2021 Hørsholm municipal election

Ever since 1970, the Conservatives had held the mayor's position in Hørsholm Municipality. The municipality is one of the strongest areas of the blue bloc, having voted for parties of the bloc by 69.3% in the 2019 Danish general election, the highest percentage of any municipality.

2021 Hørsholm municipal election

16 November 2021
All 19 seats to the Hørsholm Municipal Council 10 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	14,655 (75.2%) 1.5pp
First party Second party Third party   C V A Party Conservatives Venstre Social Democrats Last election 8 seats, 41.7% 5 seats, 21.8% 3 seats, 10.4% Seats won 7 7 2 Seat change 1 2 1 Popular vote 5,357 3,846 1,638 Percentage 36.9% 26.5% 11.3% Swing 4.8% 4.7% 0.9%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   B Q F Party Danish Social Liberal Party SocialKonservative Green Left Last election 1 seat, 6.8% Did Not Stand 0 seats, 2.8% Seats won 1 1 1 Seat change 0 1 1 Popular vote 877 838 617 Percentage 6.0% 5.8% 4.2% Swing 0.8% New 1.4%   Seventh party Eighth party   I O Party Liberal Alliance Danish People's Party Last election 1 seat, 6.5% 1 seat, 4.6% Seats won 0 0 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 461 423 Percentage 3.2% 2.9% Swing 3.3% 1.7%
Mayor before election Morten Slotved Conservatives Mayor after election Morten Slotved Conservatives

In the 2017 election, Morten Slotved had led the Conservatives to 8 seats, and had eventually won the mayor's position.

In this election, Venstre would write local history, having won 7 seats the same as the Conservatives, marking the first time that the Conservatives would not become the sole largest party in the municipal council. With both parties being equally large, a dramatic battle over the mayor's position was possible. The result would see the Conservatives once again secure the mayor's position, however they used the support of the red bloc.

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. Hørsholm Municipality had 19 seats in 2021

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

Electoral alliances

Source

Electoral Alliance 1

Electoral Alliance 2

Party	Political Position
New Right	Right-wing
Liberal Alliance	Centre-right to Right-wing
Danish People's Party	Right-wing
SocialKonservative	Local Party
Venstre	Centre-right

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Hørsholm Municipality
	Conservatives	5,357	36.89	7	-1
	Venstre	3,846	26.49	7	+2
	Social Democrats	1,638	11.28	2	-1
	Danish Social Liberal Party	877	6.04	1	0
	SocialKonservative	838	5.77	1	New
	Green Left	617	4.25	1	+1
	Liberal Alliance	461	3.17	0	-1
	Danish People's Party	423	2.91	0	-1
	New Right	413	2.84	0	0
	Christian Democrats	51	0.35	0	0
Total		14,521	100.00	19	0
Valid votes		14,521	99.09
Invalid votes		32	0.22
Blank votes		102	0.70
Total votes		14,655	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		19,477	75.24
Source: KMD