2021 Struer municipal election

2021 Struer municipal election
16 November 2021

All 21 seats to the Struer Municipal Council
11 seats needed for a majority
Turnout12,185 (72.3%)
5.1pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
V
A
C
Party Venstre Social Democrats Conservatives
Last election 8 seats, 36.5% 8 seats, 33.2% 1 seat, 6.4%
Seats won 9 7 2
Seat change 1 1 1
Popular vote 4,852 3,788 1,052
Percentage 40.4% 31.6% 8.8%
Swing 3.9% 1.6% 2.4%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
F
B
D
Party Green Left Social Liberals New Right
Last election 2 seats, 6.7% 1 seats, 3.4% 0 seats, 1.0%
Seats won 1 1 1
Seat change 1 0 1
Popular vote 663 592 442
Percentage 5.5% 4.9% 3.7%
Swing 1.2% 1.5% 2.7%

  Seventh party
 
O
Party Danish People's Party
Last election 1 seats, 4.9%
Seats won 0
Seat change 1
Popular vote 300
Percentage 2.5%
Swing 2.4%

Mayor before election

Niels Viggo Lynghøj
Social Democrats

Mayor after election

Mads Jakobsen
Venstre

Since the 2007 municipal reform, no mayor had been re-elected in Struer Municipality, with Venstre holding office for 2007-2009 and 2014–2017, while the Social Democrats had held office for 2010-2013 and 2018–2021. Mads Jakobsen, who was mayor from 2014 to 2017, ran to return as mayor after losing the position as a result of the 2017 election.[1]

In the election, Venstre would gain a seat while he Social Democrats lost a seat. A blue bloc majority by winning 12 of the 21 seats was clear. On 8 December 2021 it was confirmed that Mads Jacbonsen would return as mayor.[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. Struer Municipality had 21 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

Electoral Alliance 2

Party Political alignment
D New Right Right-wing to Far-right
O Danish People's Party Right-wing to Far-right

Electoral Alliance 3

Party Political alignment
C Conservatives Centre-right
I Liberal Alliance Centre-right to Right-wing
V Venstre Centre-right

Results by polling station

J = Fiskerlussing

Division A B C D F I J O V Æ
% % % % % % % % % %
Struer 35.9 5.9 5.6 3.8 6.9 2.0 0.9 2.8 35.6 0.5
Gimsing 37.0 3.5 5.3 3.8 6.3 2.5 0.5 2.7 37.8 0.6
Hjerm 27.8 1.5 5.0 4.0 3.5 1.1 0.7 1.9 54.5 0.0
Humlum 34.4 3.2 7.9 4.7 5.5 1.1 0.5 2.4 40.1 0.1
Bremdal 32.0 4.9 6.4 3.6 5.1 1.7 0.5 1.8 43.9 0.2
Langhøj 18.9 3.6 6.3 3.1 3.8 2.1 0.3 2.7 59.0 0.3
Hvidbjerg 26.4 7.5 25.2 2.9 4.3 0.5 0.3 2.4 30.2 0.3

Results

Party Votes % +/- Seats +/-
Struer Municipality
V Venstre 4,852 40.43 +3.91 9 +1
A Social Democrats 3,788 31.56 -1.69 7 -1
C Conservatives 1,052 8.77 +2.38 2 +1
F Green Left 663 5.52 -1.22 1 -1
B Social Liberals 592 4.93 +1.53 1 0
D New Right 442 3.68 +2.73 1 +1
O Danish People's Party 300 2.50 -2.36 0 -1
I Liberal Alliance 200 1.67 +0.02 0 0
J Fiskerlussing 72 0.60 New 0 New
Æ Freedom List 41 0.34 New 0 New
Total 12,002 100 N/A 21 N/A
Invalid votes 64 0.38 +0.18
Blank votes 119 0.71 +0.08
Turnout 12,185 72.29 -5.07
Source: valg.dk

Notes

References

  1. ^ "Holdet er sat | Nyheder". folkebladetlemvig (in Danish). 24 November 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Se fordelingen af udvalgsposter | Nyheder" (in Danish). 8 December 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Se video: Struers nye borgmester hedder Mads Jakobsen: - Jeg er glad, stolt og ydmyg | Nyheder". dagbladet holstebro-struer (in Danish). 16 November 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd den 16. november 2021 | Nyheder" (PDF). dst (in Danish). Retrieved 6 September 2023.