2009 Danish local elections

2009 Danish local elections

17 November 2009

98 municipal councils 5 regional councils

Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– Social Democrats Helle Thorning-Schmidt 30.3% 801 −99 Venstre Lars Løkke Rasmussen 24.5% 699 −105 SF Villy Søvndal 14.3% 340 +178 Conservatives Lene Espersen 10.9% 262 +5 DPP Pia Kjærsgaard 8.0% 186 +61 Social Liberals Margrethe Vestager 3.7% 50 −36 Red–Green Collective leadership 2.3% 14 −10 Chr. Democrats Bjarne H. Kirkegaard 0.4% 6 −9 Schleswig Party Gerhard Mammen 0.2% 6 +2 Liberal Alliance Anders Samuelsen 0.3% 1 New Other 4.0% 103 −42 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Local elections were held in Denmark on 17 November 2009. Councils were elected in Denmark's 98 municipalities and the five regions. 2468 seats were contested in the municipal elections (previous election: 2522 seats). 205 seats were contested in the regional elections.

Legal basis

The electoral details are laid down in the municipal and regional electoral act.^[1] The elections are overseen by the Ministry of the Interior.^[2]

Results

Results of regional elections

The Ministry of interior informed that voter turnout was 65.7%. The regions are not municipalities, and are not allowed to levy any taxes, but are financed only through block grants from the central government and the municipalities within each region. The results of the regional elections:^[3]

Number of councillors and political parties in the regional councils

Party		Seats	Change
A	Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne)	68	9
V	Venstre (Venstre)	54	6
F	Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti)	32	20
C	Conservative People's Party (Konservative Folkeparti)	20	0
O	Danish People's Party (Dansk Folkeparti)	19	5
B	Danish Social Liberal Party (Radikale Venstre)	7	4
Ø	Red-Green Alliance (Enhedslisten)	2	4
	Others	3	0
Total		205

Results of municipal elections

The Ministry of the Interior stated that voter turnout was 65.8%. The results of the municipal elections:^[4]

Number of councillors and political parties in the municipal councils

Sum of 98 local elections
Party		Share of vote		Seats
		Percent	Change	Number	Change
A	Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne)	30.3 %	-3.6 %	801	99
V	Venstre (Venstre)	24.5 %	-2.7 %	699	105
F	Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti)	14.3 %	+7.0 %	340	178
C	Conservative People's Party (Konservative Folkeparti)	10.9 %	+0.8 %	262	5
O	Danish People's Party (Dansk Folkeparti)	08.0 %	+2.2 %	186	61
B	Danish Social Liberal Party (Radikale Venstre)	03.7 %	-1.4 %	50	36
Ø	Red-Green Alliance (Enhedslisten)	02.3 %	-0.4 %	14	10
K	Christian Democrats (Kristendemokraterne)	00.4 %	-0.6 %	6	9
S	Schleswig Party (Slesvigsk Parti)	00.2%	+0.1 %	6	2
I	Liberal Alliance (Liberal Alliance)	00.3 %	New	1	New
	Others	04.0 %	-2.6 %	103	0 42
Total				2,468	54

Mayors in the municipalities

The mayors (Danish: borgmester; plural: borgmestre) of the 98 municipalities heads the council meetings and is the chairman of the finance committee in each of their respective municipalities. Only in Copenhagen, this mayor – the head of the finance committee and council meetings – is called the lord mayor (Danish: overborgmester).

Mayors after the election
Party		Number	Change
	Social Democrats	49	4
	Venstre	31	6
	Conservative People's Party	12	2
	Local parties	4	1
	Socialist People's Party	2	2
	Danish Social Liberal Party	0	1

Old and new mayors in the municipalities

The term of office for the mayors elected by the majority of councillors among its members in each municipal council is the same as for the councils elected. The correct name for the municipality on the somewhat remote island of Bornholm is regional municipality, because the municipality also handles several tasks not carried out by the other Danish municipalities but by the regions.

