2021 Zealand Regional election

2021 Zealand Regional election

16 November 2021
All 41 seats to the Zealand Regional Council 21 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	453,149 (67.0%) 5.2pp
First party Second party Third party   A V C Party Social Democrats Venstre Conservatives Last election 14 seats, 32.2% 10 seats, 23.9% 3 seats, 5.9% Seats won 15 10 5 Seat change 1 0 2 Popular vote 152,243 91,027 50,917 Percentage 35.3% 21.1% 11.8% Swing 3.1% 2.8% 5.9%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   F O Ø Party Green Left Danish People's Party Red–Green Alliance Last election 2 seats, 5.8% 6 seats, 14.3% 3 seats, 5.7% Seats won 3 2 2 Seat change 1 4 1 Popular vote 29,882 25,831 24,067 Percentage 6.9% 6.0% 5.6% Swing 1.1% 8.3% 0.1%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   D B I Party New Right Danish Social Liberal Party Liberal Alliance Last election 0 seats, 1.6% 2 seats, 4.2% 1 seat, 2.7% Seats won 2 2 0 Seat change 2 0 1 Popular vote 22,862 15,810 7,503 Percentage 5.3% 3.7% 1.7% Swing 3.7% 0.5% 1.0%
Chairperson before election Heino Knudsen Social Democrats Chairperson after election Heino Knudsen Social Democrats

The 2021 Zealand Regional election was held on November 16, 2021, to elect the 41 members to sit in the regional council for the Central Denmark Region, in the period of 2022 to 2025.

Following the 2017 election, Heino Knudsen became chairperson of the region, gaining the position from Venstre.^[1]

For this election, Knudsen stood once again and attempted to become the first chairperson of the region to be re-elected. In the result, the parties commonly associated with the red bloc had won 22 seats, one more than in 2017. This was the only region where those parties increased their number of seats. The next day, it was announced that the parties had reached an agreement to support Heino Knudsen for a second term.^[2] A constitutional agreement was later announced, which included all parties who won seats, except for the New Right.^[3]

Electoral Alliances

Electoral Alliance 1

Party			Political Position
	A	Social Democrats	Centre-left
	H	Din Stemme	Local Politics
	N	Guldborgsundlisten	Local Politics

Electoral Alliance 2

Party			Political Position
	F	Green Left	Centre-left to Left-wing
	G	Vegan Party	Centre-left to Left-wing
	Ø	Red–Green Alliance	Left-wing to Far-left
	Å	The Alternative	Centre-left to Left-wing

Electoral Alliance 3

Party			Political Position
	B	Danish Social Liberal Party	Centre to Centre-left
	I	Liberal Alliance	Centre-right to Right-wing
	K	Christian Democrats	Centre to Centre-right

Electoral Alliance 4

Party			Political Position
	C	Conservatives	Centre-right
	D	New Right	Right-wing
	O	Danish People's Party	Right-wing
	V	Venstre	Centre-right

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Zealand Regional council
	Social Democrats	152,243	35.31	15	+1
	Venstre	91,027	21.11	10	0
	Conservatives	50,917	11.81	5	+2
	Green Left	29,882	6.93	3	+1
	Danish People's Party	25,831	5.99	2	-4
	Red–Green Alliance	24,067	5.58	2	-1
	New Right	22,862	5.30	2	+2
	Danish Social Liberal Party	15,810	3.67	2	0
	Liberal Alliance	7,503	1.74	0	-1
	Guldborgsundlisten	2,269	0.53	0	0
	Christian Democrats	2,099	0.49	0	0
	Vegan Party	1,950	0.45	0	New
	The Alternative	1,439	0.33	0	0
	Freedom List	1,354	0.31	0	New
	Lokallisten Lolland	1,018	0.24	0	0
	Din Stemme	895	0.21	0	0
Total		431,166	100.00	41	0
Valid votes		431,166	95.15
Invalid votes		2,137	0.47
Blank votes		19,846	4.38
Total votes		453,149	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		676,786	66.96
Source: [1]

References

1. "Magten skifter i Region Sjælland". altinget.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-06-14.
2. "For første gang blev en formand fra Region Sjælland genvalgt". sundhedspolitisktidsskrift.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-06-14.
3. "Bred konstituering på plads i Region Sjælland". ritzau.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-06-14.