2021 Haderslev municipal election

Hans Peter Geil, from Venstre, had been mayor of Haderslev Municipality for the last two terms. However he announced in September 2020, that he would not stand to be re-elected for a third term. In December 2020 it was announced that the top candidate for Venstre in this election would be Mads Skau.

2021 Haderslev municipal election

16 November 2021
All 31 seats to the Haderslev Municipal Council 16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	30,363 (68.3%) 5.1pp
First party Second party Third party   A V C Party Social Democrats Venstre Conservatives Last election 10 seats, 30.9% 9 seats, 26.4% 1 seat, 4.3% Seats won 10 9 5 Seat change 0 0 4 Popular vote 9,001 8,021 3,877 Percentage 30.2% 26.9% 13.0% Swing 0.7% 0.5% 8.7%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   D O B Party The New Right Danish People's Party Danish Social Liberal Party Last election 0 seats, 1.2% 4 seats, 12.2% 1 seat, 5.7% Seats won 2 1 1 Seat change 2 3 0 Popular vote 1,690 1,584 1,430 Percentage 5.7% 5.3% 4.8% Swing 4.5% 6.9% 0.9%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   Ø F S Party Red–Green Alliance Green Left Schleswig Party Last election 2 seats, 5.9% 1 seat, 3.3% 1 seat, 2.2% Seats won 1 1 1 Seat change 1 0 0 Popular vote 1,298 1,041 815 Percentage 4.4% 3.5% 2.7% Swing 1.5% 0.2% 0.5%
Mayor before election Hans Peter Geil Venstre Mayor after election Mads Skau Venstre

In the 2017 Haderslev municipal election, parties of the traditional blue bloc had won 16 of 31 seats and a slim majority. For this election, a majority between the traditional blue bloc parties would once again be won. However, the parties and their total seats would change rather dramatically. While Venstre would keep their 9 seats, The New Right would enter the council for the first time with 2 seats, while the Liberal Alliance would lose both of its 2 seats. Danish People's Party would also suffer a 3-seat decrease, while the Conservatives would go from 1 seat to 5 seats. Of the traditional red bloc parties, only the seats number of the Red–Green Alliance would change, decreasing by one. It was later confirmed that Venstre would once again hold the mayor position, and Mads Skau would become the new mayor

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. Haderslev Municipality had 31 seats in 2021

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

Electoral alliances

Source

Electoral Alliance 1

Party	Political Position
Christian Democrats	Centre to Centre-right
Schleswig Party	Local Party
The Alternative	Centre-left to Left-wing

Electoral Alliance 2

Electoral Alliance 3

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

Electoral Alliance 4

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Haderslev Municipality
	Social Democrats	9,001	30.19	10	0
	Venstre	8,021	26.90	9	0
	Conservatives	3,877	13.00	5	+4
	The New Right	1,690	5.67	2	+2
	Danish People's Party	1,584	5.31	1	-3
	Danish Social Liberal Party	1,430	4.80	1	0
	Red–Green Alliance	1,298	4.35	1	-1
	Green Left	1,041	3.49	1	0
	Schleswig Party	815	2.73	1	0
	Christian Democrats	486	1.63	0	0
	The Alternative	370	1.24	0	0
	Liberal Alliance	115	0.39	0	-2
	Sammenhæng	91	0.31	0	New
Total		29,819	100.00	31	0
Valid votes		29,819	98.21
Invalid votes		116	0.38
Blank votes		428	1.41
Total votes		30,363	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		44,445	68.32
Source: KMD