2021 Vordingborg municipal election

Prior to this election, and in the three elections since the 2007 municipal reform, no mayor had won re-election.

2021 Vordingborg municipal election

16 November 2021
All 29 seats to the Vordingborg Municipal Council 15 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	25,589 (68.1%) 5.8pp
First party Second party Third party   A V C Party Social Democrats Venstre Conservatives Last election 13 seats, 37.8% 8 seats, 26.7% 1 seat, 3.8% Seats won 11 7 3 Seat change 2 1 2 Popular vote 8,921 5,695 2,790 Percentage 35.6% 22.7% 11.1% Swing 2.2% 4% 7.3%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   F Ø D Party Green Left Red–Green Alliance New Right Last election 1 seat, 5.5% 1 seat, 5.1% 0 seats, 2.1% Seats won 2 2 1 Seat change 1 1 1 Popular vote 1,962 1,828 1,064 Percentage 7.8% 7.3% 4.2% Swing 2.3% 2.2% 2.1%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   O B Æ Party Danish People's Party Danish Social Liberal Party Fælleslisten Last election 3 seats, 10.6% 1 seat, 2.9% Did Not Stand Seats won 1 1 1 Seat change 2 0 1 Popular vote 1,062 806 719 Percentage 4.2% 3.2% 2.9% Swing 6.4% 0.3% New
Mayor before election Mikael Smed Social Democrats Mayor after election Mikael Smed Social Democrats

In the 2017 election, Mikael Smed, from the Social Democrats, won the mayor's position. The red bloc parties had won 17 of the 29 seats, so if the blue bloc wanted to take over the mayor's position, it required a net gain of 3 seats.

In the result, the Social Democrats kept the position as the largest party, but lost two seats. Fellow red bloc parties of the Green Left and Red–Green Alliance would however both gain a seat, and although The Alternative lost a seat, a total of 16 red seats was won. Therefore, it looked as though Mikael Smed was on his way to become the first re-elected in the municipality's history. It was eventually confirmed that he would have a second term.

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. Vordingborg Municipality had 29 seats in 2021

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

Electoral alliances

Source

Electoral Alliance 1

Electoral Alliance 2

Party	Political Position
Danish People's Party	Right-wing
Fælleslisten	Local Party

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Vordingborg Municipality
	Social Democrats	8,921	35.56	11	-2
	Venstre	5,695	22.70	7	-1
	Conservatives	2,790	11.12	3	+2
	Green Left	1,962	7.82	2	+1
	Red–Green Alliance	1,828	7.29	2	+1
	New Right	1,064	4.24	1	+1
	Danish People's Party	1,062	4.23	1	-2
	Danish Social Liberal Party	806	3.21	1	0
	Fælleslisten	719	2.87	1	New
	The Alternative	240	0.96	0	-1
Total		25,087	100.00	29	0
Valid votes		25,087	98.04
Invalid votes		106	0.41
Blank votes		396	1.55
Total votes		25,589	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		37,576	68.10
Source: KMD