2021 Fanø municipal election

2021 Fanø municipal election

16 November 2021
All 11 seats to the Fanø Municipal Council 6 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	2,342 (82.4%) 3.3pp
First party Second party Third party   B C V Party Danish Social Liberal Party Conservatives Venstre Last election Did not stand 2 seats, 14.9% 3 seats, 23.6% Seats won 4 3 2 Seat change 4 1 1 Popular vote 666 496 428 Percentage 28.9% 21.6% 18.6% Swing New 6.7% 5.0%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Ø A F Party Red–Green Alliance Social Democrats Green Left Last election Did not stand 1 seats, 11,9% 1 seat, 8.9% Seats won 1 1 0 Seat change 1 0 1 Popular vote 201 190 148 Percentage 8.7% 8.3% 6.4% Swing New 3.6% 2.5%   Seventh party Eighth party   Å L Party The Alternative Fanø Lokaliste Last election 1 seat, 7.6% 2 seats, 16.7% Seats won 0 0 Seat change 1 2 Popular vote 79 61 Percentage 3.4% 2.7% Swing 4.2% 14.0%
Mayor before election Sofie Valbjørn The Alternative Mayor after election Frank Jensen Danish Social Liberal Party

Following the 2017 election, The Alternative would secure its first, and only to date, head mayor position in a Danish municipality. Sofie Valbjørn, who was the only one elected to the council from The Alternative in 2017, would become mayor, after there was support between the Social Democrats, Venstre, The Alternative and local party Miljølisten.

In January 2021, Sofie Valbjørn announced that she would not stand for re-election in protest for what she called "extremely poor cooperation" between the parties.

For this election, Danish Social Liberal Party would stand for the first time since 2009, while the Red–Green Alliance would stand for the first time since the 2007 municipal reform. Frank Jensen from the Danish Social Liberal Party, would lead the party to winning 4 of the 11 seats, which would see the party become the largest in the council. He would eventually gain support, to replace Sofie Valbjørn from The Alternative, who on the contrary, lost representation in the council.

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. Fanø Municipality had 11 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
Social Democrats	Centre-left
Fanø Lokaliste	Local Party
Venstre	Centre-right

Electoral Alliance 2

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

Electoral Alliance 3

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Fanø Municipality
	Social Liberals	666	28.94	4	New
	Conservatives	496	21.56	3	+1
	Venstre	428	18.60	2	-1
	Red–Green Alliance	201	8.74	1	+1
	Social Democrats	190	8.26	1	0
	Green Left	148	6.43	0	-1
	The Alternative	79	3.43	0	-1
	Fanø Lokaliste	61	2.65	0	-2
	Danish People's Party	32	1.39	0	0
Total		2,301	100.00	11	0
Valid votes		2,301	98.25
Invalid votes		11	0.47
Blank votes		30	1.28
Total votes		2,342	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		2,842	82.41
Source: KMD