12,210 11,763 Percentage 34.2% 23.3% 22.5% Swing 1.9% 5.7% 3.9%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   F Ø D Party Green Left Red–Green Alliance New Right Last election 2 seats, 5.2% 1 seat, 2.4% Did not stand Seats won 1 1 1 Seat change 1 0 1 Popular vote 2,709 1,573 1,252 Percentage 5.2% 3.0% 2.4% Swing 0.0% 0.6% New   Seventh party Eighth party   Å O Party The Alternative Danish People's Party Last election 0 seats, 1.9% 2 seats, 6.2% Seats won 1 0 Seat change 1 2 Popular vote 939 1,399 Percentage 1.8% 2.7% Swing 0.1% 3.5%
Mayor before election Ulrik Wilbek Venstre Mayor after election Ulrik Wilbek Venstre

In 2017, former handball coach Ulrik Wilbek became mayor of Viborg Municipality as member of Venstre. ^[1]

In this election, he would seek a second term. Venstre would gain 2 seats in the election and the blue bloc parties would win 20 seats, 12 of them from Venstre. Therefore Ulrik Wilbek stood in pole position to continue as mayor. It was eventually confirmed. ^{[2] [3]}

Despite The Alternative suffering nationwide losses in the 2017 Danish Local Elections, they managed to gain a seat in Viborg Municipality, even though their overall vote share decreased.

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. Viborg Municipality had 31 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
	O	Danish People's Party	Right-wing to Far-right
	V	Venstre	Centre-right

Electoral Alliance 2

Party			Political alignment
	D	New Right	Right-wing to Far-right
	I	Liberal Alliance	Centre-right to Right-wing

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
	B	Social Liberals	Centre to Centre-left
	K	Christian Democrats	Centre to Centre-right
	Å	The Alternative	Centre-left to Left-wing

Results by polling station

L = Lokalisten - Viborg
T = Hvad kan gå galt

Division	A	B	C	D	F	I	K	L	O	T	V	Æ	Ø	Å
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Frederiks	36.9	1.0	14.3	3.2	2.5	0.5	2.9	0.2	3.3	0.5	31.7	0.3	1.9	0.8
Hald Ege	24.8	2.4	17.0	1.5	7.4	0.7	1.1	0.0	1.8	2.0	30.9	0.3	5.7	4.2
Karup	34.7	0.9	19.9	3.7	2.4	0.3	0.8	1.1	3.6	0.1	30.3	0.1	1.6	0.5
Løgstrup	14.8	1.1	33.4	1.8	3.9	1.1	0.3	0.0	2.6	0.6	35.7	0.5	2.5	1.7
Mønsted	13.9	0.9	33.3	2.3	3.8	0.9	0.7	0.0	2.4	0.9	38.6	0.0	1.8	0.5
Stoholm	22.0	0.9	39.4	1.9	3.9	1.0	0.4	0.0	1.9	0.3	25.7	0.1	2.0	0.5
Vridsted	14.4	0.8	23.4	4.5	13.5	1.2	0.2	0.1	3.1	0.0	37.0	0.1	1.3	0.4
Viborg	25.1	2.1	20.3	1.7	6.0	1.0	0.5	0.1	2.1	2.0	31.9	0.5	4.2	2.6
Bjerringbro Nord	23.6	1.6	32.5	2.4	3.6	0.7	1.7	0.1	2.2	0.4	27.9	0.4	1.8	1.1
Bjerringbro Syd	23.6	1.3	34.0	1.8	3.1	0.6	1.1	0.1	3.0	0.5	28.4	0.1	1.5	0.9
Møldrup	21.4	1.6	12.7	3.4	2.6	0.4	0.6	0.0	3.6	0.4	50.8	0.3	1.5	0.6
Hammershøj	18.9	1.6	19.4	11.1	3.6	1.3	0.6	0.0	4.9	0.3	34.6	0.3	2.4	1.0
Overlund	24.0	2.2	21.1	1.2	5.3	0.7	0.4	0.1	2.1	1.0	35.7	0.6	3.6	2.1
Rødding	18.8	1.3	21.9	2.6	5.1	1.0	0.6	0.1	3.5	0.6	39.0	0.2	2.9	2.3
Rødkærsbro	16.7	0.9	15.6	4.7	3.5	0.6	3.2	0.0	3.4	0.7	46.5	0.4	2.3	1.6
Skals	18.5	0.8	19.8	2.0	10.6	0.8	0.7	0.1	2.9	0.4	40.0	0.4	1.7	1.3
Ørum	25.6	1.7	19.5	3.6	4.1	1.7	1.0	0.2	6.7	0.4	32.2	0.5	1.9	0.9

Results

Party			Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-
Viborg Municipality
	V	Venstre	17,928	34.25	+1.95	12	+2
	A	Social Democrats	12,210	23.33	-5.69	8	-1
	C	Conservatives	11,763	22.48	+3.86	7	0
	F	Green Left	2,709	5.18	-0.02	1	-1
	Ø	Red-Green Alliance	1,573	3.01	+0.66	1	0
	O	Danish People's Party	1,399	2.67	-3.56	0	-2
	D	New Right	1,252	2.39	New	1	New
	Å	The Alternative	939	1.79	-0.09	1	+1
	B	Social Liberals	868	1.66	-0.89	0	0
	T	Hvad kan gå galt	550	1.05	New	0	New
	I	Liberal Alliance	456	0.87	-0.26	0	0
	K	Christian Democrats	425	0.81	+0.20	0	0
	Æ	Freedom List	211	0.40	New	0	New
	L	Lokallisten - Viborg	54	0.10	New	0	New
Total			52,337	100	N/A	31	N/A
Invalid votes			148	0.20	-0.02
Blank votes			528	0.70	+0.06
Turnout			53,013	70.08	-3.25
Source: valg.dk

References

1. "Borgmester væltet af Wilbek i Viborg: Det er i min verden diktatur | Nyheder". dr.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 12 February 2023.
2. "Hver sjette i Viborg satte kryds ved Ulrik Wilbek | Nyheder". berlingske (in Danish). Retrieved 29 January 2023.
3. "Medlemmer af byrådet 2022-2025 | Nyheder". viborg (in Danish). Retrieved 12 February 2023.
4. "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd den 16. november 2021 | Nyheder" (PDF). dst (in Danish). Retrieved 6 September 2023.