2021 Brønderslev municipal election

2021 Brønderslev municipal election
16 November 2021

All 27 seats to the Brønderslev Municipal Council
14 seats needed for a majority
Turnout19,789 (69.9%)
Decrease 2.3pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
V
A
C
Party Venstre Social Democrats Conservatives
Last election 10 seats, 34.1% 11 seats, 32.2% 2 seats, 8.5%
Seats won 12 8 2
Seat change Increase 2 Decrease 3 0
Popular vote 7,810 5,923 1,534
Percentage 39.9% 30.3% 7.8%
Swing Increase 5.8% Decrease 1.9% Decrease 0.7%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
J
O
D
Party Borgerlisten Danish People's Party New Right
Last election 2 seats, 6.6% 2 seats, 8.3% Did not stand
Seats won 1 1 1
Seat change Decrease 1 Decrease 1 Increase 1
Popular vote 1,171 848 675
Percentage 6.0% 4.3% 3.5%
Swing Decrease 0.6% Decrease 4.0% New

  Seventh party Eighth party
 
F
Ø
Party Green Left Red–Green Alliance
Last election 0 seats, 2.8% 0 seats, 2.7%
Seats won 1 1
Seat change Increase 1 Increase 1
Popular vote 514 496
Percentage 2.6% 2.5%
Swing Decrease 0.2% Decrease 0.2%

Mayor before election

Mikael Klitgaard
Venstre

Mayor after election

Mikael Klitgaard
Venstre

In 2014 Mikael Klitgaard, from Venstre, became mayor of Brønderslev Municipality.[1] He was re-elected in 2017, despite losing 2.5% of the vote and 1 seat. However, Venstre increased their vote share by 5.8%, and gained 2 seats for this election. On 19 November, Mikael Klitgaard secured a 3rd period as mayor, after a constitution was agreed upon by Venstre, Conservatives, New Right, Borgerlisten [a] and Danish People's Party.[2]

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. Brønderslev Municipality had 27 seats in 2021

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

Electoral alliances

Source[3]

Electoral Alliance 1

Party Political alignment
D New Right Right-wing to Far-right
O Danish People's Party Right-wing to Far-right
V Venstre Centre-right

Electoral Alliance 2

Party Political alignment
B Social Liberals Centre to Centre-left
F Green Left Centre-left to Left-wing
G Vegan Party Single-issue
Ø Red–Green Alliance Left-wing to Far-Left

Electoral Alliance 3

Party Political alignment
J Borgerlisten Local politics
K Christian Democrats Centre to Centre-right

Electoral Alliance 4

Party Political alignment
C Conservatives Centre-right
I Liberal Alliance Centre-right to Right-wing

Results by polling station

Polling Station A B C D F G I K O V Ø J
% % % % % % % % % % % %
Agersted 16.5 1.4 3.8 7.4 1.4 0.0 0.2 0.0 3.6 41.5 2.2 22.0
Asaa 46.1 0.6 3.0 3.8 2.1 0.3 0.0 0.7 3.9 31.6 2.9 4.9
Dronninglund 26.6 2.4 5.5 2.4 1.8 1.3 0.5 0.5 2.6 36.6 2.4 17.3
Flauenskjold 16.3 1.4 4.1 5.7 2.5 1.0 0.2 0.2 17.8 44.3 2.2 4.5
Hjallerup 26.4 0.8 4.8 3.2 2.0 0.6 0.3 0.8 2.6 42.6 1.9 14.1
Klokkerholm 21.6 0.5 4.4 3.9 1.8 1.9 0.6 0.6 4.4 52.7 2.5 5.1
Brønderslev 35.4 1.2 10.7 2.5 3.3 0.5 1.0 0.2 4.0 37.6 2.7 0.9
Stenum 47.8 0.5 5.4 4.4 3.9 0.0 0.5 0.0 2.6 33.2 1.8 0.0
Thise 37.4 0.4 6.3 5.7 1.5 0.4 1.2 1.0 3.8 39.5 1.9 0.7
Ø. Brønderslev 28.7 2.9 22.1 3.7 4.7 0.7 0.5 0.5 2.0 31.0 2.3 1.1
Hallund 21.8 0.0 8.7 7.0 2.5 0.3 1.1 0.6 5.0 49.3 3.4 0.3
Jerslev 21.4 0.6 5.8 6.2 2.4 0.8 0.2 0.5 9.2 47.6 3.4 2.0
Serritslev 23.2 0.4 4.4 3.6 2.5 0.2 0.2 1.0 3.6 56.6 3.8 0.6

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Brønderslev Municipality
Venstre7,81039.9412+2
Social Democrats5,92330.298-3
Conservatives1,5347.8420
Borgerlisten1,1715.991-1
Danish People's Party8484.341-1
New Right6753.451New
Green Left5142.631+1
Red–Green Alliance4962.541+1
Social Liberals2381.2200
Vegan Party1380.710New
Liberal Alliance1190.6100
Christian Democrats900.4600
Total19,556100.00270
Valid votes19,55698.82
Invalid votes460.23
Blank votes1870.94
Total votes19,789100.00
Registered voters/turnout28,29469.94
Source: KMD

Notes

  1. ^ Local party in Brønderslev

References

  1. ^ "Her er alle de nye borgmestre i Nordjylland | Nyheder". nordjyske (in Danish). 20 November 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Socialdemokraterne er med i konstitueringen i Brønderslev | Nyheder". nordjyske (in Danish). 19 November 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd den 16. november 2021 | Nyheder" (PDF). dst (in Danish). Retrieved 6 September 2023.