2021 Odsherred municipal election

Ever since the 2007 municipal reform, the Social Democrats had held the mayor's position in the municipality.

2021 Odsherred municipal election

16 November 2021
All 25 seats to the Odsherred Municipal Council 13 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	18,788 (67.8%) 5.1pp
First party Second party Third party   A V N Party Social Democrats Venstre Nyt Odsherred Last election 12 seats, 43.5% 7 seats, 24.6% Did Not Stand Seats won 10 4 4 Seat change 2 3 4 Popular vote 6,743 2,570 2,348 Percentage 36.6% 13.9% 12.7% Swing 6.9% 10.7% New   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   O B D Party Danish People's Party Danish Social Liberal Party New Right Last election 2 seats, 9.7% 1 seat, 3.9% 0 seats, 1.3% Seats won 2 1 1 Seat change 0 0 1 Popular vote 1,360 1,163 1,035 Percentage 7.4% 6.3% 5.6% Swing 2.3% 2.4% 4.3%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   F C Ø Party Green Left Conservatives Red–Green Alliance Last election 1 seat, 3.2% 0 seats, 2.5% 1 seat, 4.9% Seats won 1 1 1 Seat change 0 1 0 Popular vote 1,033 981 943 Percentage 5.6% 5.3% 5.1% Swing 2.4% 2.8% 0.2%
Mayor before election Thomas Adelskov Social Democrats Mayor after election Karina Vincentz Nyt Odsherred

In 2017, the Social Democrats had won 12 seats, just one short of an absolute majority. Still it would be Thomas Adelskov from the party who would become mayor.

Prior to this election, a new party called Nyt Odsherred had been created to try and challenge the mayor's position for the election. They would end up winning 4 seats, and become the party to receive the 3rd highest number of votes. However they would manage, together with the Danish Social Liberal Party, the Conservatives, the New Right, Danish People's Party and Venstre, to reach an agreement that would see leader of the party, Karina Vincentz become mayor.

Electoral system

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. Odsherred Municipality had 25 seats in 2021

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

Electoral alliances

Source

Electoral Alliance 1

Party	Political Position
Conservatives	Centre-right
Danish People's Party	Right-wing

Electoral Alliance 2

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
Danish Social Liberal Party	Centre to Centre-left
Nyt Odsherred	Local Party

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Odsherred Municipality
	Social Democrats	6,743	36.56	10	-2
	Venstre	2,570	13.93	4	-3
	Nyt Odsherred	2,348	12.73	4	New
	Danish People's Party	1,360	7.37	2	0
	Danish Social Liberal Party	1,163	6.30	1	0
	New Right	1,035	5.61	1	+1
	Green Left	1,033	5.60	1	0
	Conservatives	981	5.32	1	+1
	Red–Green Alliance	943	5.11	1	0
	Vegan Party	113	0.61	0	New
	Freedom List	79	0.43	0	New
	Liberal Alliance	78	0.42	0	0
Total		18,446	100.00	25	0
Valid votes		18,446	98.18
Invalid votes		97	0.52
Blank votes		245	1.30
Total votes		18,788	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		27,731	67.75
Source: KMD