2021 Skive municipal election

2021 Skive municipal election
16 November 2021

All 27 seats to the Skive Municipal Council
14 seats needed for a majority
Turnout25,903 (71.1%)
4.1pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
V
A
F
Party Venstre Social Democrats Green Left
Last election 11 seats, 36.3% 9 seats, 30.7% 2 seats, 5.4%
Seats won 12 8 2
Seat change 1 1 0
Popular vote 10,619 7,791 1,758
Percentage 41.6% 30.5% 6.9%
Swing 5.3% 0.2% 1.5%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
M
C
D
Party Skive-Listen Conservatives New Right
Last election 2 seats, 8.8% 0 seats, 2.2% Did not stand
Seats won 2 1 1
Seat change 0 1 1
Popular vote 1,336 1,137 1,058
Percentage 5.2% 4.4% 4.1%
Swing 3.6% 2.2% New

  Seventh party Eighth party
 
O
B
Party Danish People's Party Social Liberals
Last election 2 seats, 7.9% 1 seats, 3.3%
Seats won 1 0
Seat change 1 1
Popular vote 741 583
Percentage 2.9% 2.3%
Swing 5.0% 1.0%

Mayor before election

Peder Christian Kirkegaard
Venstre

Mayor after election

Peder Christian Kirkegaard
Venstre

Peder Christian Kirkegaard from Venstre stood to be re-elected for a third term in Skive Municipality who had since 2007 municipal reform only had mayors from Venstre. Venstre gained a seat, but was still 2 seats short of an absolute majority. However 3 other parties from the traditional blue bloc won a seat each, and Peder Christian Kirkegaard was chosen to sit for a third term. [1]

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. Skive Municipality had 27 seats in 2021

Unlike in Danish General Elections, in elections to municipal councils, electoral alliances are allowed.

Electoral alliances

Source[2]

Electoral Alliance 1

Party Political alignment
C Conservatives Centre-right
O Danish People's Party Right-wing to Far-right

Electoral Alliance 2

Party Political alignment
F Green Left Centre-left to Left-wing
Ø Red–Green Alliance Left-wing to Far-Left

Electoral Alliance 3

Party Political alignment
B Social Liberals Centre to Centre-left
M Skive-Listen Local politics

Results by polling station

Division A B C D F M O V Æ Ø
% % % % % % % % % %
Aakjær 33.4 3.5 4.6 4.1 7.9 8.7 3.0 32.4 0.3 2.3
Skivehus 29.0 3.3 5.5 2.9 7.7 6.7 1.8 41.7 0.2 1.1
Brårup 36.8 2.5 4.1 2.6 7.6 11.0 2.9 30.0 0.2 2.3
Højslev 22.6 1.5 9.4 3.3 4.7 5.2 2.4 48.7 0.6 1.6
Ørslevkloster 16.6 1.9 4.4 2.4 5.0 1.3 2.8 61.8 0.6 3.3
Rønbjerg 42.2 2.4 4.6 4.4 3.8 4.4 3.3 32.5 0.4 2.0
Hem 33.9 1.2 2.8 5.5 5.5 5.4 3.8 39.9 1.6 0.5
Lem-Vejby 37.0 1.8 2.6 3.8 7.3 2.2 5.5 37.8 1.0 1.0
Lihme 31.2 1.9 4.4 3.1 16.5 0.7 1.9 39.0 0.2 1.0
Oddense - Otting 20.7 1.7 1.5 4.1 5.0 0.6 1.5 63.5 0.0 1.5
Rødding 40.9 0.4 2.0 3.0 6.5 1.7 3.8 40.9 0.1 0.9
Glyngøre 21.0 1.6 3.8 9.3 7.2 0.7 2.7 52.5 0.0 1.0
Durup 25.3 1.4 5.7 7.8 4.9 2.0 3.8 48.0 0.3 0.8
Breum 21.1 1.6 2.6 4.4 6.1 2.5 3.0 57.2 0.3 1.1
Balling 39.4 1.6 2.4 3.2 8.0 1.3 2.3 41.0 0.3 0.4
Jebjerg-Lyby 40.8 1.6 2.9 4.0 4.5 1.6 5.3 36.9 0.4 1.7
Roslev 32.6 1.7 2.3 6.7 5.5 1.2 3.3 45.0 0.2 1.4
Håsum-Ramsing 40.5 0.5 4.3 4.6 5.8 1.7 4.6 35.9 0.5 1.7
Selde 23.3 1.4 3.4 9.3 6.5 2.4 3.7 47.6 0.4 2.0
Fur 18.0 4.4 2.6 3.5 10.0 0.2 1.9 57.4 0.2 1.9

Results

Party Votes % +/- Seats +/-
Skive Municipality
V Venstre 10,619 41.60 +5.27 12 +1
A Social Democrats 7,791 30.52 -0.18 8 -1
F Green Left 1,758 6.89 +1.44 2 0
M Skive-Listen 1,336 5.23 -3.56 2 0
C Conservatives 1,137 4.45 +2.30 1 +1
D New Right 1,058 4.14 New 1 New
O Danish People's Party 741 2.90 -4.97 1 -1
B Social Liberals 583 2.28 -1.05 0 -1
Ø Red-Green Alliance 417 1.63 +0.27 0 0
Æ Freedom List 85 0.33 New 0 New
Total 25,525 100 N/A 27 N/A
Invalid votes 67 0.18 -0.01
Blank votes 311 0.85 +0.06
Turnout 25,903 71.08 -4.13
Source: valg.dk

Notes

References

  1. ^ "Medlemmer af Skive Byråd | Nyheder". skive.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd den 16. november 2021 | Nyheder" (PDF). dst (in Danish). Retrieved 6 September 2023.