2021 Stevns municipal election

Ever since the 2007 municipal reform, Venstre had held the mayor's position in Stevns Municipality. Despite only winning 4 seats, 2 less than largest party Social Democrats, in the 2017 election, they had manage to secure the mayor's position.[1]

2021 Stevns municipal election
← 2017 16 November 2021 2025 →

All 19 seats to the Stevns Municipal Council
10 seats needed for a majority
Turnout13,678 (74.8%)
Decrease 2.8pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
A
V
C
Party Social Democrats Venstre Conservatives
Last election 6 seats, 27.3% 4 seats, 19.5% 2 seats, 9.2%
Seats won 5 5 3
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 1 Increase 1
Popular vote 3,141 3,054 1,741
Percentage 24.5% 23.8% 13.6%
Swing Decrease 2.8% Increase 4.3% Increase 4.4%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
N
O
Ø
Party Nyt Stevns Danish People's Party Red–Green Alliance
Last election 2 seats, 12.4% 2 seats, 12.0% 2 seats, 6.2%
Seats won 2 1 1
Seat change 0 Decrease 1 Decrease 1
Popular vote 1,182 886 839
Percentage 9.2% 6.9% 6.6%
Swing Decrease 3.2% Decrease 5.1% Increase 0.4%

  Seventh party Eighth party
 
B
F
Party Danish Social Liberal Party Green Left
Last election 1 seat, 5.9% 0 seats, 2.6%
Seats won 1 1
Seat change 0 Increase 1
Popular vote 720 682
Percentage 5.6% 5.3%
Swing Decrease 0.3% Increase 2.7%

Mayor before election

Anette Mortensen
Venstre

Mayor after election

Henning Urban Dam
Social Democrats

In this election, the Social Democrats would lose a seat while Venstre would gain a seat, making them equally large for the first time.[a] However, local party Nyt Stevns won 2 seats, and could be decisive, as no bloc had a majority themselves. However, Venstre surprisingly, without citing exactly why, decided to support Henning Urban Dam from the Social Democrats as mayor. This deal included Anette Mortensen from Venstre becoming deputy mayor.[2][3]

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. Stevns Municipality had 19 seats in 2021

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

Electoral alliances

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Source[4]

Electoral Alliance 1

Party Political Position
Conservatives Centre-right
New Right Right-wing
Liberal Alliance Centre-right to Right-wing
Nyt Stevns Local Party
Danish People's Party Right-wing
Venstre Centre-right

Electoral Alliance 2

Party Political Position
Social Democrats Centre-left
Danish Social Liberal Party Centre to Centre-left
Green Left Centre-left to Left-wing
Red–Green Alliance Left-wing to Far-left

Results by polling station

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Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Stevns Municipality
Social Democrats3,14124.525-1
Venstre3,05423.845+1
Conservatives1,74113.593+1
Nyt Stevns1,1829.2300
Danish People's Party8866.921-1
Red–Green Alliance8396.551-1
Danish Social Liberal Party7205.6210
Green Left6825.321+1
New Right4523.5300
Liberal Alliance1130.880New
Total12,810100.00170
Valid votes12,81098.06
Invalid votes690.53
Blank votes1841.41
Total votes13,063100.00
Registered voters/turnout18,95768.91
Source: KMD

Notes

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  1. ^ counting from the 2007 municipal reform

References

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  1. ^ "Mød Stevns' nye borgmester | Nyheder". sn (in Danish). 2 January 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Henning Urban Dam snupper borgmesterkæden på Stevns | Nyheder". tv2øst (in Danish). Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Kommunalbestyrelsen | Nyheder". stevns (in Danish). Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd den 16. november 2021 | Nyheder" (PDF). dst (in Danish). Retrieved 28 January 2023.