2021 Mariagerfjord municipal election
16 November 2021
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All 29 seats to the Mariagerfjord Municipal Council 15 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 22,676 (67.9%) 3.2pp | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mogens Jespersen from Venstre was seeking a 3rd consecutive term as mayor of Mariagerfjord Municipality for this election.
The traditional blue bloc had won 16 seats in the previous election. In the election result Venstre would lose the position as the single largest party in the municipal council. They would instead become the joint biggest party with Social Democrats. However, while the traditional blue bloc parties would lose 3 seats, they would also gain 3 seats, resulting in 16 blue seats again. This meant that Mogens Jespersen looked to able to continue as mayor. It was eventually confirmed. [1] [2]
The constitution that would give him a 3rd term, was announced on December 10, 2021. [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. Mariagerfjord Municipality had 29 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| B | Social Liberals | Centre to 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 | |
| K | Christian Democrats | Centre to Centre-right | |
| M | Mariagerfjordlisten | Local politics | |
| O | Danish People's Party | Right-wing to Far-right | |
| V | Venstre | Centre-right | |
Results by polling station
| Polling Station | A | B | C | D | F | K | M | O | V | Ø |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
| Assens, Mariagerfjord | 35.2 | 1.1 | 17.4 | 4.7 | 6.4 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 4.7 | 26.2 | 2.1 |
| Mariager | 32.0 | 1.1 | 24.1 | 3.0 | 6.1 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 6.0 | 22.3 | 2.6 |
| Arden | 49.2 | 1.5 | 5.0 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 3.4 | 32.0 | 2.4 |
| Valsgård | 34.2 | 3.0 | 8.9 | 4.2 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 2.7 | 4.6 | 37.0 | 3.3 |
| Vebbestrup | 28.6 | 1.5 | 5.4 | 7.2 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 7.1 | 43.0 | 2.8 |
| Hadsund | 35.0 | 1.7 | 8.9 | 3.0 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 39.7 | 2.1 |
| Veddum-Skelund | 44.3 | 0.5 | 6.3 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 3.5 | 36.0 | 3.3 |
| Als | 34.2 | 0.3 | 6.1 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 50.0 | 1.4 |
| Hørby | 31.8 | 2.9 | 12.0 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 0.8 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 33.7 | 2.4 |
| Onsild | 27.9 | 2.1 | 11.4 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 0.8 | 3.4 | 8.2 | 33.8 | 3.4 |
| Hobro | 41.4 | 3.6 | 13.0 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 0.6 | 2.5 | 4.4 | 23.9 | 5.0 |
Results
| Party | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mariagerfjord Municipality | ||||||||
| A | Social Democrats | 8,241 | 36.81 | +0.09 | 11 | 0 | ||
| V | Venstre | 7,238 | 32.33 | -3.29 | 11 | -1 | ||
| C | Conservatives | 2,577 | 11.51 | +8.41 | 3 | +2 | ||
| O | Danish People's Party | 1,020 | 4.56 | -6.63 | 1 | -2 | ||
| D | New Right | 757 | 3.38 | New | 1 | New | ||
| Ø | Red-Green Alliance | 691 | 3.09 | +0.84 | 1 | +1 | ||
| F | Green Left | 686 | 3.06 | +0.05 | 1 | 0 | ||
| M | Mariagerfjordlisten | 583 | 2.60 | New | 0 | New | ||
| B | Social Liberals | 478 | 2.14 | -0.69 | 0 | -1 | ||
| K | Christian Democrats | 114 | 0.51 | -0.36 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 22,385 | 100 | N/A | 29 | N/A | |||
| Invalid votes | 72 | 0.21 | +0.01 | |||||
| Blank votes | 219 | 0.65 | -0.22 | |||||
| Turnout | 22,676 | 67.69 | -3.42 | |||||
| Source: valg.dk | ||||||||
References
- ^ "Mogens Jespersen fortsætter i Mariagerfjord trods tilbagegang til Venstre | Nyheder". tv2nord (in Danish). Retrieved 12 February 2023.
- ^ "Mogens Jespersen fortsætter som borgmester i Mariagerfjord | Nyheder". fjordavisen (in Danish). Retrieved 12 February 2023.
- ^ "Udvalgs- og bestyrelseskabalen gik op i byrådet Så er byrådet konstitueret: Se alle poster her | Nyheder". ugeavisen (in Danish). Retrieved 29 January 2023.
- ^ "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd den 16. november 2021 | Nyheder" (PDF). dst (in Danish). Retrieved 6 September 2023.