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Local elections were held in Denmark on 17 November 2009. Councils were elected in Denmark's 98 municipalities and the five regions. 2468 seats were contested in the municipal elections. 205 seats were contested in the regional elections.
Local elections were held in Denmark on 15 November 2005. 2522 municipal council members were elected in Denmark's 98 municipalities and 205 regional council members in the five regions. Most of these were newly formed municipalities, namely 66 municipalities, that would only begin working from Monday 1 January 2007, as would the newly formed regions, and one municipality, Ærø, which was also part of the reform, which was allowed by the government to commence work for the first time already Sunday 1 January 2006. So the first term of office in this newly created municipality was the whole period of four years from 2006 until 2009. The reform was approved 26 June 2005 by the lawmakers in the Folketing and signature by the head of state (when?). The 238 municipal councils and 13 county councils that were to be abolished 1 January 2007 just continued their work one year more than the term of office (2002-2005) they were elected for until 31 December 2006 and then ceased to exist. Among the remaining 31 municipalities having their new councils elected was Bornholm Regional Municipality that was formed and began its work 1 January 2003. This was only the second time it had a new council elected, the first time being on 29 May 2002, and it was the first time its council served the whole term of office. Bornholm's merger was not a part of the reform, having been decided by the island's voters already on 29 May 2001. It was the new center-right government elected at the end of 2001 that drove the reform through parliament. The 30 municipalities that remained were not merged with other municipalities, so their newly elected councils served the whole term of office 1 January 2006 until 31 December 2009.
Local elections were held on 19 November 2013 in Denmark's 98 municipal councils, contesting 2,444 seats for the 2014–2017 term of office, and in five regional councils, contesting 205 seats for the 2014–2017 term. Advance voting began on 20 August 2013 in national registration offices in Denmark, hospitals, prisons, etc. Twelve women held the highest political office of mayor in the municipalities in the 2014–2017 term of office.
Local elections were held on 21 November 2017 for Denmark's 98 municipal councils and five regional councils. All 2,432 seats were contested for the 2018–21 term of office, together with 205 seats in five regional councils. In the previous election, there were 2,444 seats in the municipal councils.
Local elections were held in 2021 for Denmark's 98 municipal councils and five regional councils. All 2,436 seats were contested for the 2022–2025 term of office, together with 205 seats in five regional councils. Frederiksberg Municipality had increased their number of councillors from 25 to 29.
Erik Skov Christensen is a Danish politician, who was a member of the Folketing for the Social Democrats from 2015 to 2019. He was the mayor of Ullerslev Municipality from 1998 to 2007 and of Nyborg Municipality from 2010 to 2013.
Depsite tending to vote for parties in the blue bloc for Danish general elections, Horsens Municipality have only had mayors from the Social Democrats since the 2007 municipal reform.
Following the 2017 election, none of the two traditional blocs had a majority of seats. Local party Fælleslisten and regional Schleswig Party held 6 of the 31 seats, and both opted for supporting Erik Lauritsen from the Social Democrats to continue as mayor for his second term.
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".
Since the 2007 municipal reform, Venstre had won the mayor position following all three elections in Kolding Municipality. In the 2017 Kolding municipal election, they would win 13 of the 25 seats, which equalled an absolute majority. Jørn Pedersen, who was mayor from 2010 to 2021, would announce his intention not to stand for a fourth term prior to the election. Instead, in October 2020, it would be confirmed that Eva Kjer Hansen would be the mayor candidate, Venstre would put forward for this election.
The incumbent mayor had lost the position after all three elections that had been held in Svendborg Municipality following the 2007 municipal reform.
In the 2017 Danish local elections, the Green Left became the biggest party in Langeland municipality, and Tonni Hansen from the party won the mayor's position, the only municipality in which they won the position of the 98 municipalities.
In 2017, former handball coach Ulrik Wilbek became mayor of Viborg Municipality as member of Venstre.
Following the 2017 election, Ole Vive from Venstre won the mayor's position after the Social Democrats had held it in the 7 years prior to that election.
Following the 2017 election, Christina Krzyrosiak Hansen from the Social Democrats had become mayor, after an agreement between the Green Left, Danish People's Party and the Red–Green Alliance.
Prior to the 2017 election, only the Conservatives and Venstre had held the mayor's position in the municipality. However, in the 2017 election, local party Nytgribskov had managed to win the mayor's position after an agreement with the Social Democrats and the Red–Green Alliance.
Following the 2017 election, Venstre won the mayor's position from the Conservatives who had held it since 1994. From 1970 to 1993, Venstre had also held the position, and they remain the only parties to have held it in the municipality.
Ever since 1970, the Social Democrats had held the mayor's position in Tårnby Municipality.
Ever since 2003, the Social Democrats had held the mayor's position in Bornholm Regional Municipality.
The 2021 North Denmark Regional election was held on November 16, 2021, to elect the 41 members to sit in the regional council for the North Denmark Region, in the period of 2022 to 2025.
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- ↑ "Kommunalvalg". ft.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 15 June 2023.
- ↑ "S- og V-massakre på Bornholm giver øen en konservativ borgmester | Nyheder". dr.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 15 June 2023.
- ↑ "Borgmester stopper i politik". bornholmnyt.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 15 June 2023.