2021 Esbjerg municipal election

2021 Esbjerg municipal election
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All 31 seats to the Esbjerg Municipal Council
16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout59,147 (64.6%)
Decrease 4.9pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
V
A
F
Party Venstre Social Democrats Green Left
Last election 11 seats, 32.2% 11 seats, 30.5% 2 seats, 6.0%
Seats won 13 9 3
Seat change Increase 2 Decrease 2 Increase 1
Popular vote 21,285 15,920 5,553
Percentage 36.6% 27.4% 9.6%
Swing Increase 4.4% Decrease 3.1% Increase 3.6%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
C
D
B
Party Conservatives The New Right Danish Social Liberal Party
Last election 1 seat, 4.2% 0 seats, 1.0% 1 seat, 3.0%
Seats won 3 1 1
Seat change Increase 2 Increase 1 0
Popular vote 4,707 2,549 2,124
Percentage 8.1% 4.4% 3.6%
Swing Increase 3.9% Increase 3.4% Increase 0.6%
  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
O
Ø
E
Party Danish People's Party Red–Green Alliance Borgerlisten
Last election 3 seats, 8.6% 1 seat, 4.1% 1 seat, 4,9%
Seats won 1 0 0
Seat change Decrease 2 Decrease 1 Decrease 1
Popular vote 2,122 1,476 1,104
Percentage 3.6% 2.5% 1.9%
Swing Decrease 5% Decrease 1.6% Increase 3.0%
Mayor before election

Jesper Frost Rasmussen
Venstre

Mayor after election

Jesper Frost Rasmussen
Venstre

Unlike the 4 other largest municipalities of Denmark, Esbjerg, the 5th largest, is less of a stronghold for parties of the traditional red bloc, and is more of a slightly blue[a] municipality.[1]

However, the Social Democrats targeted the municipality for a potential flip of the mayor position, after Venstre had held it since 1994. Political analyst Hans Redder argued that the Social Democrats saw it as a traditional labour municipality. Added to that, the blue bloc won 16 seats against 15 in the last election.[2]

This attempt by the Social Democrats failed in a fairly large scale . They lost 2 sets, while Venstre gained 2, and the blue bloc went from 16 to 18 seats. It later confirmed that Jesper Frost Rasmussen from Venstre would continue for a second term.[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. Esbjerg 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 Position
Social Democrats Centre-left
Green Left Centre-left to Left-wing
Red–Green Alliance Left-wing to Far-left

Electoral Alliance 2

Party Political Position
Conservatives Centre-right
The New Right Right-wing
Borgerlisten Local Party
Liberal Alliance Centre-right to Right-wing
Christian Democrats Centre to Centre-right
Danish People's Party Right-wing
Esbjerglisten Local Party
Venstre Centre-right

Results by polling station

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Esbjerg Municipality
Venstre21,28536.6213+2
Social Democrats15,92027.399-2
Green Left5,5539.553+1
Conservatives4,7078.103+2
The New Right2,5494.391+1
Danish Social Liberal Party2,1243.6510
Danish People's Party2,1223.651-2
Red–Green Alliance1,4762.540-1
Borgerlisten[b]1,1041.900-1
Esbjerglisten4040.700New
Liberal Alliance3980.6800
Christian Democrats3150.540New
Freedom List1500.260New
Partifrit Samfund[b]220.040New
Total58,129100.00310
Valid votes58,12998.28
Invalid votes2350.40
Blank votes7831.32
Total votes59,147100.00
Registered voters/turnout92,15764.18
Source: KMD

Notes

  1. ^ for parties of the blue bloc
  2. ^ a b Local party in Esbjerg

References

  1. ^ "FVKOM: Folketingsvalg efter valgresultat og kommuner | Nyheder". statistikbanken (in Danish). Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Her er de 10 største gysere ved kommunalvalget | Nyheder". tv2 (in Danish). 10 November 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Esbjerg Kommunes nye byråd har fordelt poster og udvalg mellem sig | Nyheder". ritzau (in Danish). Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd den 16. november 2021 | Nyheder" (PDF). dst (in Danish). Retrieved 28 January 2023.