2021 Thisted municipal election
16 November 2021
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All 27 seats to the Thisted Municipal Council 14 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 23,981 (69.6%) 4.8pp | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In 2017, Lene Kjeldgaard from Venstre failed to become mayor for a third term. Instead Ulla Vestergaard from the Social Democrats became mayor, the first from the party to do so since 2007 municipal reform. [1]
However, despite the Social Democrats increasing their vote share by 0.5% in this election, a constitution that would see Niels Pedersen from Venstre become mayor, was announced. The constitution were solely made by parties from the traditional blue bloc, namely Conservatives, New Right, Danish People's Party and Venstre. [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. Thisted Municipality had 27 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 | |
| Å | The Alternative | Centre-left to Left-wing | |
Electoral Alliance 2
| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| C | Conservatives | Centre-right | |
| I | Liberal Alliance | Centre-right to Right-wing | |
| K | Christian Democrats | Centre to Centre-right | |
| V | Venstre | Centre-right | |
Electoral Alliance 3
| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| D | New Right | Right-wing to Far-right | |
| O | Danish People's Party | Right-wing to Far-right | |
Results by polling station
| Polling Station | A | B | C | D | F | I | K | O | V | Ø | Å | Q |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
| Thisted By | 43.0 | 1.9 | 17.6 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 2.8 | 17.6 | 5.1 | 2.2 | 0.2 |
| Harring-Stagstrup | 36.8 | 1.1 | 21.1 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 4.4 | 25.7 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
| Hillerslev-Kåstrup | 26.4 | 3.8 | 14.5 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 3.8 | 39.6 | 3.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Hundborg-Jannerup | 30.3 | 2.0 | 21.7 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 4.8 | 17.7 | 6.8 | 5.2 | 0.0 |
| Vorupør | 20.1 | 0.5 | 33.6 | 2.4 | 6.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 27.0 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 0.2 |
| Nors-Tved | 24.7 | 3.4 | 13.2 | 3.2 | 1.5 | 18.7 | 0.8 | 2.5 | 27.6 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 0.1 |
| Sennels | 25.2 | 15.1 | 16.0 | 2.8 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 21.3 | 1.3 | 11.5 | 0.1 |
| Sjørring-Thorsted | 38.7 | 1.7 | 21.2 | 2.1 | 3.9 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 2.4 | 21.9 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 0.0 |
| Skjoldborg-Kallerup | 25.6 | 1.5 | 30.1 | 5.4 | 3.9 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 4.5 | 22.3 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Snedsted-Nørhå | 30.5 | 0.7 | 28.6 | 5.9 | 3.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 9.4 | 15.4 | 3.7 | 1.5 | 0.1 |
| Sønderhå-Hørsted | 28.2 | 3.5 | 25.6 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.3 | 24.2 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 0.0 |
| Thisted Landsogn | 41.4 | 1.9 | 19.8 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 2.7 | 20.2 | 3.9 | 1.8 | 0.1 |
| Vang-Tvorup | 29.7 | 1.9 | 15.1 | 5.7 | 5.2 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 8.0 | 16.0 | 9.0 | 4.7 | 0.0 |
| Skinnerup, V Og Ø Vandet | 22.4 | 3.7 | 20.0 | 6.6 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 31.3 | 5.3 | 2.4 | 0.0 |
| Øsløs, Vesløs Og Arup | 39.7 | 1.3 | 10.5 | 3.3 | 4.9 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 5.2 | 27.0 | 4.7 | 2.0 | 0.2 |
| Østerild, Hunstrup | 33.4 | 0.7 | 19.1 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 3.0 | 34.9 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.5 |
| Hanstholm | 35.3 | 0.2 | 27.1 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 3.0 | 24.1 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 0.1 |
| Ræhr/Vigsø | 31.1 | 0.5 | 30.8 | 3.3 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 26.5 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 0.3 |
| Klitmøller | 35.8 | 4.3 | 12.5 | 2.4 | 4.2 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 11.4 | 0.1 |
| Frøstrup | 23.9 | 0.5 | 7.4 | 2.7 | 11.9 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 6.7 | 32.9 | 8.9 | 3.7 | 0.2 |
| Lild | 24.3 | 2.2 | 13.8 | 3.3 | 10.5 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 31.5 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 0.0 |
| Bedsted | 28.9 | 1.0 | 17.2 | 5.5 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 5.7 | 33.1 | 3.8 | 1.6 | 0.0 |
| Hurup | 40.4 | 1.0 | 27.6 | 3.2 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 2.8 | 20.3 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| Koldby | 25.7 | 0.7 | 18.4 | 3.3 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 4.5 | 38.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 0.0 |
| Vestervig | 29.7 | 0.7 | 43.5 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 3.2 | 15.2 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.1 |
| Ydby | 34.9 | 1.3 | 26.6 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 4.1 | 21.5 | 3.5 | 1.4 | 0.0 |
Results
| Party | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thisted Municipality | ||||||||
| A | Social Democrats | 8,249 | 34.81 | +0.53 | 9 | 0 | ||
| V | Venstre | 5,403 | 22.80 | +0.86 | 7 | +1 | ||
| C | Conservatives | 5,005 | 21.12 | +4.92 | 6 | +1 | ||
| Ø | Red-Green Alliance | 931 | 3.93 | +0.04 | 1 | 0 | ||
| O | Danish People's Party | 872 | 3.68 | -7.25 | 1 | -2 | ||
| D | New Right | 801 | 3.38 | +3.01 | 1 | +1 | ||
| F | Green Left | 761 | 3.21 | -1.14 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Å | The Alternative | 577 | 2.43 | -0.65 | 1 | 0 | ||
| B | Social Liberals | 481 | 2.03 | New | 0 | New | ||
| I | Liberal Alliance | 417 | 1.76 | -2.15 | 0 | -1 | ||
| K | Christian Democrats | 170 | 0.72 | -0.24 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Q | Sten i Skoen | 31 | 0.13 | New | 0 | New | ||
| Total | 23,698 | 100 | N/A | 27 | N/A | |||
| Invalid votes | 62 | 0.18 | -0.07 | |||||
| Blank votes | 221 | 0.64 | -0.21 | |||||
| Turnout | 23,981 | 69.55 | -4.86 | |||||
| Source: valg.dk | ||||||||
References
- ^ "Borgmester-skifte: Farvel Lene og goddag Ulla | Nyheder". tvmidtvest (in Danish). Retrieved 11 February 2023.
- ^ "Det bliver en ren blå konstituering i Thisted | Nyheder" (in Danish). 19 November 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
- ^ "Niels Jørgen Pedersen bliver borgmester i Thisted Kommune | Nyheder". limfjordupdate (in Danish). 17 November 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
- ^ "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd den 16. november 2021 | Nyheder" (PDF). dst (in Danish). Retrieved 6 September 2023.