2021 North Denmark Regional election

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

2021 North Denmark Regional election

16 November 2021
All 41 seats to the North Denmark Regional Council 21 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	310,538 (67.8%) 3.6pp
First party Second party Third party   A V C Party Social Democrats Venstre Conservatives Last election 18 seats, 41.5% 11 seats, 24.5% 4 seats, 8.5% Seats won 15 11 7 Seat change 3 0 3 Popular vote 108,637 78,337 49,069 Percentage 35.0% 25.2% 15.8% Swing 6.5% 0.7% 7.3%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Ø D F Party Red–Green Alliance New Right Green Left Last election 2 seats, 4.3% 0 seats, 1.0% 1 seat, 3.4% Seats won 2 2 2 Seat change 0 2 1 Popular vote 14,370 13,233 13,073 Percentage 4.6% 4.3% 4.2% Swing 0.3% 3.3% 0.8%   Seventh party Eighth party   O B Party Danish People's Party Danish Social Liberal Party Last election 4 seats, 8.8% 1 seat, 3.1% Seats won 1 1 Seat change 3 0 Popular vote 12,060 11,520 Percentage 3.9% 3.7% Swing 4.9% 0.6%
Chairperson before election Ulla Astman Social Democrats Chairperson after election Mads Duedahl Venstre

Prior 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 North Denmark, and following the 2017 election, Ulla Astman had secured her third consecutive term as the chairperson .

In this election, Astman would stand to get elected for a fourth term while Mads Duedahl from Venstre would be the main candidate for the opposition. In a result that was seen as a surprise, the parties commonly associated with the blue bloc of Danish politics had won 21 seats, and a change of control became a possibility. On the night following the election results, Mads Duedahl gave an interview announcing that he had found a majority to back him as the new chairperson.

After the result, the 2020 Danish mink cull was seen as a possible reason to the Social Democrats losing control of the regional council for the first time.

Electoral Alliances

Electoral Alliance 1

Electoral Alliance 2

Electoral Alliance 3

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
North Denmark Regional council
	Social Democrats	108,637	34.98	15	-3
	Venstre	78,337	25.23	11	0
	Conservatives	49,069	15.80	7	+3
	Red–Green Alliance	14,370	4.63	2	0
	New Right	13,233	4.26	2	+2
	Green Left	13,073	4.21	2	+1
	Danish People's Party	12,060	3.88	1	-3
	Danish Social Liberal Party	11,520	3.71	1	0
	Liberal Alliance	3,474	1.12	0	0
	Christian Democrats	2,731	0.88	0	0
	The Alternative	996	0.32	0	0
	Vegan Party	755	0.24	0	New
	Freedom List	656	0.21	0	New
	Trafikalt Folkeparti	643	0.21	0	New
	Progress Party	402	0.13	0	New
	Kommunistisk Parti	374	0.12	0	0
	Stram Kurs	208	0.07	0	New
Total		310,538	100.00	41	0
Valid votes		310,538	96.11
Invalid votes		964	0.30
Blank votes		11,606	3.59
Total votes		323,108	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		476,694	67.78
Source: [1]