2021 Tønder municipal election

In 2020, Venstre would drop, mayor at the time, Henrik Frandsen as their candidate for the next election. This led to Henrik Frandsen along with 5 others, to create Tønder Listen, a breakout party who intended to get Henrik Frandsen reelected as mayor.[1]

2021 Tønder municipal election
← 2017 16 November 2021 2025 →

All 31 seats to the Tønder Municipal Council
16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout20,730 (69.8%)
Decrease 2.2pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
T
V
A
Party Tønder Listen Venstre Social Democrats
Last election Did not stand 15 seats, 44.6% 6 seats, 20.6%
Seats won 9 6 5
Seat change Increase 9 Decrease 9 Decrease 1
Popular vote 5,906 3,472 3,010
Percentage 29.0% 17.1% 14.8%
Swing New Decrease 27.5% Decrease 5.8%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
S
L
C
Party Schleswig Party Borgerlisten Conservatives
Last election 2 seats, 5.8% 1 seat, 4.4% 1 seat, 2.7%
Seats won 4 3 2
Seat change Increase 2 Increase 2 Increase 1
Popular vote 2,706 1,509 1,115
Percentage 13.3% 7.4% 5.5%
Swing Increase 7.5% 3.0% Increase 2.8%

  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
F
D
O
Party Green Left The New Right Danish People's Party
Last election 1 seat, 3.5% 0 seats, 0.7% 3 seats, 10.4%
Seats won 1 1 0
Seat change 0 Increase 1 Decrease 3
Popular vote 805 747 573
Percentage 4.0% 3.7% 2.8%
Swing Increase 0.5% Increase 3.0% Decrease 7.6%

Mayor before election

Henrik Frandsen
Tønder Listen[a]

Mayor after election

Jørgen Popp Petersen
Schleswig Party

In the election result, Tønder Listen would win 9 seats, while Venstre would lose 9 seats and only win 6. However, Venstre wanted to avoid Henrik Frandsen continuing as mayor. Eventually, Jørgen Popp Petersen from regional party Schleswig Party had a majority backing him as mayor. The agreement consisted of the Social Democrats, the Conservatives, The New Right, Borgerlisten and Schleswig Party. This marked the first mayor from Schleswig Party in 75 years.[2][3]

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. Tønder Municipality had 31 seats in 2021

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

Electoral alliances

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Source[4]

Electoral Alliance 1

Party Political Position
Conservatives Centre-right
Liberal Alliance Centre-right to Right-wing
Schleswig Party Regional Party / Centre

Electoral Alliance 2

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

Electoral Alliance 3

Party Political Position
Green Left Centre-left to Left-wing
Borgerlisten Local
Red–Green Alliance Left-wing to Far-left
The Alternative Centre-left to Left-wing

Results by polling station

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Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Tønder Municipality
Tønder Listen5,90629.019New
Venstre3,47217.066-9
Social Democrats3,01014.795-1
Schleswig Party2,70613.294+2
Borgerlisten[b]1,5097.413+2
Conservatives1,1155.482+1
Green Left8053.9510
The New Right7473.671+1
Danish People's Party5732.820-3
Red–Green Alliance2821.390-1
Liberal Alliance1520.750-1
The Alternative780.3800
Total20,355100.00310
Valid votes20,35598.19
Invalid votes1190.57
Blank votes2561.23
Total votes20,730100.00
Registered voters/turnout29,69769.81
Source: KMD

Notes

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  1. ^ was elected as member of Venstre following the 2017 election
  2. ^ Local party in Tønder

References

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  1. ^ "Borgmester forlader Venstre og stifter nyt parti | Nyheder". tvsyd (in Danish). Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Landmand skriver historie i Tønder: Første borgmester fra det tyske mindretal | Nyheder". landbrugavisen (in Danish). Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Ny borgmester kommer fra Slesvigsk Parti - men hvor tysk er han egentlig? | Nyheder". tvsyd (in Danish). Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd den 16. november 2021 | Nyheder" (PDF). dst (in Danish). Retrieved 28 January 2023.