2021 Mariagerfjord municipal election

2021 Mariagerfjord municipal election

16 November 2021
All 29 seats to the Mariagerfjord Municipal Council 15 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	22,676 (67.9%) 3.2pp
First party Second party Third party   A V C Party Social Democrats Venstre Conservatives Last election 18 seats, 59.7% 12 seats, 35.6% 1 seat, 3.3% Seats won 11 11 3 Seat change 0 1 2 Popular vote 8,241 7,238 2,577 Percentage 36.8% 35.6% 11.5% Swing 0.1% 2.3% 8.4%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   O D Ø Party Danish People's Party The New Right Red–Green Alliance Last election 3 seats, 11.2% Did not stand 0 seats, 2.2% Seats won 1 1 1 Seat change 2 1 1 Popular vote 1,020 757 691 Percentage 4.6% 3.4% 3.1% Swing 6.6% New 0.9%   Seventh party Eighth party   F B Party Green Left Social Liberals Last election 0 seats, 3.0% 1 seat, 2.8% Seats won 1 0 Seat change 0 1 Popular vote 686 478 Percentage 3.1% 2.1% Swing 0.1% 0.7%
Mayor before election Mogens Jespersen Venstre Mayor after election Mogens Jespersen Venstre

Mogens Jespersen from Venstre was seeking a 3rd consecutive term as mayor of Mariagerfjord Municipality for this election.

The traditional blue bloc had won 16 seats in the previous election. In the election result Venstre would lose the position as the single largest party in the municipal council. They would instead become the joint biggest party with Social Democrats. However, while the traditional blue bloc parties would lose 3 seats, they would also gain 3 seats, resulting in 16 blue seats again. This meant that Mogens Jespersen looked to able to continue as mayor. It was eventually confirmed. ^{[1] [2]}

The constitution that would give him a 3rd term, was announced on December 10, 2021. ^[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. Mariagerfjord Municipality had 29 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
Social Liberals	Centre to Centre-left
Green Left	Centre-left to Left-wing
Red–Green Alliance	Left-wing to Far-left

Electoral Alliance 2

Party	Political Position
Conservatives	Centre-right
The New Right	Right-wing
Christian Democrats	Centre to Centre-right
Mariagerfjordlisten	Local Party
Danish People's Party	Right-wing
Venstre	Centre-right

Results by polling station

Polling Station	A	B	C	D	F	K	M	O	V	Ø
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Assens, Mariagerfjord	35.2	1.1	17.4	4.7	6.4	0.4	1.6	4.7	26.2	2.1
Mariager	32.0	1.1	24.1	3.0	6.1	0.7	2.0	6.0	22.3	2.6
Arden	49.2	1.5	5.0	3.2	2.0	0.2	1.1	3.4	32.0	2.4
Valsgård	34.2	3.0	8.9	4.2	1.5	0.6	2.7	4.6	37.0	3.3
Vebbestrup	28.6	1.5	5.4	7.2	2.1	0.3	2.0	7.1	43.0	2.8
Hadsund	35.0	1.7	8.9	3.0	1.8	0.3	3.8	3.6	39.7	2.1
Veddum-Skelund	44.3	0.5	6.3	2.8	1.4	0.5	1.4	3.5	36.0	3.3
Als	34.2	0.3	6.1	2.2	1.6	0.4	1.4	2.4	50.0	1.4
Hørby	31.8	2.9	12.0	4.2	3.3	0.8	4.5	4.5	33.7	2.4
Onsild	27.9	2.1	11.4	4.6	4.4	0.8	3.4	8.2	33.8	3.4
Hobro	41.4	3.6	13.0	2.4	3.1	0.6	2.5	4.4	23.9	5.0

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Mariagerfjord Municipality
	Social Democrats	8,241	36.81	11	0
	Venstre	7,238	32.33	11	-1
	Conservatives	2,577	11.51	3	+2
	Danish People's Party	1,020	4.56	1	-2
	The New Right	757	3.38	1	New
	Red–Green Alliance	691	3.09	1	+1
	Green Left	686	3.06	1	0
	Mariagerfjordlisten	583	2.60	0	0
	Social Liberals	478	2.14	0	-1
	Christian Democrats	114	0.51	0	0
Total		22,385	100.00	29	0
Valid votes		22,385	98.72
Invalid votes		72	0.32
Blank votes		219	0.97
Total votes		22,676	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		33,500	67.69
Source: KMD

References

1. "Mogens Jespersen fortsætter i Mariagerfjord trods tilbagegang til Venstre | Nyheder". tv2nord (in Danish). Retrieved 12 February 2023.
2. "Mogens Jespersen fortsætter som borgmester i Mariagerfjord | Nyheder". fjordavisen (in Danish). Retrieved 12 February 2023.
3. "Udvalgs- og bestyrelseskabalen gik op i byrådet Så er byrådet konstitueret: Se alle poster her | Nyheder". ugeavisen (in Danish). Retrieved 29 January 2023.
4. "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd den 16. november 2021 | Nyheder" (PDF). dst (in Danish). Retrieved 28 January 2023.