2021 Aarhus municipal election

2021 Aarhus municipal election
16 November 2021
All 31 seats to the Aarhus Municipal Council
16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout196,274 (68.2%)
2.3pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
A
C
F
Party Social Democrats Conservatives Green Left
Last election 13 seats, 37.8% 1 seat, 4.2% 3 seats, 9.2%
Seats won 10 5 4
Seat change 3 4 1
Popular vote 55,295 28,077 26,439
Percentage 28.7% 14.6% 13.7%
Swing 9.1% 10.4% 4.5%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
V
Ø
B
Party Venstre Red–Green Alliance Social Liberals
Last election 6 seats, 15.3% 2 seats, 7.2% 2 seats, 8.2%
Seats won 4 3 3
Seat change 2 1 1
Popular vote 2,2835 19,044 17,761
Percentage 11.9% 9.9% 9.2%
Swing 3.4% 2.7% 1.0%
  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
D
O
I
Party New Right Danish People's Party Liberal Alliance
Last election 0 seats, 1.1% 2 seats, 6.4% 1 seat, 4.1%
Seats won 1 1 0
Seat change 1 1 1
Popular vote 6,174 5,252 3,496
Percentage 3.2% 2.7% 1.8%
Swing 2.1% 3.7% 2.3%
Result in each polling area
Mayor before election

Jacob Bundsgaard
Social Democrats

Mayor after election

Jacob Bundsgaard
Social Democrats

Being one of the strongest municipalities for parties of the traditional red bloc, Jacob Bundsgaard from the Social Democrats, who had been mayor since 2014, was expected to be re-elected in this election. In the campaign before the election, Jacob Bundsgaard did remarkably not include his party logo or name on his election posters.[1]

However, he would still suffer seat losses similar to those the Social Democrats saw in all 4 largest municipalities of Denmark in the 2021 Danish local elections.[2]

As in the 2017 Aarhus municipal election, Jacob Bundsgaard became the person to receive the most personal votes in Denmark as a whole, however he received only 19,279 compared to 39,841 in 2017.

Despite being the biggest party, the Social Democrats lost 3 seats, but the parties of the traditional red bloc won 20 of the 31 seats, and it was later announced that Jacob Bundsgaard would continue as mayor. [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. Aarhus 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 alignment
A Social Democrats Centre-left
B Social Liberals Centre to centre-left
F Green Left Centre-left to left-wing

Electoral Alliance 2

Party Political alignment
C Conservatives Centre-right
D New Right Right-wing to far-right
I Liberal Alliance Centre-right to right-wing
K Christian Democrats Centre to centre-right
O Danish People's Party Right-wing to far-right
V Venstre Centre-right

Electoral Alliance 3

Party Political alignment
G Vegan Party Single-issue
J De Grønne Local politics
Ø Red–Green Alliance Left-wing to far-Left
Å The Alternative Centre-left to left-wing

Results by polling station

(This list only includes selected parties)
H = Trivsel og Reel Borgerinddragelse
J = De Grønne
R = Kommunisterne
U = Bedre Aarhus
Æ = Egalitært Folkeparti

