2021 North Denmark Regional election

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

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

All 41 seats to the North Denmark Regional Council
21 seats needed for a majority
Turnout310,538 (67.8%)
Decrease 3.6pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
A
V
C
Party Social Democrats Venstre Conservatives
Last election 18 seats, 41.5% 11 seats, 24.5% 4 seats, 8.5%
Seats won 15 11 7
Seat change Decrease 3 0 Increase 3
Popular vote 108,637 78,337 49,069
Percentage 35.0% 25.2% 15.8%
Swing Decrease 6.5% Increase 0.7% Increase 7.3%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Ø
D
F
Party Red–Green Alliance New Right Green Left
Last election 2 seats, 4.3% 0 seats, 1.0% 1 seat, 3.4%
Seats won 2 2 2
Seat change 0 Increase 2 Increase 1
Popular vote 14,370 13,233 13,073
Percentage 4.6% 4.3% 4.2%
Swing Increase 0.3% Increase 3.3% Increase 0.8%

  Seventh party Eighth party
 
O
B
Party Danish People's Party Danish Social Liberal Party
Last election 4 seats, 8.8% 1 seat, 3.1%
Seats won 1 1
Seat change Decrease 3 0
Popular vote 12,060 11,520
Percentage 3.9% 3.7%
Swing Decrease 4.9% Increase 0.6%

Chairperson before election

Ulla Astman
Social Democrats

Chairperson after election

Mads Duedahl
Venstre

Prior to this election, and ever since the creation of the 5 Danish regions in the 2007 Municipal reform, the Social Democrats had been the largest party and held the chairperson's seat for North Denmark, and following the 2017 election, Ulla Astman had secured her third consecutive term as the chairperson .[a][1]

In this election, Astman would stand to get elected for a fourth term while Mads Duedahl from Venstre would be the main candidate for the opposition. In a result that was seen as a surprise,[2][3] the parties commonly associated with the blue bloc of Danish politics had won 21 seats, and a change of control became a possibility. On the night following the election results, Mads Duedahl gave an interview announcing that he had found a majority to back him as the new chairperson.[4]

After the result, the 2020 Danish mink cull was seen as a possible reason to the Social Democrats losing control of the regional council for the first time.[5][6]

Electoral Alliances

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Electoral Alliance 1

Party Political Position
B Danish Social Liberal Party Centre to Centre-left
F Green Left Centre-left to Left-wing
G Vegan Party Centre-left to Left-wing
R Kommunistisk Parti Local Politics
T Trafikalt Folkeparti Local Politics
Ø Red–Green Alliance Left-wing to Far-left
Å The Alternative Centre-left to Left-wing

Electoral Alliance 2

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

Electoral Alliance 3

Party Political Position
C Conservatives Centre-right
I Liberal Alliance Centre-right to Right-wing
K Christian Democrats Centre to Centre-right

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
North Denmark Regional council
Social Democrats108,63734.9815-3
Venstre78,33725.23110
Conservatives49,06915.807+3
Red–Green Alliance14,3704.6320
New Right13,2334.262+2
Green Left13,0734.212+1
Danish People's Party12,0603.881-3
Danish Social Liberal Party11,5203.7110
Liberal Alliance3,4741.1200
Christian Democrats2,7310.8800
The Alternative9960.3200
Vegan Party7550.240New
Freedom List6560.210New
Trafikalt Folkeparti6430.210New
Progress Party4020.130New
Kommunistisk Parti3740.1200
Stram Kurs2080.070New
Total310,538100.00410
Valid votes310,53896.11
Invalid votes9640.30
Blank votes11,6063.59
Total votes323,108100.00
Registered voters/turnout476,69467.78
Source: [1]

Notes

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  1. ^ Ulla Astman was also chairperson in the second half of the first term in the region

References

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  1. ^ "Her er Danmarks fem nye regionsrådsformænd". jyllands-posten.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-06-13.
  2. ^ "Hvem bliver borgmester i din kommune? Læs Simon Emil Ammitzbøll-Billes bud". altinget.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-06-13.
  3. ^ "Blå kandidater presser Astman i Nordjylland". dagensmedicin.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-06-13.
  4. ^ "Socialdemokratisk dominans brudt: Mads Duedahl (V) ny formand for regionsrådet". tv2nord.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-06-13.
  5. ^ "Socialdemokratiet lider store nederlag på Mette Frederiksens hjemmebane". dr.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-06-13.
  6. ^ "Socialdemokratiet har mistet Mette-magien og går ydmyget tilbage over hele landet". information.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-06-13.