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2021 Vejen municipal election

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2021 Vejen municipal election
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All 27 seats to the Vejen Municipal Council
14 seats needed for a majority
Turnout22,809 (68.3%)
Decrease 3.6pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
V
A
C
Party Venstre Social Democrats Conservatives
Last election 10 seats, 35.5% 8 seats, 28.3% 4 seats, 13.8%
Seats won 9 8 6
Seat change Decrease 1 0 Increase 2
Popular vote 6,888 6,290 5,229
Percentage 30.8% 28.1% 23.3%
Swing Decrease 4.7% Decrease 0.2% Increase 9.5%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
D
F
O
Party The New Right Green Left Danish People's Party
Last election 0 seats, 1.4% 1 seat, 2.9% 2 seats, 9.6%
Seats won 1 1 1
Seat change Increase 1 0 Decrease 1
Popular vote 1,019 772 740
Percentage 4.6% 3.4% 3.3%
Swing Increase 3.2% Increase 0.5% Decrease 6.3%

  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
L
Ø
I
Party Liberal Borgerliste Red–Green Alliance Liberal Alliance
Last election 0 seats, 0% 1 seat, 4.1% 1 seat, 3.2%
Seats won 1 0 0
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 1 Decrease 1
Popular vote 588 407 75
Percentage 2.6% 1.8% 0.3%
Swing Increase 2.6% Decrease 2.3% Decrease 2.9%

Mayor before election

Egon Fræhr
Venstre

Mayor after election

Frank Schmidt-Hansen
Conservatives

Ever since the 2007 municipal reform, Egon Fræhr from Venstre had been mayor of Vejen Municiaplity. He announced in 2020 that he would not stand for re-election.[1]

Instead Morten Thorøe would be the candidate from Venstre for this election.[2]

Venstre would lose a seat in this election, although still remaining the largest party. However following election night, an utraditional agreement between the Social Democrats and the Conservatives, would see Frank Schmidt-Hansen from the Conservatives become mayor.[3][4]

This would mark the first time since the 2007 municipal reform, that a municipality in the South Jutland constituency would have a mayor from the Conservatives. It was one of three municipalities in the constituency where the Conservatives had mayor's elected in the 2021, and it was seen as a big success for the Conservatives, who had have trouble winning mayor positions outside Greater Copenhagen and North Zealand in recent elections.[5]

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. Vejen Municipality had 27 seats in 2021

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

Electoral alliances

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Source[6]

Electoral Alliance 1

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

Electoral Alliance 2

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

Electoral Alliance 3

Party Political Position
The New Right Right-wing
Liberal Borgerliste Right-wing

Electoral Alliance 4

Party Political Position
Danish Social Liberal Party Centre to Centre-left
Danish People's Party Right-wing
Venstre Centre-right

Results by polling station

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Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Vejen Municipality
Venstre6,88830.759-1
Social Democrats6,29028.0880
Conservatives5,22923.346+2
The New Right1,0194.551+1
Green Left7723.4510
Danish People's Party7403.301-1
Liberal Borgerliste [a]5882.620New
Red–Green Alliance4071.820-1
Danish Social Liberal Party3921.7500
Liberal Alliance750.330-1
Total22,400100.00260
Valid votes22,40098.21
Invalid votes1130.50
Blank votes2961.30
Total votes22,809100.00
Registered voters/turnout33,39768.30
Source: KMD

Notes

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  1. ^ Local party in Vejen

References

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  1. ^ "Vejens borgmester gennem årtier genopstiller ikke | Nyheder". altinget (in Danish). 7 April 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  2. ^ "47-årige Morten Thorøe skal genvinde borgmesterposten for Venstre: – Jeg vil kæmpe for det, jeg tror på | Nyheder". jv (in Danish). 12 November 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Se video: Frank Schmidt-Hansen er Vejen Kommunes nye borgmester | Nyheder". jv (in Danish). 17 November 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Nu ændres livet for Frank og Fræhr | Nyheder". tvsyd (in Danish). Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Konservative når delmål med borgmestre vest for Storebælt | Nyheder". berlingske (in Danish). 17 November 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  6. ^ "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd den 16. november 2021 | Nyheder" (PDF). dst (in Danish). Retrieved 28 January 2023.