2021 Esbjerg municipal election
16 November 2021
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All 31 seats to the Esbjerg Municipal Council 16 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Unlike the 4 other largest municipalities of Denmark, Esbjerg, the 5th largest, is less of a stronghold for parties of the traditional red bloc, and is more of a slightly blue[a] municipality.[1]
However, the Social Democrats targeted the municipality for a potential flip of the mayor position, after Venstre had held it since 1994. Political analyst Hans Redder argued that the Social Democrats saw it as a traditional labour municipality. Added to that, the blue bloc won 16 seats against 15 in the last election.[2]
This attempt by the Social Democrats failed in a fairly large scale . They lost 2 seats, while Venstre gained 2, and the blue bloc went from 16 to 18 seats. It later confirmed that Jesper Frost Rasmussen from Venstre would continue for a second term.[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. Esbjerg Municipality had 31 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 alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| A | Social Democrats | Centre-left | |
| F | Green Left | Centre-left to Left-wing | |
| Ø | Red–Green Alliance | Left-wing to Far-Left | |
Electoral Alliance 2
| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| C | Conservatives | Centre-right | |
| D | New Right | Right-wing to Far-right | |
| E | Borgerlisten | Local politics | |
| I | Liberal Alliance | Centre-right to Right-wing | |
| K | Christian Democrats | Centre to Centre-right | |
| O | Danish People's Party | Right-wing to Far-right | |
| T | Esbjerglisten | Local politics | |
| V | Venstre | Centre-right | |
Results by polling station
T = Esbjerglisten
U = Partifrit Samfund
| Division | A | B | C | D | E | F | I | K | O | T | U | V | Æ | Ø |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
| Esbjerg Rådhus | 24.3 | 4.9 | 12.1 | 4.1 | 2.8 | 10.5 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 3.1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 30.9 | 0.3 | 4.3 |
| Skovbo | 35.7 | 3.2 | 7.7 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 10.2 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 4.1 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 26.2 | 0.3 | 3.7 |
| Rørkjær | 34.6 | 4.4 | 7.8 | 3.7 | 2.1 | 13.7 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 4.7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 23.4 | 0.6 | 3.6 |
| Jerne | 39.4 | 4.9 | 5.7 | 4.2 | 2.0 | 11.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 5.5 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 20.4 | 0.5 | 3.7 |
| Boldesager | 28.7 | 4.3 | 8.5 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 12.6 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 3.6 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 30.0 | 0.4 | 3.5 |
| Østerbyen | 43.3 | 3.6 | 5.4 | 3.8 | 1.3 | 11.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 5.1 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 19.9 | 0.5 | 3.9 |
| Skads | 21.0 | 4.0 | 7.1 | 4.6 | 1.7 | 8.3 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 4.3 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 45.7 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
| Gjesing | 24.9 | 4.1 | 7.8 | 4.6 | 2.2 | 9.7 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 39.3 | 0.2 | 2.3 |
| Guldager | 23.5 | 4.4 | 9.3 | 4.9 | 2.0 | 8.5 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 39.7 | 0.2 | 1.4 |
| Hjerting | 21.2 | 5.9 | 11.7 | 3.5 | 2.2 | 6.7 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 43.1 | 0.2 | 1.2 |
| Sædding | 25.8 | 3.6 | 8.5 | 4.2 | 2.7 | 10.5 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 4.3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 35.9 | 0.2 | 2.0 |
| Bryndum | 22.1 | 3.4 | 7.9 | 4.9 | 2.1 | 8.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 4.7 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 43.9 | 0.2 | 1.2 |
| Tjæreborg | 28.6 | 3.0 | 6.1 | 4.1 | 1.1 | 8.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 3.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 42.9 | 0.3 | 1.6 |
| Kvaglund | 37.4 | 4.3 | 6.4 | 3.9 | 2.1 | 10.7 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 4.2 | 2.6 | 0.2 | 22.4 | 0.3 | 4.0 |
| Ådalen | 28.0 | 2.6 | 7.2 | 5.7 | 2.0 | 8.0 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 5.7 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 36.9 | 0.3 | 1.5 |
| Grønlandsparken | 35.0 | 2.3 | 5.8 | 6.4 | 1.9 | 10.9 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 4.7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 28.8 | 0.2 | 2.1 |
| Egebæk-Hviding | 24.5 | 3.1 | 8.9 | 4.8 | 0.9 | 8.4 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 2.9 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 42.5 | 0.1 | 2.2 |
| Ribe | 29.0 | 2.8 | 8.6 | 2.7 | 0.7 | 9.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 40.4 | 0.1 | 3.5 |
| Bramming | 23.3 | 2.1 | 5.7 | 6.1 | 0.8 | 9.4 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 4.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 45.5 | 0.1 | 1.3 |
| Sønderris | 22.2 | 4.0 | 8.1 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 8.7 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 42.4 | 0.1 | 1.5 |
| Gredstedbro | 22.1 | 2.0 | 8.2 | 6.2 | 0.4 | 5.3 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50.1 | 0.1 | 0.9 |
| Mandø | 27.3 | 9.1 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 45.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Høm | 17.1 | 2.4 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 3.4 | 5.0 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 3.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 53.5 | 0.1 | 1.6 |
| Gørding | 18.0 | 1.7 | 5.5 | 7.3 | 1.2 | 5.9 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 4.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 53.4 | 0.1 | 1.3 |
Results
| Party | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Esbjerg Municipality | ||||||||
| V | Venstre | 21,285 | 36.62 | +4.42 | 13 | +2 | ||
| A | Social Democrats | 15,920 | 27.39 | -3.15 | 9 | -2 | ||
| F | Green Left | 5,553 | 9.55 | +3.55 | 3 | +1 | ||
| C | Conservatives | 4,707 | 8.10 | +3.94 | 3 | +2 | ||
| D | New Right | 2,549 | 4.39 | +3.42 | 1 | +1 | ||
| B | Social Liberals | 2,124 | 3.65 | +0.65 | 1 | 0 | ||
| O | Danish People's Party | 2,122 | 3.65 | -5.00 | 1 | -2 | ||
| Ø | Red-Green Alliance | 1,476 | 2.54 | -1.53 | 0 | -1 | ||
| E | Borgerlisten | 1,104 | 1.90 | -3.03 | 0 | -1 | ||
| T | Esbjerglisten | 404 | 0.70 | New | 0 | New | ||
| I | Liberal Alliance | 398 | 0.68 | -1.27 | 0 | 0 | ||
| K | Christian Democrats | 315 | 0.54 | New | 0 | New | ||
| Æ | Freedom List | 150 | 0.26 | New | 0 | New | ||
| U | Partifrit samfund | 22 | 0.04 | New | 0 | New | ||
| Total | 58,129 | 100 | N/A | 31 | N/A | |||
| Invalid votes | 235 | 0.25 | -0.01 | |||||
| Blank votes | 783 | 0.85 | -0.18 | |||||
| Turnout | 59,147 | 64.18 | -4.95 | |||||
| Source: valg.dk | ||||||||
Notes
References
- ^ "FVKOM: Folketingsvalg efter valgresultat og kommuner | Nyheder". statistikbanken (in Danish). Retrieved 5 February 2023.
- ^ "Her er de 10 største gysere ved kommunalvalget | Nyheder". tv2 (in Danish). 10 November 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
- ^ "Esbjerg Kommunes nye byråd har fordelt poster og udvalg mellem sig | Nyheder". ritzau (in Danish). Retrieved 5 February 2023.
- ^ "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd den 16. november 2021 | Nyheder" (PDF). dst (in Danish). Retrieved 9 June 2025.