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2021 Ærø municipal election

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2021 Ærø municipal election
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All 15 seats to the Ærø Municipal Council
8 seats needed for a majority
Turnout4,035 (77.8%)
Decrease 2.5pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
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P
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Party Social Democrats Ærø Plus Conservatives
Last election 4 seats, 23.3% 1 seat, 10.4% 3 seats, 17.5%
Seats won 4 3 3
Seat change 0 Increase 2 0
Popular vote 853 836 550
Percentage 21.4% 21.0% 13.8%
Swing Decrease 1.9% Increase 10.6% Decrease 3.7%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
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Party Ærøs Fremtid Venstre Danish People's Party
Last election 1 seat, 10.2% 3 seats, 16.8% 2 seats, 11.7%
Seats won 1 1 1
Seat change 0 Decrease 2 Decrease 1
Popular vote 435 378 288
Percentage 10.9% 9.5% 7.2%
Swing Increase 0.7% Decrease 7.3% Decrease 4.5%

  Seventh party Eighth party
 
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Party Ærø i Centrum Green Left
Last election Did Not Stand 1 seat, 4,8%
Seats won 1 1
Seat change Increase 1 0
Popular vote 279 244
Percentage 7.0% 6.1%
Swing New Increase 1.3%

Mayor before election

Ole Wej Petersen
Social Democrats

Mayor after election

Peter Hansted
Social Democrats

The first election following the 2007 municipal reform, led to the Conservatives winning the mayor's position. However they lost it after the 2013 election, where Jørgen Otto Jørgensen from the Social Democrats took over.[1] In the previous election, Ole Wej Petersen from the Social Democrats had won the mayor's position, after Jørgen Otto Jørgensen didn't stand for re-election.[2] Once again, the Social Democrats would stand with a new candidate. This would be Peter Hansted.[3]

In the result, the Social Democrats would once again become the biggest party, with just 17 votes more than Ærø Plus, who came second. 8 of the 9 parties that stood to be elected, would win representation. Venstre would only win 9.5% of the vote, the second lowest of any municipality in the Funen constituency. Local parties would win 5 of the 15 seats, an increase of 3 compared to 2017. The traditional red bloc and the traditional blue bloc would win 5 seats each, and therefore there was no clear winner. This also meant that a traditional red or blue majority was not possible. In the end Peter Hansted would become the mayor, as a broad agreement between the Social Democrats, the Conservatives, the Green Left, Venstre and Ærø Plus was agreed on.[4]

Electoral system

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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. Ærø Municipality had 15 seats in 2021

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

Electoral alliances

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Source[5]

Electoral Alliance 1

Party Political Position
Social Democrats Centre-left
Green Left Centre-left to Left-wing

Electoral Alliance 2

Party Political Position
Danish Social Liberal Party Centre to Centre-left
Conservatives Centre-right

Results by polling station

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Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Ærø Municipality
Social Democrats85321.4340
ÆrøPlus83621.003+2
Conservatives55013.8230
Ærøs Fremtid43510.9310
Venstre3789.501-2
Danish People's Party2887.231-1
Ærø i Centrum2797.011New
Green Left2446.1310
Danish Social Liberal Party1182.960New
Total3,981100.00150
Valid votes3,98198.66
Invalid votes210.52
Blank votes330.82
Total votes4,035100.00
Registered voters/turnout5,18777.79
Source: KMD

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "Jørgen Otto Jørgensen borgmester på Ærø | Nyheder". jyllands-posten (in Danish). 20 November 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Ærø får ny borgmester, men forhandlingerne fortsætter | Nyheder". dr (in Danish). 22 November 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Ærø-borgmester giver posten videre | Nyheder". altinget (in Danish). 7 April 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Hansted ny borgmester og Venstre-leder glider ud - her er de 15 medlemmer | Nyheder". aerodagblad (in Danish). Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd den 16. november 2021 | Nyheder" (PDF). dst (in Danish). Retrieved 28 January 2023.