Mayors outgoing and incoming
Municipality	Incumbent mayor		Elected mayor
Albertslund Municipality	Finn Aaberg			Steen Christiansen
Allerød Municipality	Erik Lund			Erik Lund
Assens Municipality	Finn Brunse			Finn Brunse
Ballerup Municipality	Ove E. Dalsgaard			Ove E. Dalsgaard
Billund Municipality	Ib Kristensen			Ib Kristensen
Bornholm Regional Municipality	Bjarne Kristiansen			Winni Grosbøll
Brøndby Municipality	Ib Terp			Ib Terp
Brønderslev Municipality	Mikael Klitgaard			Lene Hansen
Copenhagen Municipality	Ritt Bjerregaard			Frank Jensen
Dragør Municipality	Allan Holst			Allan Holst
Egedal Municipality	Svend Kjærgaard			Willy Eliasen
Esbjerg Municipality	Johnny Søtrup			Johnny Søtrup
Fanø Municipality	Erik Nørreby			Erik Nørreby
Favrskov Municipality	Anders G. Christensen			Nils Borring
Faxe Municipality	René Tuekær			Knud Erik Hansen
Fredensborg Municipality	Olav Aaen			Thomas Lykke Pedersen
Fredericia Municipality	Uffe Steiner Jensen			Thomas Banke
Frederiksberg Municipality	Jørgen Glenthøj			Jørgen Glenthøj
Frederikshavn Municipality	Erik Sørensen			Lars Møller
Frederikssund Municipality	Ole Find Jensen			Ole Find Jensen
Furesø Municipality	Jesper Bach			Ole Bondo Christensen
Faaborg-Midtfyn Municipality	Bo Andersen			Hans Jørgensen
Gentofte Municipality	Hans Toft			Hans Toft
Gladsaxe Municipality	Karin Søjberg Holst			Karin Søjberg Holst
Glostrup Municipality	Søren Enemark			John Engelhardt
Greve Municipality	Hans Barlach			Hans Barlach
Gribskov Municipality	Jannich Petersen			Jan Ferdinandsen
Guldborgsund Municipality	Kaj Petersen			John Brædder
Haderslev Municipality	H.P. Geil			Jens Christian Gjesing
Halsnæs Municipality	Helge Friis			Helge Friis
Hedensted Municipality	Jørn Juhl Nielsen			Kirsten Terkilsen
Helsingør Municipality	Per Tærsbøl			Johannes Hect-Nielsen
Herlev Municipality	Kjeld Hansen			Kjeld Hansen
Herning Municipality	Lars Krarup			Lars Krarup
Hillerød Municipality	Kirsten Jensen			Kirsten Jensen
Hjørring Municipality	Finn Olesen			Arne Boelt
Holbæk Municipality	Jørn Sørensen			Søren Kjærsgård
Holstebro Municipality	Arne Lægaard			H.C. Østerby
Horsens Municipality	Jan Trøjborg			Jan Trøjborg
Hvidovre Municipality	Milton Graff Pedersen			Milton Graff Pedersen
Høje-Taastrup Municipality	Michael Ziegler			Michael Ziegler
Hørsholm Municipality	Uffe Thorndal			Morten Slotved
Ikast-Brande Municipality	Carsten Kissmeyer			Carsten Kissmeyer
Ishøj Municipality	Ole Bjørstorp			Ole Bjørstorp
Jammerbugt Municipality	Mogens Gade			Mogens Gade
Kalundborg Municipality	Kaj Buch Jensen			Martin Damm
Kerteminde Municipality	Palle Hansborg-Sørensen			Sonja Rasmussen
Kolding Municipality	Per Bødker Andersen			Jørn Pedersen
Køge Municipality	Marie Stærke			Marie Stærke
Langeland Municipality	Knud Gether			Bjarne Nielsen
Lejre Municipality	Flemming Jensen			Mette Touborg
Lemvig Municipality	Erik Flyvholm			Erik Flyvholm
Lolland Municipality	Stig Vestergaard			Stig Vestergaard
Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality	Rolf Aagaard-Svendsen			Søren P. Rasmussen
Læsø Municipality	Olav Juul Gaarn Larsen			Thomas W. Olsen
Mariagerfjord Municipality	Hans Christian Maarup			Hans Christian Maarup
Middelfart Municipality	Steen Dahlstrøm			Steen Dahlstrøm
Morsø Municipality	Egon Plejdrup Poulsen			Lauge Larsen
Norddjurs Municipality	Torben Jensen			Jan Petersen
Nordfyn Municipality	Bent Dyssemark			Morten Andersen
Nyborg Municipality	Jørn Terndrup			Erik Skov Christensen
Næstved Municipality	Henning Jensen			Henning Jensen
Odder Municipality	Niels-Ulrik Bugge			Elvin J. Hansen
Odense Municipality	Jan Boye			Anker Boye
Odsherred Municipality	Finn Madsen			Thomas Adelskov
Randers Municipality	Henning Jensen Nyhuus			Henning Jensen Nyhuus
Rebild Municipality	Anny Winther			Anny Winther
Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality	Torben Nørregaard			Iver Enevoldsen
Ringsted Municipality	Niels Ulrich Hermansen			Niels Ulrich Hermansen
Roskilde Municipality	Poul Lindor Nielsen			Poul Lindor Nielsen
Rudersdal Municipality	Erik Fabrin			Erik Fabrin
Rødovre Municipality	Erik Nielsen			Erik Nielsen
Samsø Municipality	Carsten Bruun			Jørn C. Nissen
Silkeborg Municipality	Jens Erik Jørgensen			Hanne Bæk Olsen
Skanderborg Municipality	Jens Grønlund			Jørgen Gaarde
Skive Municipality	Flemming Eskildsen			Flemming Eskildsen
Slagelse Municipality	Lis Tribler			Lis Tribler
Solrød Municipality	Niels Emil Hörup			Niels Emil Hörup
Sorø Municipality	Ivan Hansen			Ivan Hansen
Stevns Municipality	Poul Arne Nielsen			Poul Arne Nielsen
Struer Municipality	Martin Merrild			Niels Viggo Lynghøj
Svendborg Municipality	Lars Erik Hornemann			Curt Sørensen
Syddjurs Municipality	Vilfred Friborg Hansen			Kirstine Bille
Sønderborg Municipality	Jan Prokopek Jensen			Aase Nyegaard
Thisted Municipality	Erik Hove Olesen			Lene Kjeldgaard
Tønder Municipality	Laurids Rudebeck			Laurids Rudebeck
Tårnby Municipality	Henrik Zimino			Henrik Zimino
Vallensbæk Municipality	Kurt Hockerup			Kurt Hockerup
Varde Municipality	Gylling Haahr			Gylling Haahr
Vejen Municipality	Egon Fræhr			Egon Fræhr
Vejle Municipality	Leif Skov			Arne Sigtenbjerggaard
Vesthimmerland Municipality	Jens Styrbæk Lauritzen			Knud Vældgaard Kristensen
Viborg Municipality	Johannes Stensgaard			Søren Pape Poulsen
Vordingborg Municipality	Henrik Holmer			Henrik Holmer
Ærø Municipality	Jørgen Otto Jørgensen			Karsten Landro
Aabenraa Municipality	Tove Larsen			Tove Larsen
Aalborg Municipality	Henning G. Jensen			Henning G. Jensen
Aarhus Municipality	Nicolai Wammen			Nicolai Wammen

References

1. Act of municipal and regional elections (in Danish)
2. Local and regional elections Archived 2009-11-02 at the Wayback Machine, Ministry of the Interior
3. "AKVA3: Valg til regions råd efter område, parti og stemmer/kandidater/køn". Statistics Denmark. Retrieved 13 June 2010.
4. "VALGK3: Valg til kommunale råd efter område, parti og stemmer/kandidater/køn". Statistics Denmark. Retrieved 13 June 2010.