2021 Ballerup municipal election

Ever since 1952, the Social Democrats had held the mayor's position. Since at least the 1981 election they had also won an absolute majority to the council.

2021 Ballerup municipal election
← 2017 16 November 2021 2025 →

All 25 seats to the Ballerup Municipal Council
10 seats needed for a majority
Turnout25,300 (65.9%)
Decrease 4.3pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
A
C
V
Party Social Democrats Conservatives Venstre
Last election 16 seats, 58.6% 1 seat, 4.6% 3 seats, 10.6%
Seats won 13 3 2
Seat change Decrease 3 Increase 2 Decrease 1
Popular vote 12,637 3,099 1,895
Percentage 50.8% 12.4% 7.6%
Swing Decrease 7.8% Increase 7.8% Decrease 3%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
F
Ø
O
Party Green Left Red–Green Alliance Danish People's Party
Last election 1 seat, 3.0% 2 seats, 5.9% 2 seats, 9.4%
Seats won 2 2 1
Seat change Increase 1 0 Decrease 1
Popular vote 1,758 1,605 1,135
Percentage 7.1% 6.4% 4.6%
Swing Increase 4.1% Increase 0.5% Decrease 4.8%

  Seventh party Eighth party
 
B
D
Party Danish Social Liberal Party New Right
Last election 0 seats, 2.7% 0 seats, 1.8%
Seats won 1 1
Seat change Increase 1 Increase 1
Popular vote 1,033 799
Percentage 4.2% 3.2%
Swing Increase 1.5% Increase 1.4%

Mayor before election

Jesper Würtzen
Social Democrats

Mayor after election

Jesper Würtzen
Social Democrats

In the 2017 election they had won 16 seats, and this made it easy for Jesper Würtzen to continue for a third full term. .[a][1]

In this election, the Social Democrats would have its worst election result since 1981. However they were still extremely strong in the Municipality, and won 13 seats with 50.8% of the vote. Therefore Jesper Würtzen looked set to continue as mayor. This would eventually be confirmed.[2][3]

Electoral system

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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. Ballerup Municipality had 19 seats in 2021

Unlike in Danish General Elections, in elections to municipal councils, electoral alliances are allowed.

Electoral alliances

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Source[4]

Electoral Alliance 1

Party Political Position
Danish Social Liberal Party Centre to Centre-left
Conservatives Centre-right
Liberal Alliance Centre-right to Right-wing
Venstre Centre-right

Electoral Alliance 2

Party Political Position
New Right Right-wing
Danish People's Party Right-wing

Electoral Alliance 3

Party Political Position
Green Left Centre-left to Left-wing
Vegan Party Centre-left to Left-wing
Serhat Kücükkart Local Party
Red–Green Alliance Left-wing to Far-left

Results by polling station

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Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Ballerup Municipality
Social Democrats12,63750.7813-3
Conservatives3,09912.453+2
Venstre1,8957.612-1
Green Left1,7587.062+1
Red–Green Alliance1,6056.4520
Danish People's Party1,1354.561-1
Danish Social Liberal Party1,0334.151+1
New Right7993.211+1
Serhat Kücükkart[b]2541.020New
Vegan Party2120.850New
Liberal Alliance1930.7800
Partiet Ballerup Listen[c]1540.620New
Freedom List1120.450New
Total24,886100.00250
Valid votes24,88698.36
Invalid votes1140.45
Blank votes3001.19
Total votes25,300100.00
Registered voters/turnout38,40365.88
Source: KMD

Notes

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  1. ^ He was also mayor from 2012-2013, after taking over from Ove Ejnar Dalsgaard
  2. ^ Local party in Ballerup
  3. ^ Local party in Ballerup

References

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  1. ^ "Overvældende flertal til S i Ballerup: 'Jeg tager borgmesterposten' | Nyheder". dr.dk (in Danish). 22 November 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Her er landets nye borgmestre | Nyheder". tv2 (in Danish). Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Kommunalbestyrelsen | Nyheder". ballerup (in Danish). Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd den 16. november 2021 | Nyheder" (PDF). dst (in Danish). Retrieved 28 January 2023.