2021 Næstved municipal election

2021 Næstved municipal election
← 2017 16 November 2021 2025 →
All 31 seats to the Næstved Municipal Council
16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout44,132 (65.6%)
Decrease 5.6pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
A
V
C
Party Social Democrats Venstre Conservatives
Last election 13 seats, 39.4% 9 seats, 24.6% 2 seats, 6.3%
Seats won 13 6 5
Seat change 0 Decrease 3 Increase 3
Popular vote 17,006 7,800 6,665
Percentage 39.3% 18.0% 15.4%
Swing Decrease 0.1% Decrease 6.6% Increase 9.1%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
D
B
F
Party New Right Danish Social Liberal Party Green Left
Last election 0 seats, 1.3% 2 seats, 6.7% 1 seat, 3.8%
Seats won 2 2 1
Seat change Increase 2 0 0
Popular vote 2,938 2,421 2,185
Percentage 6.8% 5.6% 5.0%
Swing Increase 5.5% Decrease 1.1% Increase 1.2%
  Seventh party Eighth party
 
O
Ø
Party Danish People's Party Red–Green Alliance
Last election 2 seats, 9.1% 2 seats, 4.7%
Seats won 1 1
Seat change Decrease 1 Decrease 1
Popular vote 1,712 1,684
Percentage 4.0% 3.9%
Swing Decrease 5.1% Decrease 0.8%
Mayor before election

Carsten Rasmussen
Social Democrats

Mayor after election

Carsten Rasmussen
Social Democrats

The Social Democrats have always had a large strength in Næstved Municipality. In all the general and municipal elections since the 2007 municipal reform, they had become the largest party and held the mayor's position in the municipality. A change of the party holding the mayor's position was also not expected for this election.[1]

In the election result, the Social Democrats would once again become the largest party, and would keep the 13 seats they won in 2017. The red bloc parties won 17 of the 31 seats, which made it likely that Carsten Rasmussen would win a third term. This would mean that the party could celebrate 106 years of rule in 2025.[a].[2] It was eventually confirmed that a third term had been secured. [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. Næstved 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
Danish Social Liberal Party Centre to Centre-left
Green Left Centre-left to Left-wing
Vegan Party Centre-left to Left-wing
Red–Green Alliance Left-wing to Far-left
The Alternative Centre-left to Left-wing

Electoral Alliance 2

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

Electoral Alliance 3

Party Political Position
Conservatives Centre-right
New Right Right-wing
Liberal Alliance Centre-right to Right-wing

Results by polling station

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Næstved Municipality
Social Democrats17,00639.32130
Venstre7,80018.036-3
Conservatives6,66515.415+3
New Right2,9386.792+2
Danish Social Liberal Party2,4215.6020
Green Left2,1855.0510
Danish People's Party1,7123.961-1
Red–Green Alliance1,6843.891-1
Liberal Alliance5691.3200
Vegan Party1200.280New
The Alternative1090.2500
Udenfor[b]420.100New
Total43,251100.00310
Valid votes43,25198.00
Invalid votes2130.48
Blank votes6681.51
Total votes44,132100.00
Registered voters/turnout67,25465.62
Source: KMD

Notes

  1. ^ The municipality was altered and enlargened in the 2007 municipal reform
  2. ^ Local party in Næstved

References

  1. ^ "Mandag Morgens borgmesterprognose: Flest røde rådhuse efter valget | Nyheder". Mandag Morgen (in Danish). Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Portræt: Carsten blev borgmester ved et tilfælde - og har været danmarksmester i banko | Nyheder". tv2øst (in Danish). Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Byråd og politiske udvalg | Nyheder". naestved (in Danish). Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd den 16. november 2021 | Nyheder" (PDF). dst (in Danish). Retrieved 28 January 2023.