2021 Odder municipal election

2021 Odder municipal election
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All 19 seats to the Odder Municipal Council
10 seats needed for a majority
Turnout13,678 (74.8%)
Decrease 2.8pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
V
A
C
Party Venstre Social Democrats Conservatives
Last election 7 seats, 38.5% 5 seats, 25.6% 2 seats, 7.7%
Seats won 7 5 2
Seat change 0 0 0
Popular vote 4,204 3,402 1,825
Percentage 31.1% 25.2% 13.5%
Swing Decrease 7.4% Decrease 0.4% Increase 5.8%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
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B
F
Party Red–Green Alliance Danish Social Liberal Party Green Left
Last election 2 seats, 7.0% 1 seat, 5.8% 1 seat, 5.6%
Seats won 2 2 1
Seat change 0 Increase 1 0
Popular vote 1,560 1,156 784
Percentage 11.5% 8.6% 5.8%
Swing Increase 4.5% Increase 2.8% Increase 0.2%
  Seventh party
 
O
Party Danish People's Party
Last election 1 seat, 6.0%
Seats won 0
Seat change Decrease 1
Popular vote 180
Percentage 1.3%
Swing Decrease 4.7%
Mayor before election

Uffe Jensen
Venstre

Mayor after election

Lone Jakobi
Social Democrats

Uffe Jensen from Venstre was seeking a third term for this election. Despite coming behind the Social Democrats in the 2015 Danish general election and the 2019 Danish general election in votes of Odder municipality[1][2] , Venstre had become the largest party in the 2017 Odder municipal election.

In this election, Venstre would again become the biggest party, and retain 7 seats despite decreasing their vote share by 7.4%. Danish People's Party would however lose a seat, while the Danish Social Liberal Party would gain 1. This meant that the parties of the traditional red bloc had a majority, and it was announced that Lone Jakobi from the Social Democrats would become the new mayor.[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. Odder Municipality had 19 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 Position
Danish Social Liberal Party Centre to Centre-left
Green Left Centre-left to Left-wing
Red–Green Alliance Left-wing to Far-left

Electoral Alliance 2

Party Political Position
The New Right Right-wing
Danish People's Party Right-wing
Venstre Centre-right

Results by polling station

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Odder Municipality
Venstre4,20431.0970
Social Democrats3,40225.1650
Conservatives1,82513.5020
Red–Green Alliance1,56011.5420
Danish Social Liberal Party1,1568.552+1
Green Left7845.8010
The New Right3642.6900
Danish People's Party1801.330-1
Verdensmål med Vilje[a]470.350New
Total13,522100.00190
Valid votes13,52298.86
Invalid votes290.21
Blank votes1270.93
Total votes13,678100.00
Registered voters/turnout18,28874.79
Source: KMD

Notes

  1. ^ Local party in Odder

References

  1. ^ "Folketingsvalg den 18. juni 2015 | Nyheder". kmd (in Danish). Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Folketingsvalg den 5. juni 2019 | Nyheder". kmd (in Danish). Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Rødt flertal giver Odder ny borgmester | Nyheder". tv2østjylland (in Danish). Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd den 16. november 2021 | Nyheder" (PDF). dst (in Danish). Retrieved 28 January 2023.