2021 Faxe municipal election

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.[1]

2021 Faxe municipal election
← 2017 16 November 2021 2025 →

All 25 seats to the Faxe Municipal Council
13 seats needed for a majority
Turnout19,266 (64.4%)
Decrease 5.8pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
A
V
O
Party Social Democrats Venstre Danish People's Party
Last election 8 seats, 29.2% 7 seats, 25.0% 4 seats, 15.8%
Seats won 8 7 2
Seat change 0 0 Decrease 2
Popular vote 5,541 5,041 1,508
Percentage 29.3% 26.7% 8.0%
Swing Increase 0.1% Increase 1.7% Decrease 7.8%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
F
C
L
Party Green Left Conservatives Lokallisten
Last election 1 seat, 5.2% 1 seat, 3.6% 2 seats, 8.8%
Seats won 2 2 1
Seat change Increase 1 Increase 1 Decrease 1
Popular vote 1,354 1,306 1,241
Percentage 7.2% 6.9% 6.6%
Swing Increase 2% Increase 3.3% Decrease 2.2%

  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
D
Ø
I
Party New Right Red–Green Alliance Liberal Alliance
Last election Did Not Stand 1 seat, 5.7% 1 seat, 4.4%
Seats won 1 1 1
Seat change Increase 1 0 0
Popular vote 982 873 743
Percentage 5.2% 4.6% 3.9%
Swing New Decrease 1.1% Decrease 0.5%

Mayor before election

Ole Vive
Venstre

Mayor after election

Ole Vive
Venstre

Originally Christina Birkemose was elected to be the candidate of the Social Democrats for this election.[2] However internal conflict resulted in her losing the support, and therefore a new candidate was to be chosen. This time it would be Camilla Mayer who won the support from the Social Democrats.[3]

In the election, the Social Democrats would once again become the biggest party. However the blue bloc won 13 seats, and it proved difficult for Camilla Meyer becoming the new mayor. It was eventually confirmed that Ole Vive from Venstre had a majority supporting him to continue as mayor.[4][5]

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. Faxe Municipality had 25 seats in 2021

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

Electoral alliances

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Source[6]

Electoral Alliance 1

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

Electoral Alliance 2

Party Political Position
Danish People's Party Right-wing
Venstre Centre-right

Electoral Alliance 3

Party Political Position
Social Democrats Centre-left
Green Left Centre-left to Left-wing
Red–Green Alliance Left-wing to Far-left

Results by polling station

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Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Faxe Municipality
Social Democrats5,54129.3080
Venstre5,04126.6670
Danish People's Party1,5087.972-2
Green Left1,3547.162+1
Conservatives1,3066.912+1
Lokallisten[a]1,2416.561-1
New Right9825.191New
Red–Green Alliance8734.6210
Liberal Alliance7433.9310
Danish Social Liberal Party3231.7100
Total18,912100.00250
Valid votes18,91298.16
Invalid votes660.34
Blank votes2881.49
Total votes19,266100.00
Registered voters/turnout29,91964.39
Source: KMD

Notes

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  1. ^ Local party in Faxe

References

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  1. ^ "Her er borgmestrene på plads - kun tre kommuner mangler afklaring | Nyheder". ejendomswatch.dk (in Danish). 22 November 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Christina Birkemose valgt som borgmesterkandidat | Nyheder". faxenyt (in Danish). 4 December 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Camilla Meyer blev borgmesterkandidat | Nyheder". faxenyt (in Danish). 4 December 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Portræt: Inkarneret Faxe-borgmester holder familien væk fra rampelyset | Nyheder". tv2øst (in Danish). Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Byrådet 2022-2025 | Nyheder". faxekommune (in Danish). Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  6. ^ "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd den 16. november 2021 | Nyheder" (PDF). dst (in Danish). Retrieved 28 January 2023.