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2021 Guldborgsund municipal election

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2021 Guldborgsund municipal election
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All 29 seats to the Guldborgsund Municipal Council
15 seats needed for a majority
Turnout33,763 (69.7%)
Decrease 4.2pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
A
L
O
Party Social Democrats Guldborgsundlisten Danish People's Party
Last election 6 seats, 20.6% 11 seats, 33.2% 7 seats, 23.8%
Seats won 9 7 6
Seat change Increase 3 Decrease 4 Decrease 1
Popular vote 9,537 7,344 6,282
Percentage 28.9% 22.2% 19.0%
Swing Increase 8.3% Decrease 11% Decrease 4.8%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
V
C
F
Party Venstre Conservatives Green Left
Last election 3 seats, 8.3% 0 seats, 2.4% 1 seat, 4.1%
Seats won 2 2 1
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 2 0
Popular vote 2,765 2,069 1,560
Percentage 8.4% 6.3% 4.7%
Swing Increase 0.1% Increase 3.9% Increase 0.6%

  Seventh party Eighth party
 
D
Ø
Party New Right Red–Green Alliance
Last election 0 seats, 0.9% 1 seat, 3,3%
Seats won 1 1
Seat change Increase 1 0
Popular vote 1,391 1,288
Percentage 4.2% 3.9%
Swing Increase 3.3% Increase 0.6%

Mayor before election

John Brædder
Guldborgsundlisten

Mayor after election

Simon Hansen
Social Democrats

Ever since the 2007 municipal reform, and prior to this election, John Brædder from local party Guldborgsundlisten had been mayor of Guldborgsund Municipality. However it was only in the last election , that his party won the most seats.[1]

For this election, Mandag Morgen, who had made an article predicting the 98 mayors that would follow the elections, gave John Brædder and his party good chances to continue.[2]

However, the 'winners' of the election would be the Social Democrats, who managed to win 9 seats, 3 more than in 2017. On the other hand, Guldborgsundlisten lost 4 seats, and ended with 7 seats. The third biggest party would become Danish People's Party, who won 6 seats, and 19.0% of the vote, the highest in any of the 98 municipal elections in 2017. Both the blocs had won 11 seats, so the 7 seats of Guldborgsundlisten still had a chance to come into play. However, Danish People's Party ended up going together with the red bloc, and Simon Hansen could become the first mayor from a non-local party in the history[a] of the municipality.[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. Guldborgsund Municipality had 29 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
Danish Social Liberal Party Centre to Centre-left
Christian Democrats Centre to Centre-right

Electoral Alliance 2

Party Political Position
Green Left Centre-left to Left-wing
Red–Green Alliance Left-wing to Far-left

Electoral Alliance 2

Party Political Position
Guldborgsundlisten Local Party
Venstre Centre-right
The Alternative Centre-left to Left-wing

Results by polling station

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Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Guldborgsund Municipality
Social Democrats9,53728.879+3
Guldborgsundlisten7,34422.237-4
Danish People's Party6,28219.026-1
Venstre2,7658.372-1
Conservatives2,0696.262+2
Green Left1,5604.7210
New Right1,3914.211+1
Red–Green Alliance1,2883.9010
Danish Social Liberal Party5881.7800
The Alternative1180.3600
Christian Democrats910.2800
Total33,033100.00290
Valid votes33,03397.84
Invalid votes2000.59
Blank votes5301.57
Total votes33,763100.00
Registered voters/turnout49,87767.69
Source: KMD

Notes

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  1. ^ counting from the 2007 municipal reform

References

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  1. ^ "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd 21. november 2017 (page 16), listed as G | Nyheder" (PDF). Danmarks Statistik (in Danish). Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Mandag Morgens borgmesterprognose: Flest røde rådhuse efter valget | Nyheder" [Monday morning's mayor's forecast: Most red town halls after the election]. mandagmorgen (in Danish). 11 November 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Guldborgsund får ny borgmester - Simon Hansen overtager posten fra John Brædder | Nyheder". tv2øst (in Danish). Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Den politiske struktur for det kommende byråd i Guldborgsund er på plads | Nyheder". ritzau (in Danish). Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd den 16. november 2021 | Nyheder" (PDF). dst (in Danish). Retrieved 28 January 2023.