2021 Ishøj municipal election
16 November 2021
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All 19 seats to the Ishøj Municipal Council 10 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 17,837 (56.3%) 4.3pp | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ever since 1970, the Social Democrats had held the mayor's position in the municipality. In the previous three elections, they had also won an absolute majority.
Ole Bjørstorp who had become mayor following the 2017 election, would not stand for re-election as a Social Democrat. In February 2021 he had started a new party called Ishøjlisten, after the Social Democrats told him that he would not be their mayoral candidate for this election.[1]
In the election, the Social Democrats would lose its absolute majority. However they would still be able to win the mayor's position, after an agreement between the Conservatives, Green Left, Venstre and the Red–Green Alliance was reached.[2][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. Ishøj 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| L | Ishøjlisten | Local politics | |
| M | Annelise Madsen | Local politics | |
Electoral Alliance 2
| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| A | Social Democrats | Centre-left | |
| C | Conservatives | Centre-right | |
| O | Danish People's Party | Right-wing to Far-right | |
| V | Venstre | Centre-right | |
Electoral Alliance 3
| 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
| Division | A | B | C | D | F | L | M | O | V | Æ | Ø |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
| Ishøj Landsby | 27.4 | 3.3 | 11.3 | 4.1 | 5.6 | 8.8 | 5.2 | 5.6 | 24.8 | 0.2 | 3.9 |
| Vibeholmskolen | 40.8 | 3.7 | 7.0 | 3.5 | 6.5 | 13.1 | 7.5 | 3.4 | 10.3 | 0.3 | 3.8 |
| Gildbroskolen | 38.8 | 3.6 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 7.2 | 18.4 | 5.6 | 4.5 | 8.7 | 0.4 | 3.7 |
| Strandgårdskolen | 44.3 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 10.7 | 23.5 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 0.4 | 3.0 |
| Ishøj Bycenter | 33.6 | 3.8 | 7.5 | 3.0 | 6.3 | 14.5 | 9.4 | 4.2 | 13.0 | 0.2 | 4.5 |
Results
| Party | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ishøj Municipality | ||||||||
| A | Social Democrats | 3,713 | 37.76 | -13.74 | 9 | -2 | ||
| L | Ishøjlisten | 1,608 | 16.35 | New | 3 | New | ||
| V | Venstre | 1,055 | 10.73 | -3.02 | 2 | -1 | ||
| F | Green Left | 725 | 7.37 | -1.81 | 2 | 0 | ||
| M | Annelise Madsen | 631 | 6.42 | New | 1 | New | ||
| C | Conservatives | 617 | 6.28 | +2.32 | 1 | +1 | ||
| O | Danish People's Party | 396 | 4.03 | -7.23 | 0 | -2 | ||
| Ø | Red-Green Alliance | 375 | 3.81 | -2.93 | 1 | 0 | ||
| B | Social Liberals | 356 | 3.62 | +1.36 | 0 | 0 | ||
| D | New Right | 327 | 3.33 | New | 0 | New | ||
| Æ | Freedom List | 29 | 0.29 | New | 0 | New | ||
| Total | 9,832 | 100 | N/A | 19 | N/A | |||
| Invalid votes | 95 | 0.53 | +0.26 | |||||
| Blank votes | 108 | 0.61 | +0.05 | |||||
| Turnout | 10,035 | 56.26 | -3.38 | |||||
| Source: valg.dk | ||||||||
Notes
- ^ Was elected as member of the Social Democrats following the 2017 election
References
- ^ "Vraget bykonge dropper Socialdemokratiet og stifter nyt parti | Nyheder". tv2kosmopol (in Danish). Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ "Amdisen ny borgmester i Ishøj efter opgør | Nyheder". tv2 (in Danish). 16 November 2021. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ "Medlemmer af Ishøj Byråd | Nyheder". ishoj (in Danish). Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd den 16. november 2021 | Nyheder" (PDF). dst (in Danish). Retrieved 9 June 2025.