2021 Tønder municipal election

2021 Tønder municipal election
16 November 2021
All 31 seats to the Tønder Municipal Council
16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout20,730 (69.8%)
2.2pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
T
V
A
Party Tønder Listen Venstre Social Democrats
Last election Did not stand 15 seats, 44.6% 6 seats, 20.6%
Seats won 9 6 5
Seat change 9 9 1
Popular vote 5,906 3,472 3,010
Percentage 29.0% 17.1% 14.8%
Swing New 27.5% 5.8%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
S
L
C
Party Schleswig Party Borgerlisten Conservatives
Last election 2 seats, 5.8% 1 seat, 4.4% 1 seat, 2.7%
Seats won 4 3 2
Seat change 2 2 1
Popular vote 2,706 1,509 1,115
Percentage 13.3% 7.4% 5.5%
Swing 7.5% 3.0% 2.8%
  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
F
D
O
Party Green Left New Right Danish People's Party
Last election 1 seat, 3.5% 0 seats, 0.7% 3 seats, 10.4%
Seats won 1 1 0
Seat change 0 1 3
Popular vote 805 747 573
Percentage 4.0% 3.7% 2.8%
Swing 0.5% 3.0% 7.6%
Mayor before election

Henrik Frandsen
Tønder Listen[a]

Mayor after election

Jørgen Popp Petersen
Schleswig Party

In 2020, Venstre would drop, mayor at the time, Henrik Frandsen as their candidate for the next election. This led to Henrik Frandsen along with 5 others, to create Tønder Listen, a breakout party who intended to get Henrik Frandsen reelected as mayor.[1]

In the election result, Tønder Listen would win 9 seats, while Venstre would lose 9 seats and only win 6. However, Venstre wanted to avoid Henrik Frandsen continuing as mayor. Eventually, Jørgen Popp Petersen from regional party Schleswig Party had a majority backing him as mayor. The agreement consisted of the Social Democrats, the Conservatives, New Right, Borgerlisten and Schleswig Party. This marked the first mayor from Schleswig Party in 75 years.[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. Tønder Municipality had 31 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
C Conservatives Centre-right
I Liberal Alliance Centre-right to Right-wing
S Schleswig Party Centre (Regionalism)

Electoral Alliance 2

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

Electoral Alliance 3

Party Political alignment
F Green Left Centre-left to Left-wing
L Borgerlisten Local politics
Ø Red–Green Alliance Left-wing to Far-Left
Å The Alternative Centre-left to Left-wing

Results by polling station

Division A C D F I L O S T V Ø Å
% % % % % % % % % % % %
Bredebro 27.6 3.3 2.4 2.0 1.8 6.4 2.8 10.6 26.8 15.6 0.4 0.2
Ballum 13.5 5.9 3.9 3.9 1.2 3.9 2.0 13.7 40.7 9.3 1.5 0.5
Visby 16.7 3.0 2.7 2.1 3.6 4.6 1.5 14.3 26.4 23.4 1.5 0.0
Højer 21.6 3.1 3.2 4.2 0.1 6.7 2.9 15.3 29.1 12.1 1.6 0.1
Nr. Løgum 12.5 3.4 4.7 1.9 0.4 8.7 3.2 21.0 19.2 24.0 0.4 0.5
Løgumkloster 12.1 5.0 3.8 2.1 0.4 5.6 2.8 26.2 19.1 20.6 2.1 0.1
Møgeltønder 20.0 3.6 2.7 5.4 0.7 6.3 4.2 11.2 21.5 22.5 1.3 0.6
Sdr. Sejerslev 10.9 9.1 3.2 1.8 2.4 5.9 2.7 10.0 39.5 11.2 2.7 0.6
Bedsted 9.7 2.0 2.7 2.7 1.0 2.0 3.5 16.8 15.6 42.8 1.0 0.2
Øster Højst 8.4 2.1 4.6 1.3 0.2 5.0 4.2 38.9 10.9 23.0 1.0 0.4
Agerskov 8.9 4.3 4.7 2.6 0.8 3.6 3.0 7.5 22.9 40.3 0.9 0.4
Arrild 12.8 6.5 5.3 2.4 1.9 3.4 4.1 6.3 20.3 35.4 1.5 0.0
Brøns 14.1 8.8 7.7 3.3 1.6 10.6 2.2 4.0 38.0 7.1 1.6 1.1
Toftlund 15.3 2.3 3.8 2.8 0.9 10.5 3.9 5.9 30.7 22.3 1.1 0.3
Døstrup 12.5 9.7 5.5 1.8 0.6 3.3 3.0 6.4 46.5 9.7 0.3 0.6
Branderup 13.4 4.2 5.7 2.1 1.4 5.7 5.7 9.5 18.4 32.2 1.4 0.4
Tønder 16.8 7.7 1.9 8.2 0.4 11.7 2.0 15.6 24.4 9.1 1.8 0.5
Abild 12.4 4.9 6.4 4.6 0.8 6.0 3.1 17.4 20.8 22.1 1.3 0.2
Hostrup 11.7 8.3 3.6 6.5 0.7 12.6 3.8 22.7 13.4 14.8 1.1 0.7
Rømø 20.6 3.9 6.7 1.9 0.6 2.5 3.6 8.1 37.5 13.1 1.7 0.0
Vodder 12.0 6.8 5.7 2.3 0.9 6.0 2.6 5.1 45.3 10.5 1.7 1.1
Skærbæk 10.5 7.6 3.9 1.8 0.1 3.3 1.8 3.8 60.0 5.8 1.1 0.4

Results

Party Votes % +/- Seats +/-
Tønder Municipality
T Tønder Listen 5,906 29.01 New 9 New
V Venstre 3,472 17.06 -27.52 6 -9
A Social Democrats 3,010 14.79 -5.82 5 -1
S Schleswig Party 2,706 13.29 +7.45 4 +2
L Borgerlisten 1,509 7.41 +2.99 3 +2
C Conservatives 1,115 5.48 +2.77 2 +1
F Green Left 805 3.95 +0.48 1 0
D New Right 747 3.67 +3.00 1 +1
O Danish People's Party 573 2.82 -7.62 0 -3
Ø Red-Green Alliance 282 1.39 -0.88 0 -1
I Liberal Alliance 152 0.75 -2.03 0 -1
Å The Alternative 78 0.38 -0.51 0 0
Total 20,355 100 N/A 31 N/A
Invalid votes 119 0.40 +0.14
Blank votes 256 0.86 -0.17
Turnout 20,730 69.81 -2.16
Source: valg.dk

Notes

  1. ^ was elected as member of Venstre following the 2017 election

References

  1. ^ "Borgmester forlader Venstre og stifter nyt parti | Nyheder". tvsyd (in Danish). Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Landmand skriver historie i Tønder: Første borgmester fra det tyske mindretal | Nyheder". landbrugavisen (in Danish). Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Ny borgmester kommer fra Slesvigsk Parti - men hvor tysk er han egentlig? | Nyheder". tvsyd (in Danish). Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd den 16. november 2021 | Nyheder" (PDF). dst (in Danish). Retrieved 9 June 2025.
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