2021 Haderslev municipal election

Hans Peter Geil, from Venstre, had been mayor of Haderslev Municipality for the last two terms. However he announced in September 2020, that he would not stand to be re-elected for a third term.[1] In December 2020 it was announced that the top candidate for Venstre in this election would be Mads Skau.[2]

2021 Haderslev municipal election
← 2017 16 November 2021 2025 →

All 31 seats to the Haderslev Municipal Council
16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout30,363 (68.3%)
Decrease 5.1pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
A
V
C
Party Social Democrats Venstre Conservatives
Last election 10 seats, 30.9% 9 seats, 26.4% 1 seat, 4.3%
Seats won 10 9 5
Seat change 0 0 Increase 4
Popular vote 9,001 8,021 3,877
Percentage 30.2% 26.9% 13.0%
Swing Decrease 0.7% Increase 0.5% Increase 8.7%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
D
O
B
Party The New Right Danish People's Party Danish Social Liberal Party
Last election 0 seats, 1.2% 4 seats, 12.2% 1 seat, 5.7%
Seats won 2 1 1
Seat change Increase 2 Decrease 3 0
Popular vote 1,690 1,584 1,430
Percentage 5.7% 5.3% 4.8%
Swing Increase 4.5% Decrease 6.9% Decrease 0.9%

  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
Ø
F
S
Party Red–Green Alliance Green Left Schleswig Party
Last election 2 seats, 5.9% 1 seat, 3.3% 1 seat, 2.2%
Seats won 1 1 1
Seat change Decrease 1 0 0
Popular vote 1,298 1,041 815
Percentage 4.4% 3.5% 2.7%
Swing Decrease 1.5% Increase 0.2% Increase 0.5%

Mayor before election

Hans Peter Geil
Venstre

Mayor after election

Mads Skau
Venstre

In the 2017 Haderslev municipal election, parties of the traditional blue bloc had won 16 of 31 seats and a slim majority. For this election, a majority between the traditional blue bloc parties would once again be won. However, the parties and their total seats would change rather dramatically. While Venstre would keep their 9 seats, The New Right would enter the council for the first time with 2 seats, while the Liberal Alliance would lose both of its 2 seats. Danish People's Party would also suffer a 3-seat decrease, while the Conservatives would go from 1 seat to 5 seats. Of the traditional red bloc parties, only the seats number of the Red–Green Alliance would change, decreasing by one. It was later confirmed that Venstre would once again hold the mayor position, and Mads Skau would become the new mayor [3][4]

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. Haderslev 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[5]

Electoral Alliance 1

Party Political Position
Christian Democrats Centre to Centre-right
Schleswig Party Local Party
The Alternative Centre-left to Left-wing

Electoral Alliance 2

Party Political Position
Danish Social Liberal Party Centre to Centre-left
Conservatives Centre-right

Electoral Alliance 3

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

Electoral Alliance 4

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

Results by polling station

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Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Haderslev Municipality
Social Democrats9,00130.19100
Venstre8,02126.9090
Conservatives3,87713.005+4
The New Right1,6905.672+2
Danish People's Party1,5845.311-3
Danish Social Liberal Party1,4304.8010
Red–Green Alliance1,2984.351-1
Green Left1,0413.4910
Schleswig Party8152.7310
Christian Democrats4861.6300
The Alternative3701.2400
Liberal Alliance1150.390-2
Sammenhæng[a]910.310New
Total29,819100.00310
Valid votes29,81998.21
Invalid votes1160.38
Blank votes4281.41
Total votes30,363100.00
Registered voters/turnout44,44568.32
Source: KMD

Notes

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  1. ^ Local party in Haderslev

References

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  1. ^ "H. P. Geil genopstiller ikke: Coronaen sendte ham i tænkeboks | Nyheder". jv (in Danish). Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Skau er ny borgmesterkandidat i Haderslev efter tæt opgør | Nyheder". tvsyd (in Danish). Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Ny borgmester skal huske at tage skoene på: Mads Skau er faldet godt til på 4. sal | Nyheder". ugeavisen (in Danish). Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Ny borgmester i Haderslev bekræfter: – Alt var i spil | Nyheder". jv (in Danish). Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd den 16. november 2021 | Nyheder" (PDF). dst (in Danish). Retrieved 28 January 2023.