2021 Southern Denmark Regional election

The 2021 Southern Denmark Regional election was held on November 16, 2021, to elect the 41 members to sit in the regional council for the Central Denmark Region, in the period of 2022 to 2025.

2021 Southern Denmark Regional election
← 2017 16 November 2021 2025 →

All 41 seats to the Southern Denmark Regional Council
21 seats needed for a majority
Turnout664,282 (67.7%)
Decrease 4.5pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
V
A
C
Party Venstre Social Democrats Conservatives
Last election 14 seats, 32.4% 10 seats, 23.3% 2 seats, 4.5%
Seats won 17 12 3
Seat change Increase 3 Increase 2 Increase 1
Popular vote 249,004 164,481 48,870
Percentage 39.2% 25.9% 7.7%
Swing Increase 6.8% Increase 2.6% Increase 3.2%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
F
D
Ø
Party Green Left New Right Red–Green Alliance
Last election 6 seats, 13.6% 0 seats, 1.2% 2 seats, 4.1%
Seats won 2 2 2
Seat change Decrease 4 Increase 2 0
Popular vote 40,878 29,517 27,322
Percentage 6.4% 4.6% 4.3%
Swing Decrease 7.2% Increase 3.4% Increase 0.2%

  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
B
O
I
Party Danish Social Liberal Party Danish People's Party Liberal Alliance
Last election 1 seat, 3.6% 5 seats, 10.9% 1 seat, 2.6%
Seats won 2 1 0
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 4 Decrease 1
Popular vote 26,783 27,220 6,013
Percentage 4.2% 4.3% 1.0%
Swing Increase 0.6% Decrease 6.6% Decrease 1.6%

Chairperson before election

Stephanie Lose
Venstre

Chairperson after election

Stephanie Lose
Venstre

The four previous elections held in the region had all resulted in Venstre winning the chairperson position, being the only region where the party always had held that position. Following the 2017 election, Stephanie Lose would have her first full term as the chairperson. .[a][1]

In this election, Venstre got their best result to date in the region, winning 39.2% of the vote. This result was unlike most elections in the 2021 Danish local elections, where Venstre decreased their vote share. Stephanie Lose ended up with a record-high 147,486 personal votes. This number was equal to 23.2% of all votes cast, and was the highest number of personal votes ever received in a Danish regional election.[2]

It was later announced that Stephanie Lose would continue as chairperson of the Region.[3][4]

Electoral Alliances

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Electoral Alliance 1

Party Political Position
G Vegan Party Centre-left to Left-wing
Ø Red–Green Alliance Left-wing to Far-left
Å The Alternative Centre-left to Left-wing

Electoral Alliance 2

Party Political Position
A Social Democrats Centre-left
F Green Left Centre-left to Left-wing

Electoral Alliance 3

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

Electoral Alliance 4

Party Political Position
D New Right Right-wing
H Liberal Borgerliste Local Politics
O Danish People's Party Right-wing
V Venstre Centre-right

Electoral Alliance 5

Party Political Position
I Liberal Alliance Centre-right to Right-wing
K Christian Democrats Centre to Centre-right
M Vi Lokale Demokrater Local Politics

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Southern Denmark Regional council
Venstre249,00439.2117+3
Social Democrats164,48125.9012+2
Conservatives48,8707.703+1
Green Left40,8786.442-4
New Right29,5174.652+2
Red–Green Alliance27,3224.3020
Danish People's Party27,2204.291-4
Danish Social Liberal Party26,7834.222+1
Liberal Alliance6,0130.950-1
Christian Democrats5,9910.9400
The Alternative2,8260.4500
Vegan Party1,7960.280New
Freedom List1,5800.250New
Liberal Borgerliste8600.140New
Stram Kurs7070.110New
De LokalNationale3990.060New
Vi Lokale Demokrater3720.060New
Danmark Først3590.0600
Total634,978100.00410
Valid votes634,97895.59
Invalid votes2,7820.42
Blank votes26,5223.99
Total votes664,282100.00
Registered voters/turnout981,04767.71
Source: [1]

Notes

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  1. ^ Lose took over from Carl Holst in June 2015

References

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  1. ^ "Stephanie Lose fortsætter som regionsrådsformand". magasinetpleje.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-06-14.
  2. ^ "Sætter rekord: Stephanie Lose får ti gange flere stemmer end andenpladsen". tv2fyn.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-06-14.
  3. ^ "Stephanie Lose fortsætter og styrker greb om Region Syddanmark". jyllands-posten.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-06-14.
  4. ^ "Stephanie Lose fortsætter som regionsrådsformand i Region Syddanmark". regionsyddanmark.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-06-14.