2021 Samsø municipal election (Denmark)
16 November 2021
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All 11 seats to the Samsø Municipal Council 6 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 2,554 (81.5%) 0.1pp | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marcel Meijer from the Social Democrats had been mayor since 2014. On election night the parties from the traditional red bloc won a majority. But the Social Democrats dramatically ended up supporting Søren Wiese from Venstre, citing that "the Green Left will not support us, so we must take the next best thing".[1]
However Ulla Holm from the Green Left later announced that they would support Marcel Meijer as mayor, and in the end Marcel Meijer would break the deal with Venstre and continue as mayor for a third term.[2]
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. Samsø Municipality had 11 seats in 2021
Unlike in Danish General Elections, in elections to municipal councils, electoral alliances are allowed.
Electoral alliances
Source[3]
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 | |
| O | Danish People's Party | Right-wing to Far-right | |
| V | Venstre | Centre-right | |
Results by polling station
| Division | A | C | F | O | V | Ø |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | % | |
| Tranebjerg | 31.0 | 24.0 | 13.0 | 1.1 | 26.0 | 4.9 |
| Nordby | 41.6 | 17.1 | 13.5 | 1.0 | 21.3 | 5.5 |
Results
| Party | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samsø Municipality | ||||||||
| A | Social Democrats | 829 | 32.28 | -9.03 | 4 | -1 | ||
| V | Venstre | 654 | 25.47 | -0.75 | 3 | 0 | ||
| C | Conservatives | 595 | 23.17 | +8.51 | 2 | 0 | ||
| F | Green Left | 335 | 13.05 | +3.52 | 2 | +1 | ||
| Ø | Red-Green Alliance | 128 | 4.98 | New | 0 | New | ||
| O | Danish People's Party | 27 | 1.05 | -1.14 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 2,568 | 100 | N/A | 11 | N/A | |||
| Invalid votes | 9 | 0.28 | -0.01 | |||||
| Blank votes | 17 | 0.53 | -0.72 | |||||
| Turnout | 2,594 | 81.39 | -0.10 | |||||
| Source: valg.dk | ||||||||
Notes
References
- ^ "Vild stoledans: De blev borgmestre | Nyheder". tv2østjylland (in Danish). Retrieved 2 February 2023.
- ^ "Borgmesterkæderne skifter fra V til S på Samsø | Nyheder". berlingske (in Danish). Retrieved 2 February 2023.
- ^ "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd den 16. november 2021 | Nyheder" (PDF). dst (in Danish). Retrieved 6 September 2023.