2021 Vejen municipal election

Ever since the 2007 municipal reform, Egon Fræhr from Venstre had been mayor of Vejen Municiaplity. He announced in 2020 that he would not stand for re-election.[1]

2021 Vejen municipal election
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All 27 seats to the Vejen Municipal Council
14 seats needed for a majority
Turnout22,809 (68.3%)
Decrease 3.6pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
V
A
C
Party Venstre Social Democrats Conservatives
Last election 10 seats, 35.5% 8 seats, 28.3% 4 seats, 13.8%
Seats won 9 8 6
Seat change Decrease 1 0 Increase 2
Popular vote 6,888 6,290 5,229
Percentage 30.8% 28.1% 23.3%
Swing Decrease 4.7% Decrease 0.2% Increase 9.5%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
D
F
O
Party The New Right Green Left Danish People's Party
Last election 0 seats, 1.4% 1 seat, 2.9% 2 seats, 9.6%
Seats won 1 1 1
Seat change Increase 1 0 Decrease 1
Popular vote 1,019 772 740
Percentage 4.6% 3.4% 3.3%
Swing Increase 3.2% Increase 0.5% Decrease 6.3%

  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
L
Ø
I
Party Liberal Borgerliste Red–Green Alliance Liberal Alliance
Last election 0 seats, 0% 1 seat, 4.1% 1 seat, 3.2%
Seats won 1 0 0
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 1 Decrease 1
Popular vote 588 407 75
Percentage 2.6% 1.8% 0.3%
Swing Increase 2.6% Decrease 2.3% Decrease 2.9%

Mayor before election

Egon Fræhr
Venstre

Mayor after election

Frank Schmidt-Hansen
Conservatives

Instead Morten Thorøe would be the candidate from Venstre for this election.[2]

Venstre would lose a seat in this election, although still remaining the largest party. However following election night, an utraditional agreement between the Social Democrats and the Conservatives, would see Frank Schmidt-Hansen from the Conservatives become mayor.[3][4]

This would mark the first time since the 2007 municipal reform, that a municipality in the South Jutland constituency would have a mayor from the Conservatives. It was one of three municipalities in the constituency where the Conservatives had mayor's elected in the 2021, and it was seen as a big success for the Conservatives, who had have trouble winning mayor positions outside Greater Copenhagen and North Zealand in recent elections.[5]

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. Vejen Municipality had 27 seats in 2021

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

Electoral alliances

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Source[6]

Electoral Alliance 1

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

Electoral Alliance 2

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

Electoral Alliance 3

Party Political Position
The New Right Right-wing
Liberal Borgerliste Right-wing

Electoral Alliance 4

Party Political Position
Danish Social Liberal Party Centre to Centre-left
Danish People's Party Right-wing
Venstre Centre-right

Results by polling station

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Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Vejen Municipality
Venstre6,88830.759-1
Social Democrats6,29028.0880
Conservatives5,22923.346+2
The New Right1,0194.551+1
Green Left7723.4510
Danish People's Party7403.301-1
Liberal Borgerliste [a]5882.620New
Red–Green Alliance4071.820-1
Danish Social Liberal Party3921.7500
Liberal Alliance750.330-1
Total22,400100.00260
Valid votes22,40098.21
Invalid votes1130.50
Blank votes2961.30
Total votes22,809100.00
Registered voters/turnout33,39768.30
Source: KMD

Notes

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  1. ^ Local party in Vejen

References

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  1. ^ "Vejens borgmester gennem årtier genopstiller ikke | Nyheder". altinget (in Danish). 7 April 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  2. ^ "47-årige Morten Thorøe skal genvinde borgmesterposten for Venstre: – Jeg vil kæmpe for det, jeg tror på | Nyheder". jv (in Danish). 12 November 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Se video: Frank Schmidt-Hansen er Vejen Kommunes nye borgmester | Nyheder". jv (in Danish). 17 November 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Nu ændres livet for Frank og Fræhr | Nyheder". tvsyd (in Danish). Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Konservative når delmål med borgmestre vest for Storebælt | Nyheder". berlingske (in Danish). 17 November 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  6. ^ "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd den 16. november 2021 | Nyheder" (PDF). dst (in Danish). Retrieved 28 January 2023.