Division A B C D F G I H J K O R U V Y Æ Ø Å
% % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % %
Frederiksbjerg Hallerne 25.6 10.8 16.2 2.0 13.6 0.4 1.9 0.5 0.3 0.6 1.5 0.1 0.2 11.7 0.1 0.0 12.4 2.1
Lokalcenter Fr.Bjerg/Langenæs 30.2 11.6 12.3 2.5 13.1 0.7 2.0 0.4 0.2 0.8 2.4 0.1 0.2 9.4 0.2 0.1 12.2 1.6
Rundhøjhallen, Holme 32.6 6.3 16.8 4.2 12.0 0.5 1.0 0.5 0.2 0.5 3.0 0.1 0.3 12.2 0.2 0.0 8.7 0.9
Kragelundskolen, Højbjerg 27.8 9.1 16.8 2.8 12.5 0.4 1.4 0.6 0.3 0.7 2.6 0.0 0.3 13.6 0.5 0.0 9.3 1.3
Tranbjerg Skole 38.4 4.8 13.6 4.8 11.4 0.4 1.5 0.6 0.1 0.6 5.9 0.1 0.1 13.0 0.1 0.0 4.0 0.6
Rosenvangskolen, Viby J 30.1 8.0 19.3 3.2 12.9 0.3 1.6 0.8 0.2 0.5 2.5 0.0 0.3 10.7 0.1 0.0 8.2 1.0
Viby Hallen 35.4 7.5 13.9 3.7 11.1 0.6 2.1 0.7 0.3 0.7 3.6 0.1 0.2 9.2 0.1 0.1 9.3 1.3
Beder Skole 33.0 4.5 14.0 2.9 15.6 0.2 1.0 0.4 0.2 0.8 2.9 0.1 0.0 13.0 0.1 0.0 9.4 1.8
DOKK1 21.3 12.0 19.3 2.1 11.8 0.7 3.0 0.4 0.5 0.4 1.1 0.1 0.2 13.0 0.0 0.0 12.3 1.8
Malling Skole 31.9 4.7 14.5 4.1 14.2 0.5 1.0 0.4 0.2 0.4 3.7 0.1 0.1 14.3 0.2 0.0 8.8 0.9
Mårslet Skole 31.9 5.8 16.3 3.0 14.9 0.2 1.5 0.3 0.2 0.8 2.0 0.1 0.1 14.1 0.2 0.0 8.0 0.7
Solbjergskolen 26.6 4.6 15.1 5.6 10.9 0.2 1.5 0.9 0.2 1.3 4.2 0.1 0.0 23.0 0.1 0.0 5.1 0.5
Ormslev Præstegård 24.4 9.3 16.1 5.2 13.6 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.9 4.3 0.0 0.0 13.6 0.2 0.0 9.5 0.2
Hasselager Hallen 34.5 4.3 13.6 6.6 14.8 0.3 1.2 0.6 0.2 0.5 6.1 0.1 0.1 12.1 0.2 0.0 4.4 0.4
Højvangskolen, Stavtrup 33.4 6.4 13.0 4.0 13.8 0.4 0.9 1.4 0.0 0.2 3.4 0.1 0.1 13.0 0.3 0.0 9.1 0.5
Rådhushallen 22.8 12.3 16.3 1.7 12.5 0.7 3.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 1.0 0.2 0.2 13.0 0.1 0.1 12.2 2.3
Globus 1 23.0 33.6 6.3 1.8 8.7 0.5 1.4 0.1 0.5 3.2 1.9 0.2 0.3 4.8 0.2 0.0 12.2 1.3
Brabrandhallen, Brabrand 40.9 3.5 12.0 7.4 8.4 0.2 1.2 2.4 0.0 0.5 3.9 0.0 0.0 13.9 0.1 0.0 5.2 0.3
Hasle Skole 28.9 11.3 11.7 2.5 14.9 0.4 1.7 0.7 0.5 2.4 2.8 0.2 0.1 9.6 0.2 0.1 10.4 1.5
Gammelgårdskolen, Åbyhøj 32.2 8.5 12.9 2.8 16.4 0.5 1.1 0.6 0.3 1.2 2.7 0.1 0.2 9.9 0.0 0.0 9.6 0.9
Skjoldhøjskolen 33.5 9.9 9.9 3.5 11.5 0.7 1.1 1.4 0.4 1.6 4.8 0.2 0.2 9.7 0.1 0.0 10.5 0.9
VIA University College 23.1 13.2 18.3 2.1 11.1 0.6 4.0 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.9 0.1 0.2 14.8 0.1 0.1 8.5 1.6
TST Aktiv-Center, Tilst 35.3 8.5 10.3 4.3 10.0 0.7 1.1 4.7 0.4 1.5 4.0 0.0 0.1 12.3 0.2 0.0 5.8 0.7
Næshøjhallen 40.9 3.5 12.0 7.4 8.4 0.2 1.2 2.4 0.0 0.5 3.9 0.0 0.0 13.9 0.1 0.0 5.2 0.3
Skovvangskolen 26.1 11.4 11.8 2.1 17.0 0.8 1.7 0.6 0.7 0.7 1.8 0.2 0.2 7.5 0.2 0.0 14.9 2.2
Samsøgades Skole 21.9 13.8 11.5 1.4 16.0 0.6 2.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 1.2 0.1 0.3 8.5 0.2 0.1 18.4 2.8
Sabro-Korsvejskolen, Sabro 37.2 4.8 13.2 6.2 8.2 0.2 1.7 0.7 0.1 0.6 6.0 0.0 0.1 16.3 0.2 0.0 3.9 0.7
Borum Forsamlingshus 25.9 6.2 9.1 8.4 14.8 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 1.0 4.2 0.0 0.0 13.6 0.0 0.2 12.6 2.0
Møllevangskolen 29.2 10.8 12.2 2.1 14.2 0.7 2.1 0.5 0.6 0.6 2.5 0.3 0.1 7.9 0.2 0.2 13.8 1.9
Lisbjergskolen 28.6 8.9 10.3 3.9 17.0 1.0 1.3 0.4 0.6 1.6 3.9 0.0 0.4 9.5 0.4 0.0 11.3 1.1
Bellevue-Hallen 21.5 6.5 26.2 3.1 12.4 0.1 1.3 1.0 0.2 0.6 2.3 0.0 0.2 14.4 0.2 0.0 9.2 0.9
Skødstrup Hallen 27.6 4.8 13.0 4.2 15.7 0.3 1.9 0.4 0.3 0.6 3.0 0.1 0.0 22.6 0.1 0.0 4.7 0.6
Sølystskolen, Egå 29.2 4.9 21.9 3.6 10.6 0.5 1.5 1.0 0.2 0.9 3.5 0.0 0.0 15.4 0.1 0.0 6.2 0.7
Virupskolen, Hjortshøj 21.9 3.7 7.3 2.4 40.4 0.3 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.5 2.7 0.0 0.0 8.2 0.1 0.0 10.2 0.6
Bjørnshøjcentret, Trige 35.7 5.8 10.5 5.6 10.6 0.6 0.8 1.4 0.2 1.6 4.6 0.3 0.1 14.1 0.1 0.0 7.5 0.6
Spørring Fælleshus 27.3 5.4 19.6 5.2 10.6 0.3 0.7 0.5 0.0 0.7 6.2 0.2 0.0 17.0 0.3 0.0 4.7 1.2
Håruphallen 29.5 2.8 7.4 5.5 12.7 0.3 1.4 0.5 0.1 0.6 3.8 0.0 0.0 29.0 0.5 0.0 5.4 0.7
Ellevangskolen, Risskov 32.1 6.8 14.4 4.1 15.4 0.4 1.1 1.0 0.3 0.9 3.3 0.1 0.2 10.2 0.1 0.0 8.4 0.9
Åby Hallen 32.0 9.0 12.9 2.6 15.0 0.6 2.2 0.5 0.3 1.0 2.0 0.1 0.3 9.6 0.2 0.0 10.7 1.0
Center-10 29.5 15.0 8.7 2.1 15.9 0.8 1.5 0.6 0.4 1.1 2.2 0.2 0.2 7.1 0.2 0.1 13.0 1.4
Søndervangskolen, Viby J 39.1 22.0 7.0 2.8 6.8 0.1 1.5 0.3 0.6 0.5 3.0 0.1 0.4 6.3 0.3 0.0 8.7 0.5
Skåde Skole 22.3 6.1 26.6 4.5 9.6 0.8 2.3 0.8 0.3 0.4 1.9 0.1 0.2 16.7 0.3 0.1 6.1 0.9
Vorrevangskolen 39.6 6.8 6.6 3.2 17.0 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.4 1.3 3.4 0.3 0.3 4.6 0.2 0.1 13.1 1.0
Katrinebjergskolen 26.2 11.6 12.2 2.1 15.0 0.8 2.7 0.4 0.6 0.8 2.1 0.1 0.1 7.8 0.2 0.1 15.0 2.3
Lystrup Hallen 31.1 4.9 14.3 4.5 17.0 0.2 1.3 0.4 0.3 0.8 4.3 0.1 0.1 13.2 0.1 0.0 6.7 0.6
Vejlby-Risskov Hallen 28.9 11.4 12.0 2.7 15.2 0.9 2.1 0.6 0.3 1.4 2.3 0.2 0.1 8.6 0.1 0.1 11.5 1.7
Skæring Skole 26.3 4.0 21.3 5.0 11.6 0.3 1.9 0.7 0.2 0.7 4.4 0.1 0.0 17.1 0.2 0.0 5.7 0.6

