2021 Herning municipal election

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All 31 seats to the Herning Municipal Council 16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	48,214 (68.8%) 5.4pp
First party Second party Third party   V A H Party Venstre Social Democrats Borgerlisten Last election 19 seats, 55.6% 5 seats, 16.8% Did not stand Seats won 17 4 2 Seat change 2 1 2 Popular vote 24.062 6,942 3,148 Percentage 50.5% 14.6% 6.6% Swing 5.1% 2.2% New   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   B F C Party Danish Social Liberal Party Green Left Conservatives Last election 1 seats, 5.0% 1 seats, 4.3% 2 seats, 4.2% Seats won 2 2 2 Seat change 1 1 0 Popular vote 2,838 2,228 2,162 Percentage 6.0% 4.7% 4.5% Swing 1.0% 0.4% 0.3%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   K O Ø Party Christian Democrats Danish People's Party Red–Green Alliance Last election 1 seat, 3.2% 1 seat, 5.7% 1 seat, 2.2% Seats won 1 1 0 Seat change 0 0 1 Popular vote 2,157 1,443 805 Percentage 4.5% 3.0% 1.7% Swing 1.3% 2.7% 0.5%
Mayor before election Lars Krarup Venstre Mayor after election Dorte West Venstre

Since the 2007 municipal reform, Venstre had always had an absolute majority of seats in Herning Municipality. On November 30, 2020, Lars Krarup, mayor at the time, announced his resignation, and cited that he did it to make room for Dorte West. ^[1] Despite losing 2 seats, Venstre would once again win an absolute majority of seats, and it was later announced that Dorte West would continue as mayor, which she had been since Lars Krarup stepped down. ^[2]

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. Herning Municipality had 31 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