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2021 Lolland municipal election (Denmark)

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2021 Lolland municipal election (Denmark)
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All 25 seats to the Lolland Municipal Council
13 seats needed for a majority
Turnout20,820 (63.1%)
Decrease 5.5%
  First party Second party Third party
 
A
V
H
Party Social Democrats Venstre Din Stemme
Last election 11 seats, 39.6% 5 seats, 16.5% 2 seats, 7.8%
Seats won 12 5 2
Seat change Increase 1 0 0
Popular vote 8,686 3,911 1,524
Percentage 41.7% 18.8% 7.3%
Swing Increase 2.1% Increase 2.3% Decrease 0.5%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
L
O
C
Party Lokalisten Lolland Danish People's Party Conservatives
Last election 2 seats, 9.7% 3 seats, 10.1% 0 seats, 1.9%
Seats won 1 1 1
Seat change Decrease 1 Decrease 2 Increase 1
Popular vote 1,079 1,078 966
Percentage 5.2% 5.2% 4.6%
Swing Decrease 4.5% Decrease 4.9% Increase 2.7%

  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
F
Ø
N
Party Green Left Red–Green Alliance Nakskov Listen
Last election 1 seat, 5.2% 1 seat, 4.1% 0 seats, 0%
Seats won 1 1 1
Seat change 0 0 Increase 1
Popular vote 840 821 740
Percentage 4.0% 3.9% 3.6%
Swing Decrease 1.2% Decrease 0.2% Increase 3.6%

Mayor before election

Holger Schou Rasmussen
Social Democrats

Mayor after election

Holger Schou Rasmussen
Social Democrats

The Social Democrats have since the 2007 municipal reform held the mayor's position in Lolland municipality. They've always been the largest party by number of seats, however both them and Venstre had nine seats in 2014–2017.

In the previous election the Social Democrats had won 11 seats, 6 more than second-place Venstre. The traditional red bloc had therefore 13 of the 25 seats, and a majority. This led to Holger Schou Rasmussen from the Social Democrats becoming mayor.[1] He would stand for re-election in this election, and for a third term. It was expected that he would have success.[2][3]

Once again the Social Democrats would become the biggest party, and ended up only one short of an absolute majority. Fellow red bloc parties, Green Left and Red–Green Alliance, would decrease their vote share by 1.2 and 0.2 points respectively, however none of them lost a seat. Therefore, there were 14 red seats, and Holger Schou Rasmussen was in pole position to win a third term. It was eventually confirmed that he would continue as mayor.[4]

In November 2022 Eric Steffensen switched party affiliation from Danish People's Party to the Social Democrats, and this means that the Social Democrats currently holds 13 seats and an absolute majority in Lolland's municipal council.[5][6]

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. Lolland Municipality had 25 seats in 2021

Unlike in Danish general elections, in municipal elections electoral alliances are allowed.

Electoral alliances

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Source[7]

Electoral alliance 1

Party Political position
Green Left Centre-left to Left-wing
Red–Green Alliance Left-wing to Far-left

Electoral alliance 2

Party Political position
Danish Social Liberal Party Centre to Centre-left
Lokallisten Lolland Local Party

Electoral alliance 3

Party Political position
Vestfronten Local party
Nakskov listen Local party

Electoral Alliance 4

Party Political position
Danish People's Party Rightwing
Venstre Centre-right

Results by polling station

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Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Lolland Municipality
Social Democrats8,68641.7212+1
Venstre3,91118.7850
Din Stemme[a]1,5247.3220
Lokallisten Lolland1,0795.181-1
Danish People's Party1,0785.181-2
Conservatives9664.641+1
Green Left8404.0310
Red–Green Alliance8213.9410
Nakskov listen[a]7403.551New
New Right6723.2300
Vestfronten[a]3561.710New
Danish Social Liberal Party1470.7100
Total20,820100.00250
Valid votes20,82098.02
Invalid votes1020.48
Blank votes3181.50
Total votes21,240100.00
Registered voters/turnout33,68563.05
Source: KMD

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Local party in Lolland

References

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  1. ^ "Fakta: Her er borgmestrene på plads | Nyheder". jyllands-posten (in Danish). 21 November 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Holger Schou har kurs mod genvalg | Nyheder". folketidende (in Danish). 10 May 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Mandag Morgens borgmesterprognose: Flest røde rådhuse efter valget | Nyheder". mandagmorgen (in Danish). 11 November 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Portræt: Lollands borgmester var på vej ud af lokalpolitik – men så fik han et godt tilbud | Nyheder". tv2east (in Danish). Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Skifter parti – nu har Socialdemokratiet absolut flertal | Nyheder". tv2øst (in Danish). Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  6. ^ "Byrådet | Nyheder". lolland (in Danish). Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  7. ^ "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd den 16. november 2021 | Nyheder" (PDF). dst (in Danish). Retrieved 28 January 2023.