2021 Dragør municipal election

2021 Dragør municipal election
16 November 2021

All 15 seats to the Dragør Municipal Council
8 seats needed for a majority
Turnout8,483 (75.9%)
2.0pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
C
T
A
Party Conservatives Tværpolitisk Forening Social Democrats
Last election 3 seats, 16.2% 4 seats, 26.6% 3 seats, 15.2%
Seats won 6 3 3
Seat change 3 1 0
Popular vote 2,874 1,553 1,244
Percentage 34.3% 18.5% 14.8%
Swing 18.1% 8.1% 0.4%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
V
L
O
Party Venstre Sydamagerlisten Danish People's Party
Last election 3 seats, 20.6% Did Not Stand 2 seats, 10.5%
Seats won 2 1 0
Seat change 1 1 2
Popular vote 1,011 529 273
Percentage 12.1% 6.3% 3.3%
Swing 8.5% New 7.2%

Mayor before election

Helle Barth[a]
Venstre

Mayor after election

Kenneth Gøtterup
Conservatives

Following the 2017 election, Eik Dahl Bidstrup from Venstre won his 2nd consecutive term as mayor of Dragør Municipality.[1]

In March 2021, Eik Dahl Bidstrup stepped down as mayor after he had accepted an offer to become chairman of Kristelig Fagbevægelse. It would be Helle Barth, also from Venstre, who would take over the last months before this election. [2]

In this election, the Conservatives would gain 3 seats, and become the largest party with a total of 6 seats. They would manage to find an agreement with the Social Democrats and Venstre, seeing Kenneth Gøtterup from the Conservatives become the first mayor of the municipality since 2006. [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. Dragør Municipality had 15 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 alignment
A Social Democrats Centre-left
F Green Left Centre-left to Left-wing

Electoral Alliance 2

Party Political alignment
B Social Liberals Centre to Centre-left
I Liberal Alliance Centre-right to Right-wing
L Sydamagerlisten Local politics

Electoral Alliance 3

Party Political alignment
E Anne Grønlund Local politics
T Tværpolitisk Forening Local politics

Electoral Alliance 4

Party Political alignment
C Conservatives Centre-right
D New Right Right-wing to Far-right

Electoral Alliance 5

Party Political alignment
O Danish People's Party Right-wing to Far-right
V Venstre Centre-right

Results by polling station

E = Anne Grønlund

Division A B C D E F I L O T V
% % % % % % % % % % %
Dragør Skole 13.1 4.4 35.6 1.7 0.4 3.9 0.3 4.6 2.6 20.8 12.5
Hollænderhallen 15.9 3.9 33.5 2.3 0.1 3.7 0.8 7.3 3.7 17.1 11.8

Results

Party Votes % +/- Seats +/-
Dragør Municipality
C Conservatives 2,874 34.27 +18.09 6 +3
T Tværpolitisk Forening 1,553 18.52 -8.08 3 -1
A Social Democrats 1,244 14.83 -0.35 3 0
V Venstre 1,011 12.06 -8.56 2 -1
L Sydamagerlisten 529 6.31 New 1 New
B Social Liberals 345 4.11 +0.81 0 0
F Green Left 313 3.73 New 0 New
O Danish People's Party 273 3.26 -7.22 0 -2
D New Right 172 2.05 New 0 New
I Liberal Alliance 52 0.62 -1.61 0 0
E Anne Grønlund 20 0.24 -0.21 0 0
Total 8,386 100 N/A 15 N/A
Invalid votes 21 0.19 -0.03
Blank votes 76 0.68 +0.01
Turnout 8,483 75.90 -1.98
Source: valg.dk

Notes

  1. ^ Eik Dahl Bidstrup was elected following the 2017 election, but stepped down before his term ended

References

  1. ^ "Fakta: Her er borgmestrene på plads | Nyheder". jyllands-posten (in Danish). 21 November 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Helle Barth klar til et halvt år som borgmester: - Jeg har fået smag for det | Nyheder". ugeavisen (in Danish). 23 March 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Kenneth Gøtterup bliver ny borgmester i Dragør | Nyheder". tv2kosmopol (in Danish). Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Kommunalbestyrelse og udvalg | Nyheder". dragoer (in Danish). Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd den 16. november 2021 | Nyheder" (PDF). dst (in Danish). Retrieved 9 June 2025.