2021 Ballerup municipal election

2021 Ballerup municipal election

16 November 2021
All 25 seats to the Ballerup Municipal Council 10 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	25,300 (65.9%) 4.3pp
First party Second party Third party   A C V Party Social Democrats Conservatives Venstre Last election 16 seats, 58.6% 1 seat, 4.6% 3 seats, 10.6% Seats won 13 3 2 Seat change 3 2 1 Popular vote 12,637 3,099 1,895 Percentage 50.8% 12.4% 7.6% Swing 7.8% 7.8% 3%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   F Ø O Party Green Left Red–Green Alliance Danish People's Party Last election 1 seat, 3.0% 2 seats, 5.9% 2 seats, 9.4% Seats won 2 2 1 Seat change 1 0 1 Popular vote 1,758 1,605 1,135 Percentage 7.1% 6.4% 4.6% Swing 4.1% 0.5% 4.8%   Seventh party Eighth party   B D Party Danish Social Liberal Party New Right Last election 0 seats, 2.7% 0 seats, 1.8% Seats won 1 1 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 1,033 799 Percentage 4.2% 3.2% Swing 1.5% 1.4%
Mayor before election Jesper Würtzen Social Democrats Mayor after election Jesper Würtzen Social Democrats

Ever since 1952, the Social Democrats had held the mayor's position. Since at least the 1981 election they had also won an absolute majority to the council.

In the 2017 election they had won 16 seats, and this made it easy for Jesper Würtzen to continue for a third full term. .^[a][1]

In this election, the Social Democrats would have its worst election result since 1981. However they were still extremely strong in the Municipality, and won 13 seats with 50.8% of the vote. Therefore Jesper Würtzen looked set to continue as mayor. This would eventually be confirmed.^[2][3]

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. Ballerup Municipality had 19 seats in 2021

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

Electoral alliances

Source^[4]

Electoral Alliance 1

Party	Political Position
Danish Social Liberal Party	Centre to Centre-left
Conservatives	Centre-right
Liberal Alliance	Centre-right to Right-wing
Venstre	Centre-right

Electoral Alliance 2

Party	Political Position
New Right	Right-wing
Danish People's Party	Right-wing

Electoral Alliance 3

Party	Political Position
Green Left	Centre-left to Left-wing
Vegan Party	Centre-left to Left-wing
Serhat Kücükkart	Local Party
Red–Green Alliance	Left-wing to Far-left

Results by polling station

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Ballerup Municipality
	Social Democrats	12,637	50.78	13	-3
	Conservatives	3,099	12.45	3	+2
	Venstre	1,895	7.61	2	-1
	Green Left	1,758	7.06	2	+1
	Red–Green Alliance	1,605	6.45	2	0
	Danish People's Party	1,135	4.56	1	-1
	Danish Social Liberal Party	1,033	4.15	1	+1
	New Right	799	3.21	1	+1
	Serhat Kücükkart[b]	254	1.02	0	New
	Vegan Party	212	0.85	0	New
	Liberal Alliance	193	0.78	0	0
	Partiet Ballerup Listen[c]	154	0.62	0	New
	Freedom List	112	0.45	0	New
Total		24,886	100.00	25	0
Valid votes		24,886	98.36
Invalid votes		114	0.45
Blank votes		300	1.19
Total votes		25,300	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		38,403	65.88
Source: KMD

Notes

1. He was also mayor from 2012-2013, after taking over from Ove Ejnar Dalsgaard
2. Local party in Ballerup
3. Local party in Ballerup

References

1. "Overvældende flertal til S i Ballerup: 'Jeg tager borgmesterposten' | Nyheder". dr.dk (in Danish). 22 November 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
2. "Her er landets nye borgmestre | Nyheder". tv2 (in Danish). Retrieved 17 February 2023.
3. "Kommunalbestyrelsen | Nyheder". ballerup (in Danish). Retrieved 17 February 2023.
4. "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd den 16. november 2021 | Nyheder" (PDF). dst (in Danish). Retrieved 28 January 2023.