2021 Middelfart municipal election

2021 Middelfart municipal election

16 November 2021
All 25 seats to the Middelfart Municipal Council 13 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	22,330 (70.9%) 5.9pp
First party Second party Third party   A V C Party Social Democrats Venstre Conservatives Last election 14 seats, 48.6% 6 seats, 22.5% 1 seat, 3.6% Seats won 11 7 2 Seat change 3 1 1 Popular vote 8,867 5,463 1,597 Percentage 40.4% 24.9% 7.3% Swing 8.2% 2.4% 3.7%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   F O Ø Party Green Left Danish People's Party Red–Green Alliance Last election 1 seat, 5.7% 2 seats, 9.7% 1 seat, 3.1% Seats won 2 1 1 Seat change 1 1 0 Popular vote 1,478 1,066 969 Percentage 6.7% 4.9% 4.4% Swing 1.0% 4.8% 1.3%   Seventh party   D Party The New Right Last election Did Not Stand Seats won 1 Seat change 1 Popular vote 894 Percentage 4.1% Swing New
Mayor before election Johannes Lundsfryd Jensen Social Democrats Mayor after election Johannes Lundsfryd Jensen Social Democrats

Since the 2007 municipal reform, only the Social Democrats had held the mayor's position in Middelfart Municipality.

In 2017, Steen Dahlstrøm from the Social Democrats, who had been mayor for over 30 years, announced his immediate resignation, and Johannes Lundsfryd Jensen would take over.^[1] He would win 14 seats in the 2017 Middelfart municipal election, one more than required for an absolute majority.^[2]

For this election however, the Social Democrats would lose 3 seats. Venstre would win 7 seats, the most ever in the four elections after the municipal reform. However parties of the traditional red bloc won 14 seats, and Johannes Lundsfryd Jensen was in pole position to win a second term. It was later confirmed that he would continue as mayor.^[3][4]

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. Middelfart Municipality had 25 seats in 2021

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

Electoral alliances

Source^[5]

Electoral Alliance 1

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

Electoral Alliance 2

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

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
The New Right	Right-wing
Venstre	Centre-right

Results by polling station

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Middelfart Municipality
	Social Democrats	8,867	40.40	11	-3
	Venstre	5,463	24.89	7	+1
	Conservatives	1,597	7.28	2	+1
	Green Left	1,478	6.73	2	+1
	Danish People's Party	1,066	4.86	1	-1
	Red–Green Alliance	969	4.41	1	0
	The New Right	894	4.07	1	New
	Tværpolitisk Anstændighed[a]	726	3.31	0	New
	Danish Social Liberal Party	666	3.03	0	0
	Omsorgsgruppen[a]	136	0.62	0	New
	Freedom List	52	0.24	0	New
	PositivPlus[a]	34	0.15	0	0
Total		21,948	100.00	25	0
Valid votes		21,948	98.29
Invalid votes		75	0.34
Blank votes		307	1.37
Total votes		22,330	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		31,516	70.85
Source: KMD

Notes

1. Local party in Mariagerfjord

References

1. "Middelfart får ny borgmester for første gang i 31 år | Nyheder". altinget (in Danish). Retrieved 9 February 2023.
2. "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd 21. november 2017 (page 19) | Nyheder" (PDF). Danmarks Statistik (in Danish). Retrieved 9 February 2023.
3. "Bred konstituering på plads i Middelfart: Sådan fordeles formandsposterne | Nyheder". fyens (in Danish). Retrieved 9 February 2023.
4. "konstitueringsaftale | Nyheder". middelfart (in Danish). Retrieved 9 February 2023.
5. "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd den 16. november 2021 | Nyheder" (PDF). dst (in Danish). Retrieved 28 January 2023.