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2021 Ringsted municipal election

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2021 Ringsted municipal election
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All 21 seats to the Ringsted Municipal Council
11 seats needed for a majority
Turnout18,273 (65.8%)
Decrease 4.5pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
V
C
A
Party Venstre Conservatives Social Democrats
Last election 6 seats, 26.6% 3 seats, 10.6% 5 seats, 24.8%
Seats won 6 6 4
Seat change 0 Increase 3 Decrease 1
Popular vote 4,649 4,487 3,761
Percentage 25.9% 25.0% 21.0%
Swing Decrease 0.7% Increase 14.4% Decrease 3.8%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
F
Ø
D
Party Green Left Red–Green Alliance New Right
Last election 1 seat, 5.2% 2 seats, 5.4% 0 seats, 1.4%
Seats won 2 1 1
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 1 Increase 1
Popular vote 1,369 1,018 770
Percentage 7.6% 5.7% 4.3%
Swing Increase 2.4% Increase 0.3% Increase 2.9%

  Seventh party Eighth party
 
O
B
Party Danish People's Party Danish Social Liberal Party
Last election 3 seats, 16.3% 1 seat, 4.7%
Seats won 1 0
Seat change Decrease 2 Decrease 1
Popular vote 674 560
Percentage 3.8% 3.1%
Swing Decrease 12.5% Decrease 1.6%

Mayor before election

Henrik Hvidesten
Venstre

Mayor after election

Henrik Hvidesten
Venstre

The 2021 Ringsted municipal election took place in Ringsted, Denmark on 16 November 2021 to elect all 21 members of the Ringsted Municipal Council. The three elections that had been held after 2007 where the 2007 municipal reform took effect, had resulted in Venstre becoming the largest party solely and winning the mayor's position.

In 2017, Venstre won 6 seats, and Henrik Hvidesten would secure a 2nd term. [1]

In this election, Henrik Hvidesten would seek a third term. While Venstre would once again with 6 seats with 25.9%, the Conservatives, with 25% of the vote, would also win 6 seats, marking the first time Venstre would fail to being the party that was individually the largest. Henrik Hvidesten would eventually become mayor, after a broad agreement with the Social Democrats, the Green Left and Danish People's Party was reached. [2] [3]


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. Ringsted Municipality had 21 seats in 2021

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

Electoral alliances

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Source[4]

Electoral Alliance 1

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

Electoral Alliance 2

Party Political Position
Danish Social Liberal Party Centre to Centre-left
Green Left Centre-left to Left-wing
Red–Green Alliance Left-wing to Far-left

Electoral Alliance 3

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

Results by polling station

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Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Ringsted Municipality
Venstre4,64925.9260
Conservatives4,48725.026+3
Social Democrats3,76120.974-1
Green Left1,3697.632+1
Red–Green Alliance1,0185.681-1
New Right7704.291+1
Danish People's Party6743.761-2
Danish Social Liberal Party5603.120-1
Christian Democrats4362.4300
Liberal Alliance1440.8000
Freedom List670.370New
Total17,935100.00210
Valid votes17,93598.15
Invalid votes890.49
Blank votes2491.36
Total votes18,273100.00
Registered voters/turnout27,76665.81
Source: KMD

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "Venstre beholder borgmesterposten i Ringsted | Nyheder". dr.dk (in Danish). 22 November 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Henrik Hvidesten bliver valgaftenens første borgmester | Nyheder". tv2øst (in Danish). Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Ringsted Byråd | Nyheder". ringsted (in Danish). Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd den 16. november 2021 | Nyheder" (PDF). dst (in Danish). Retrieved 28 January 2023.