2021 Southern Denmark Regional election

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

2021 Southern Denmark Regional election

16 November 2021
All 41 seats to the Southern Denmark Regional Council 21 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	664,282 (67.7%) 4.5pp
First party Second party Third party   V A C Party Venstre Social Democrats Conservatives Last election 14 seats, 32.4% 10 seats, 23.3% 2 seats, 4.5% Seats won 17 12 3 Seat change 3 2 1 Popular vote 249,004 164,481 48,870 Percentage 39.2% 25.9% 7.7% Swing 6.8% 2.6% 3.2%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   F D Ø Party Green Left New Right Red–Green Alliance Last election 6 seats, 13.6% 0 seats, 1.2% 2 seats, 4.1% Seats won 2 2 2 Seat change 4 2 0 Popular vote 40,878 29,517 27,322 Percentage 6.4% 4.6% 4.3% Swing 7.2% 3.4% 0.2%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   B O I Party Danish Social Liberal Party Danish People's Party Liberal Alliance Last election 1 seat, 3.6% 5 seats, 10.9% 1 seat, 2.6% Seats won 2 1 0 Seat change 1 4 1 Popular vote 26,783 27,220 6,013 Percentage 4.2% 4.3% 1.0% Swing 0.6% 6.6% 1.6%
Chairperson before election Stephanie Lose Venstre Chairperson after election Stephanie Lose Venstre

The four previous elections held in the region had all resulted in Venstre winning the chairperson position, being the only region where the party always had held that position. Following the 2017 election, Stephanie Lose would have her first full term as the chairperson. .

In this election, Venstre got their best result to date in the region, winning 39.2% of the vote. This result was unlike most elections in the 2021 Danish local elections, where Venstre decreased their vote share. Stephanie Lose ended up with a record-high 147,486 personal votes. This number was equal to 23.2% of all votes cast, and was the highest number of personal votes ever received in a Danish regional election.

It was later announced that Stephanie Lose would continue as chairperson of the Region.

Electoral Alliances

Electoral Alliance 1

Electoral Alliance 2

Party			Political Position
	A	Social Democrats	Centre-left
	F	Green Left	Centre-left to Left-wing

Electoral Alliance 3

Electoral Alliance 4

Party			Political Position
	D	New Right	Right-wing
	H	Liberal Borgerliste	Local Politics
	O	Danish People's Party	Right-wing
	V	Venstre	Centre-right

Electoral Alliance 5

Party			Political Position
	I	Liberal Alliance	Centre-right to Right-wing
	K	Christian Democrats	Centre to Centre-right
	M	Vi Lokale Demokrater	Local Politics

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Southern Denmark Regional council
	Venstre	249,004	39.21	17	+3
	Social Democrats	164,481	25.90	12	+2
	Conservatives	48,870	7.70	3	+1
	Green Left	40,878	6.44	2	-4
	New Right	29,517	4.65	2	+2
	Red–Green Alliance	27,322	4.30	2	0
	Danish People's Party	27,220	4.29	1	-4
	Danish Social Liberal Party	26,783	4.22	2	+1
	Liberal Alliance	6,013	0.95	0	-1
	Christian Democrats	5,991	0.94	0	0
	The Alternative	2,826	0.45	0	0
	Vegan Party	1,796	0.28	0	New
	Freedom List	1,580	0.25	0	New
	Liberal Borgerliste	860	0.14	0	New
	Stram Kurs	707	0.11	0	New
	De LokalNationale	399	0.06	0	New
	Vi Lokale Demokrater	372	0.06	0	New
	Danmark Først	359	0.06	0	0
Total		634,978	100.00	41	0
Valid votes		634,978	95.59
Invalid votes		2,782	0.42
Blank votes		26,522	3.99
Total votes		664,282	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		981,047	67.71
Source: [1]