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Aarhus Municipality
Social Democrats55,29528.7410-3
Conservatives28,07714.595+4
Green Left26,43913.744+1
Venstre22,83511.874-2
Red–Green Alliance19,0449.903+1
Social Liberals17,7619.233+1
New Right6,1743.211+1
Danish People's Party5,2522.731-1
Liberal Alliance3,4961.820-1
The Alternative2,5231.310-1
Christian Democrats1,5540.8100
Trivsel & Reel Borgerinddragelse[a]1,3250.6900
Vegan Party9940.520New
De Grønne[a]6510.340New
Freedom List3060.160New
Bedre Aarhus3000.160New
Kommunisterne[a]2130.110New
Egalitært Folkeparti[a]900.050New
Partiet Samfundssind[a]740.040New
Total192,403100.00310
Valid votes192,40398.03
Invalid votes8640.44
Blank votes3,0071.53
Total votes196,274100.00
Registered voters/turnout287,76768.21
Source: KMD

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e Local party in Aarhus

References

  1. ^ "Aarhus-borgmester kendes ikke ved moderpartiet på sine valgplakater | Nyheder". aarhus.lokalavisen (in Danish). Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  2. ^ "S bliver størst ved kommunalvalget trods lussinger i storbyer | Nyheder". berlingske (in Danish). Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Sådan ser konstitueringsaftalen i Aarhus ud | Nyheder". aarhus.lokalavisen (in Danish). Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd den 16. november 2021 | Nyheder" (PDF). dst (in Danish). Retrieved 6 September 2023.
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