2021 Vejen municipal election

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All 27 seats to the Vejen Municipal Council 14 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	22,809 (68.3%) 3.6pp
First party Second party Third party   V A C Party Venstre Social Democrats Conservatives Last election 10 seats, 35.5% 8 seats, 28.3% 4 seats, 13.8% Seats won 9 8 6 Seat change 1 0 2 Popular vote 6,888 6,290 5,229 Percentage 30.8% 28.1% 23.3% Swing 4.7% 0.2% 9.5%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   D F O Party The New Right Green Left Danish People's Party Last election 0 seats, 1.4% 1 seat, 2.9% 2 seats, 9.6% Seats won 1 1 1 Seat change 1 0 1 Popular vote 1,019 772 740 Percentage 4.6% 3.4% 3.3% Swing 3.2% 0.5% 6.3%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   L Ø I Party Liberal Borgerliste Red–Green Alliance Liberal Alliance Last election 0 seats, 0% 1 seat, 4.1% 1 seat, 3.2% Seats won 1 0 0 Seat change 1 1 1 Popular vote 588 407 75 Percentage 2.6% 1.8% 0.3% Swing 2.6% 2.3% 2.9%
Mayor before election Egon Fræhr Venstre Mayor after election Frank Schmidt-Hansen Conservatives

Ever since the 2007 municipal reform, Egon Fræhr from Venstre had been mayor of Vejen Municiaplity. He announced in 2020 that he would not stand for re-election.^[1]

Instead Morten Thorøe would be the candidate from Venstre for this election.^[2]

Venstre would lose a seat in this election, although still remaining the largest party. However following election night, an utraditional agreement between the Social Democrats and the Conservatives, would see Frank Schmidt-Hansen from the Conservatives become mayor.^[3][4]

This would mark the first time since the 2007 municipal reform, that a municipality in the South Jutland constituency would have a mayor from the Conservatives. It was one of three municipalities in the constituency where the Conservatives had mayor's elected in the 2021, and it was seen as a big success for the Conservatives, who had have trouble winning mayor positions outside Greater Copenhagen and North Zealand in recent elections.^[5]

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. Vejen Municipality had 27 seats in 2021

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

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Electoral Alliance 1

Electoral Alliance 2

Electoral Alliance 3

Electoral Alliance 4