2021 Køge municipal election
16 November 2021
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All 27 seats to the Køge Municipal Council 14 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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For this election, Marie Stærke from the Social Democrats was seeking re-election and a fourth term, after having won the mayor's position following the last election. [1]
In the election result, the Social Democrats would be the largest party with 10 seats against second-place Venstre who won 6 seats. Eventually Venstre ended giviving up on winning the mayor's position. Instead they reached an untraditional agreement with the Social Democrats, that would have Marie Stærke continue as mayor. Other parties in the agreement, included - the Green Left, Danish People's Party and the Red–Green Alliance. [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. Køge Municipality had 27 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| K | Christian Democrats | Centre to Centre-right | |
| 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 | |
| C | Conservatives | Centre-right | |
Electoral Alliance 3
| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| D | New Right | Right-wing to Far-right | |
| I | Liberal Alliance | Centre-right to Right-wing | |
Electoral Alliance 4
| 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 | |
| Å | The Alternative | Centre-left to Left-wing | |
Results by polling station
| Division | A | B | C | D | F | I | K | O | V | Ø | Å |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
| Køge By - Midt | 28.7 | 5.1 | 26.9 | 2.7 | 9.8 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 2.7 | 18.4 | 3.8 | 0.5 |
| Køge By - Vest | 40.0 | 4.9 | 15.7 | 3.1 | 9.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 3.3 | 18.8 | 3.6 | 0.6 |
| Lellinge | 25.6 | 5.3 | 19.5 | 2.9 | 6.8 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 6.3 | 28.0 | 3.8 | 0.2 |
| Højelse / Lille Skensved | 32.3 | 4.7 | 16.0 | 6.2 | 9.6 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 5.1 | 19.5 | 3.7 | 1.0 |
| Alkestrup | 27.1 | 4.2 | 18.9 | 5.9 | 8.6 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 6.6 | 22.7 | 4.4 | 0.7 |
| Herfølge | 26.0 | 5.1 | 17.7 | 4.3 | 12.5 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 3.3 | 19.1 | 10.4 | 0.4 |
| Ølsemagle | 32.8 | 7.2 | 17.1 | 4.1 | 9.1 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 4.4 | 21.3 | 2.4 | 0.7 |
| Ølby | 39.5 | 8.4 | 13.1 | 3.4 | 7.8 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 4.1 | 18.4 | 3.5 | 0.4 |
| Hastrup | 40.0 | 4.1 | 17.6 | 2.7 | 10.7 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 3.6 | 15.9 | 3.4 | 0.9 |
| Køge By - Nord | 32.8 | 6.3 | 22.9 | 3.1 | 8.2 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 2.9 | 18.3 | 3.5 | 0.7 |
| Herfølge - Syd | 30.3 | 4.9 | 13.6 | 3.8 | 13.7 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 4.3 | 15.8 | 12.3 | 0.7 |
| Borup | 28.5 | 10.0 | 14.0 | 4.7 | 7.7 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 4.6 | 22.3 | 5.0 | 0.5 |
| Vemmedrup | 24.6 | 4.7 | 11.5 | 6.4 | 7.1 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 4.0 | 38.0 | 2.2 | 0.2 |
| Bjæverskov | 23.3 | 2.4 | 9.6 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 3.6 | 46.9 | 2.1 | 0.4 |
| Gørslev | 23.4 | 1.8 | 11.4 | 5.9 | 5.5 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 4.7 | 42.9 | 2.4 | 0.7 |
| Ejby | 26.7 | 3.7 | 12.1 | 5.5 | 5.9 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 37.1 | 3.5 | 0.7 |
Results
| Party | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Køge Municipality | ||||||||
| A | Social Democrats | 11,116 | 33.06 | +1.31 | 10 | 0 | ||
| V | Venstre | 6,844 | 20.36 | -2.58 | 6 | 0 | ||
| C | Conservatives | 4,952 | 14.73 | -2.04 | 4 | -1 | ||
| F | Green Left | 3,447 | 10.25 | +1.39 | 3 | +1 | ||
| O | Danish People's Party | 2,870 | 8.54 | +4.69 | 2 | +1 | ||
| Ø | Red-Green Alliance | 1,545 | 4.60 | +0.25 | 1 | 0 | ||
| I | Liberal Alliance | 962 | 2.86 | +1.78 | 1 | +1 | ||
| D | New Right | 572 | 1.70 | -2.27 | 0 | -1 | ||
| B | Social Liberals | 467 | 1.39 | -4.22 | 0 | -1 | ||
| E | Nær-demokratiet | 452 | 1.34 | New | 0 | New | ||
| Å | The Alternative | 274 | 0.82 | +0.23 | 0 | 0 | ||
| L | Demokratilisten | 118 | 0.35 | New | 0 | New | ||
| Total | 33,619 | 100 | N/A | 27 | N/A | |||
| Invalid votes | 99 | 0.21 | -0.08 | |||||
| Blank votes | 402 | 0.86 | -0.18 | |||||
| Turnout | 34,120 | 72.65 | +4.22 | |||||
| Source: valg.dk | ||||||||
References
- ^ "Socialdemokraten Marie Stærke bliver borgmester i Køge | Nyheder". berlingske (in Danish). 22 November 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
- ^ "Marie Stærke fortsætter som borgmester i Køge | Nyheder". tv2kosmopol (in Danish). Retrieved 13 February 2023.
- ^ "Byrådets medlemmer | Nyheder". koege (in Danish). Retrieved 13 February 2023.
- ^ "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd den 16. november 2021 | Nyheder" (PDF). dst (in Danish). Retrieved 9 June 2025.