2021 Capital of Denmark Regional election

The 2021 Capital of Denmark Regional election was held on November 16, 2021, to elect the 41 members to sit in the regional council for the Capital Region of Denmark, in the period of 2022 to 2025.

2021 Capital of Denmark Regional election

16 November 2021
All 41 seats to the Capital of Denmark Regional Council 21 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	954,456 (64.7%) 2.8pp
First party Second party Third party   C A Ø Party Conservatives Social Democrats Red–Green Alliance Last election 5 seats, 11.2% 13 seats, 28.4% 4 seats, 10.0% Seats won 10 9 6 Seat change 5 4 2 Popular vote 190,020 209,111 120,907 Percentage 20.7% 22.8% 13.2% Swing 9.5% 5.6% 3.2%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   V B F Party Venstre Danish Social Liberal Party Green Left Last election 6 seats, 13.8% 3 seats, 8.1% 3 seats, 6.3% Seats won 5 5 4 Seat change 1 2 1 Popular vote 98,148 93,528 85,602 Percentage 10.7% 10.2% 9.3% Swing 3.1% 2.1% 3.0%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   O D I Party Danish People's Party New Right Liberal Alliance Last election 3 seats, 8.1% 0 seats, 1.4% 2 seats, 4.3% Seats won 1 1 0 Seat change 2 1 2 Popular vote 31,636 28,686 17,963 Percentage 3.4% 3.1% 2.0% Swing 4.7% 1.7% 2.3%
Chairperson before election Lars Gaardhøj Social Democrats Chairperson after election Lars Gaardhøj Social Democrats

Priro to this election and ever since the creation of the 5 Danish regions in the 2007 Municipal reform, the Social Democrats had been the largest party and held the chairperson's seat for the Capital Region of Denmark. Following the 2017 election, Sophie Hæstorp Andersen had won her second term as the chairperson.

However, in November 2020 it was announced that Hæstorp Andersen would become the candidate of the Social Democrats for the Lord Mayor position in the 2021 Copenhagen City Council election, and she was therefore unable to stand in this election. She would step down in June 2021, with Lars Gaardhøj taking over.

In the election result, due to electoral alliances, the Conservatives won the most seats despite not having received the highest vote share. However the parties commonly associated with the red bloc won 24 seats. It was later announced that Lars Gaardhøj would continue as the chairperson.

Electoral Alliances

Electoral Alliance 1

Electoral Alliance 2

Party			Political Position
	L	Lavere skatter og afgifter	Local Politics
	Æ	Freedom List	Centre-right to Right-wing

Electoral Alliance 3

Party			Political Position
	J	Hampepartiet	Local Politics
	Q	Feministisk Initiativ	Local Politics
	R	Kommunisterne	Local Politics
	Ø	Red–Green Alliance	Left-wing to Far-left
	2	Christiania-Listen	Local Politics
	3	Kommunistisk Parti	Local Politics

Electoral Alliance 4

Party			Political Position
	H	Lokalliste i Region Hovedstaden	Local Politics
	U	Copenhagen	Local Politics
	W	Odins Vikingehær	Local Politics
	Y	Kærlighedspartiet (Regnbuef / Bef)	Local Politics

Electoral Alliance 5

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Capital of Denmark Regional council
	Social Democrats	209,111	22.77	9	-4
	Conservatives	190,020	20.69	10	+5
	Red–Green Alliance	120,907	13.17	6	+2
	Venstre	98,148	10.69	5	-1
	Danish Social Liberal Party	93,528	10.19	5	+2
	Green Left	85,602	9.32	4	+1
	Danish People's Party	31,636	3.45	1	-2
	New Right	28,686	3.12	1	+1
	Liberal Alliance	17,963	1.96	0	-2
	The Alternative	10,144	1.10	0	-2
	Vegan Party	5,463	0.59	0	New
	Christian Democrats	5,328	0.58	0	0
	Freedom List	3,166	0.34	0	New
	Danmark for Alle	2,434	0.27	0	New
	Hampepartiet	1,801	0.20	0	0
	Lokalliste i Region Hovedstaden	1,597	0.17	0	0
	Psykiatrisk fokus	1,529	0.17	0	New
	Valgfest med mexicansk tema	1,380	0.15	0	0
	Kærlighedspartiet Regnbuefolket Be	1,216	0.13	0	0
	Odins Vikingehær	1,154	0.13	0	New
	Kommunisterne	1,134	0.12	0	New
	Stram Kurs	1,021	0.11	0	0
	Feministisk Initiativ	1,020	0.11	0	0
	Fjordlandslisten	998	0.11	0	New
	Lavere skatter og afgifter	964	0.10	0	0
	Kommunistisk Parti	824	0.09	0	New
	Christiania-Listen	713	0.08	0	0
	Det Syge Hus	232	0.03	0	New
	Copenhagen	176	0.02	0	New
	De LokalNationale	174	0.02	0	New
	Bydelenes Stemmer	150	0.02	0	New
Total		918,219	100.00	41	0
Valid votes		918,219	96.20
Invalid votes		4,247	0.44
Blank votes		31,990	3.35
Total votes		954,456	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,476,172	64.66
Source: [1]