2021 Herlev municipal election
16 November 2021
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All 19 seats to the Herlev Municipal Council 10 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 14,106 (63.3%) 5.4pp | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Since 1970, the Social Democrats had held the mayor's position in the municipality. They had at least since 1981 had an absolute majority of seats added to that.
In the last election, they won 12 of the 19 seats, and Thomas Gyldal Petersen would therefore go into his third full term as mayor.[a][1]
In this election, however, they would lose their absolute majority. Only one party from the blue bloc would win representation though, and 14 of the 19 seats would be for parties of the traditional red bloc. There would be majority with all the elected red bloc parties, that would support Thomas Gyldal Petersen as mayor.[2][3]
This election would be one of only four, where Venstre failed to win representation.
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. Herlev Municipality had 19 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| C | Conservatives | Centre-right | |
| D | New Right | Right-wing to Far-right | |
| I | Liberal Alliance | Centre-right to Right-wing | |
| O | Danish People's Party | Right-wing to Far-right | |
| V | Venstre | Centre-right | |
Electoral Alliance 2
| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| B | Social Liberals | Centre to Centre-left | |
| F | Green Left | Centre-left to Left-wing | |
| Ø | Red–Green Alliance | Left-wing to Far-Left | |
Results by polling station
H = Herlev Listen
| Division | A | B | C | D | F | H | I | K | O | V | Ø |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
| Herlev Medborgerhus | 45.9 | 4.5 | 16.2 | 2.3 | 12.2 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 9.6 |
| Herlev Hallerne | 47.8 | 3.0 | 23.3 | 2.2 | 8.6 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 8.0 |
| Kildegårdhallen | 43.6 | 4.2 | 17.6 | 3.1 | 9.5 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 13.2 |
Results
| Party | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herlev Municipality | ||||||||
| A | Social Democrats | 6,355 | 45.85 | -11.34 | 9 | -3 | ||
| C | Conservatives | 2,655 | 19.16 | +8.44 | 5 | +3 | ||
| Ø | Red-Green Alliance | 1,407 | 10.15 | +2.55 | 2 | 0 | ||
| F | Green Left | 1,396 | 10.07 | +3.43 | 2 | +1 | ||
| B | Social Liberals | 536 | 3.87 | +1.20 | 1 | +1 | ||
| V | Venstre | 422 | 3.04 | -1.86 | 0 | -1 | ||
| O | Danish People's Party | 412 | 2.97 | -4.23 | 0 | -1 | ||
| D | New Right | 349 | 2.52 | New | 0 | New | ||
| I | Liberal Alliance | 134 | 0.97 | +0.20 | 0 | 0 | ||
| H | Herlev Listen | 109 | 0.79 | New | 0 | New | ||
| K | Christian Democrats | 84 | 0.61 | New | 0 | New | ||
| Total | 13,859 | 100 | N/A | 19 | N/A | |||
| Invalid votes | 68 | 0.31 | 0.0 | |||||
| Blank votes | 179 | 0.80 | +0.25 | |||||
| Turnout | 14,106 | 63.27 | -5.42 | |||||
| Source: valg.dk | ||||||||
Notes
- ^ he took over in 2001 from Kjeld Hansen
References
- ^ "Fakta: Her er borgmestrene på plads | Nyheder". jyllands-posten (in Danish). Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ "Borgmester: Socialdemokratiet stadig det største parti | Nyheder". heleherlev (in Danish). Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ "Kommunalbestyrelsen | Nyheder". herlev (in Danish). Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd den 16. november 2021 | Nyheder" (PDF). dst (in Danish). Retrieved 9 June 2025.