2021 Egedal municipal election

In 2017, Karsten Søndergaard from Venstre would secure the party's 3rd consecutive term holding the mayor's position in the municipality.[1]

2021 Egedal municipal election
← 2017 16 November 2021 2025 →

All 21 seats to the Egedal Municipal Council
11 seats needed for a majority
Turnout24,219 (71.9%)
Decrease 3.9pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
A
V
L
Party Social Democrats Venstre Lokalisten Ny Egedal
Last election 6 seats, 25.9% 6 seats, 27.5% Did Not Stand
Seats won 5 5 4
Seat change Decrease 1 Decrease 1 Increase 4
Popular vote 5,481 4,464 4,276
Percentage 23.0% 18.7% 17.9%
Swing Decrease 2.9% Decrease 8.8% New

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
C
F
B
Party Conservatives Green Left Danish Social Liberal Party
Last election 2 seats, 11.6% 1 seat, 6.8% 3 seats, 11.6%
Seats won 3 2 1
Seat change Increase 1 Increase 1 Decrease 2
Popular vote 3,019 1,867 1,092
Percentage 12.7% 7.8% 4.6%
Swing Increase 1.1% Increase 1.0% Decrease 7%

  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
Ø
O
I
Party Red–Green Alliance Danish People's Party Liberal Alliance
Last election Did Not Stand 2 seats, 10.4% 1 seat, 4.0%
Seats won 1 0 0
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 2 Decrease 1
Popular vote 1,046 775 427
Percentage 4.4% 3.2% 1.8%
Swing New Decrease 7.2% Decrease 2.2%

Mayor before election

Karsten Søndergaard
Venstre

Mayor after election

Vicky Holst Rasmussen
Social Democrats

In this election, a new local party called Lokallisten Ny Egedal would see great success. They would manage to win 4 seats, and become the third largest party. As no bloc had a majority, they could become decisive in deciding who'd become the next mayor. At first, it sounded as Karsten Søndergaard could continue as mayor.[2] However, the Conservatives decided that they could see more influence if they made a constitutional agreement having Vicky Holst Rasmussen from the Social Democrats as the new mayor. Therefore, the Social Democrats would be able to hold the mayor's position in the municipality for the first time. [a] [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. Egedal Municipality had 21 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
Conservatives Centre-right
Liberal Alliance Centre-right to Right-wing
Danish People's Party Right-wing
Venstre Centre-right

Electoral Alliance 2

Party Political Position
Green Left Centre-left to Left-wing
Et Samlet Egedal Local Party
Red–Green Alliance Left-wing to Far-left

Electoral Alliance 3

Party Political Position
Social Democrats Centre-left
Danish Social Liberal Party Centre to Centre-left

Results by polling station

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Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Egedal Municipality
Social Democrats5,48123.005-1
Venstre4,46418.735-1
Lokallisten Ny Egedal4,27617.944New
Conservatives3,01912.673+1
Green Left1,8677.832+1
Danish Social Liberal Party1,0924.581-2
Red–Green Alliance1,0464.391New
Danish People's Party7753.250-2
New Right7473.130New
Et Samlet Egedal6372.670New
Liberal Alliance4271.790-1
Total23,831100.00210
Valid votes23,83198.40
Invalid votes1060.44
Blank votes2821.16
Total votes24,219100.00
Registered voters/turnout33,68271.90
Source: KMD

Notes

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  1. ^ counting from 2007 where the municipality was altered

References

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  1. ^ "Overblik: Her er Nordsjællands borgmestre | Nyheder". sn.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Tre partier: "Vi serverede borgmesterposten på et sølvfad, men Vicky Holst Rasmussen takkede nej" | Nyheder". sn.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Socialdemokrat kupper Venstre-borgmester | Nyheder". dr (in Danish). Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Byrådets medlemmer | Nyheder". egedalkommune (in Danish). Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd den 16. november 2021 | Nyheder" (PDF). dst (in Danish). Retrieved 28 January 2023.