2021 Vordingborg municipal election

2021 Vordingborg municipal election

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All 29 seats to the Vordingborg Municipal Council 15 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	25,589 (68.1%) 5.8pp
First party Second party Third party   A V C Party Social Democrats Venstre Conservatives Last election 13 seats, 37.8% 8 seats, 26.7% 1 seat, 3.8% Seats won 11 7 3 Seat change 2 1 2 Popular vote 8,921 5,695 2,790 Percentage 35.6% 22.7% 11.1% Swing 2.2% 4% 7.3%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   F Ø D Party Green Left Red–Green Alliance New Right Last election 1 seat, 5.5% 1 seat, 5.1% 0 seats, 2.1% Seats won 2 2 1 Seat change 1 1 1 Popular vote 1,962 1,828 1,064 Percentage 7.8% 7.3% 4.2% Swing 2.3% 2.2% 2.1%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   O B Æ Party Danish People's Party Social Liberals Fælleslisten Last election 3 seats, 10.6% 1 seat, 2.9% Did Not Stand Seats won 1 1 1 Seat change 2 0 1 Popular vote 1,062 806 719 Percentage 4.2% 3.2% 2.9% Swing 6.4% 0.3% New
Mayor before election Mikael Smed Social Democrats Mayor after election Mikael Smed Social Democrats

Prior to this election, and in the three elections since the 2007 municipal reform, no mayor had won re-election.

In the 2017 election, Mikael Smed, from the Social Democrats, won the mayor's position. ^[1] The red bloc parties had won 17 of the 29 seats, so if the blue bloc wanted to take over the mayor's position, it required a net gain of 3 seats.

In the result, the Social Democrats kept the position as the largest party, but lost two seats. Fellow red bloc parties of the Green Left and Red–Green Alliance would however both gain a seat, and although The Alternative lost a seat, a total of 16 red seats was won. Therefore, it looked as though Mikael Smed was on his way to become the first re-elected in the municipality's history. ^{[a] [2]} It was eventually confirmed that he would have a second term. ^[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. Vordingborg Municipality had 29 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
	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
	Å	The Alternative	Centre-left to Left-wing

Electoral Alliance 2

Party			Political alignment
	O	Danish People's Party	Right-wing to Far-right
	Æ	Freedom List	Right-wing to Far-right

Results by polling station

Division	A	B	C	D	F	O	V	Æ	Ø	Å
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Vordingborg	39.2	3.4	14.1	2.7	11.7	2.2	20.3	1.3	4.2	0.9
Masnedsund	38.4	3.9	12.5	3.6	10.7	4.1	20.3	1.2	4.6	0.6
Nyråd	32.2	4.4	15.9	2.6	10.3	2.6	24.6	1.2	5.5	0.6
Kastrup	36.9	2.8	14.3	3.9	10.2	4.2	20.4	0.9	5.5	0.8
Bårse	27.0	2.5	5.8	4.6	2.8	5.7	41.1	0.4	7.9	1.9
Lundby	28.6	2.2	19.9	7.3	7.4	7.8	20.6	0.9	4.6	0.6
Ørslev	35.2	1.6	10.2	4.1	10.0	9.7	23.7	2.2	2.7	0.5
Stege	34.1	4.3	6.0	3.4	4.4	2.9	25.7	9.2	9.1	0.9
Præstø	48.0	2.4	7.1	3.9	6.0	4.2	21.9	0.7	5.1	0.6
Bogø	28.7	2.7	11.9	4.2	6.9	3.0	17.2	1.5	23.3	0.5
Vestmøn	24.0	3.9	5.7	4.5	5.4	3.9	22.0	6.3	22.0	2.2
Østmøn	25.6	3.5	6.3	4.3	5.5	5.2	25.8	7.2	14.6	2.0
Allerslev	35.9	2.8	7.1	5.5	6.7	3.9	28.9	1.6	6.3	1.3
Jungshoved	45.0	4.3	7.8	5.0	9.3	3.9	15.2	1.9	5.6	1.9
Mern	33.0	1.9	14.6	5.5	7.3	5.0	24.1	1.6	5.9	1.2
Kalvehave	38.3	3.8	11.8	6.1	8.0	3.5	17.7	4.0	6.1	0.8
Stensved	39.3	2.0	12.2	5.6	6.2	4.5	23.8	1.7	3.7	1.0

Results

Party			Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-
Vordingborg Municipality
	A	Social Democrats	8,921	35.56	-2.23	11	-2
	V	Venstre	5,695	22.70	-3.99	7	-1
	C	Conservatives	2,790	11.12	+7.33	3	+2
	F	Green Left	1,962	7.82	+2.36	2	+1
	Ø	Red-Green Alliance	1,828	7.29	+2.15	2	+1
	D	New Right	1,064	4.24	+2.18	1	+1
	O	Danish People's Party	1,062	4.23	-6.37	1	-2
	B	Social Liberals	806	3.21	+0.28	1	0
	Æ	Fælleslisten	719	2.87	New	1	New
	Å	The Alternative	240	0.96	-1.89	0	-1
Total			25,087	100	N/A	29	N/A
Invalid votes			106	0.28	+0.16
Blank votes			396	1.05	+0.31
Turnout			25,589	68.10	-5.80
Source: valg.dk

Notes

1. counting the 4 elections since the 2007 municipal reform

References

1. "Mikael Smed har seks børn i husstanden, er politikommissær og ny borgmester i Vordingborg | Nyheder". jyllandsposten (in Danish). 22 November 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
2. "Socialdemokratisk borgmester ser ud til at få fire år mere i Vordingborg | Nyheder". tv2øst (in Danish). Retrieved 12 February 2023.
3. "KOMMUNALBESTYRELSESMEDLEMMER | Nyheder". vordingborg (in Danish). Retrieved 12 February 2023.
4. "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd den 16. november 2021 | Nyheder" (PDF). dst (in Danish). Retrieved 9 June 2025.