2021 Assens municipal election

2021 Assens municipal election
16 November 2021
All 29 seats to the Assens Municipal Council
15 seats needed for a majority
Turnout22,984 (70.1%)
6.0pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
V
A
C
Party Venstre Social Democrats Conservatives
Last election 13 seats, 42.0% 8 seats, 25.5% 1 seat, 4.2%
Seats won 13 8 3
Seat change 0 0 2
Popular vote 9,386 6,157 1,789
Percentage 41.7% 27.3% 7.9%
Swing 0.3% 1.8% 3.7%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
F
O
D
Party Green Left Danish People's Party The New Right
Last election 2 seats, 6.0% 3 seats, 12.3% Did Not Stand
Seats won 2 1 1
Seat change 0 2 1
Popular vote 1.459 1,163 889
Percentage 6.5% 5.2% 4.0%
Swing 0.5% 7.1% New
  Seventh party Eighth party
 
Ø
B
Party Red–Green Alliance Social Liberals
Last election 1 seat, 3.5% 1 seat, 3.0%
Seats won 1 0
Seat change 0 1
Popular vote 764 552
Percentage 3.4% 2.4%
Swing 0.1% 0.6%
Mayor before election

Søren Steen Andersen
Venstre

Mayor after election

Søren Steen Andersen
Venstre

Despite Venstre having failed to become the largest party in Assens Municipality for all Danish general elections since the 2007 municipal reform , they became the biggest party in both the 2013 Assens Municipal Election and the 2017 Assens Municipal Election.[1]

Søren Steen Andersen from Venstre was seeking a third term for this election. This was announced in September 2020, when Venstre voted in favor of it.[2]

In the election, Venstre would once again become the biggest party with 13 seats. The parties of the traditional blue bloc would win 18 of 29 seats. On December 1, 2021, it was announced that the Social Democrats, Conservatives and Venstre had made a new constitution, remarkbly without the Green Left, who left the constitution after one of their members left the party in protest. [3] 4 days later, it was announced that the Social Democrats also had left the constitution negotiations. This meant that only Venstre and the Conservatives were back. However they had 16 seats and maintained a majority. [4] Then on 8 December, 2021, it was confirmed that Søren Steen Andersen had secured a third term. [5]

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. Assens Municipality had 29 seats in 2021

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

Electoral alliances

Source[6]

Electoral Alliance 1

Party Political alignment
B Social Liberals Centre to Centre-left
F Green Left Centre-left to Left-wing
Å The Alternative Centre-left to Left-wing

Electoral Alliance 2

Party Political alignment
A Social Democrats Centre-left
Ø Red–Green Alliance Left-wing to Far-Left

Electoral Alliance 3

Party Political alignment
C Conservatives Centre-right
O Danish People's Party Right-wing to Far-right

Electoral Alliance 4

Party Political alignment
D New Right Right-wing to Far-right
V Venstre Centre-right
Z De LokalNationale Local politics

Results by polling station

H = SocialKonservative Assens
M = Vi Lokale Demokrater
Z = De LokalNationale

Division A B C D F H M O V Z Æ Ø Å
% % % % % % % % % % % % %
Assens 31.2 2.0 10.3 3.3 4.8 0.2 0.1 5.0 37.5 0.3 0.7 4.3 0.4
Ebberup 30.4 1.5 7.9 3.3 6.0 0.0 0.0 6.1 41.3 0.0 0.2 2.5 0.9
Turup 21.1 2.8 4.3 1.1 7.5 0.0 0.2 7.7 49.2 0.0 0.6 3.2 2.2
Salbrovad 19.1 2.2 12.4 4.7 5.3 0.0 0.2 6.3 44.2 0.2 0.6 3.3 1.4
Glamsbjerg/Søllested 30.6 2.4 6.3 3.6 8.6 0.1 0.2 7.8 34.3 0.2 0.3 3.7 2.0
Orte/Ørsted 22.1 2.8 8.1 4.3 10.1 0.1 0.4 5.4 41.1 0.0 0.3 4.7 0.7
Rørup 20.2 20.5 1.6 5.4 3.2 0.3 0.0 9.7 36.7 0.0 1.1 1.3 0.0
Aarup/Kerte 29.1 3.3 6.8 3.7 5.1 0.0 0.2 4.9 43.0 0.1 0.5 3.0 0.3
Flemløse 22.7 0.9 12.4 5.8 3.9 0.0 0.4 8.1 40.3 0.4 0.6 3.6 1.1
Køng 24.7 5.9 5.3 3.6 7.3 0.2 0.0 6.7 41.4 0.2 0.4 4.1 0.4
Vissenbjerg 24.4 1.6 4.8 5.1 6.5 0.1 1.1 4.7 46.7 0.2 0.2 4.2 0.6
Dreslette/Helnæs 23.3 1.3 10.3 2.2 5.9 0.0 0.0 4.5 47.4 0.2 0.5 3.6 0.8
Tommerup 21.5 2.0 5.0 5.1 10.4 0.1 0.1 2.7 49.9 0.5 0.5 1.8 0.5
Brylle 26.2 1.2 12.3 4.5 7.2 0.0 0.1 4.2 41.0 0.2 0.4 1.9 0.7
Jordløse 21.5 3.0 11.6 4.4 4.1 0.0 0.0 6.3 39.4 0.0 0.8 7.2 1.7
Haarby 27.9 1.0 11.3 3.4 3.7 0.2 0.1 4.3 46.0 0.2 0.2 1.6 0.1
Tommerup St 36.5 3.5 7.7 2.4 11.7 0.0 0.0 2.9 30.0 0.1 0.2 4.0 1.0
Verninge/Nårup 24.7 1.5 5.3 6.5 6.0 0.2 0.1 4.7 47.8 0.1 0.4 2.4 0.2

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Assens Municipality
Venstre9,38641.66130
Social Democrats6,15727.3380
Conservatives1,7897.943+2
Green Left1,4596.4820
Danish People's Party1,1635.161-2
The New Right8893.951New
Red–Green Alliance7643.3910
Social Liberals5522.450-1
The Alternative1580.7000
Freedom List950.420New
Vi Lokale Demokrater[a]570.250New
De LokalNationale[a]420.190New
SocialKonservative Assens180.080New
Total22,529100.00290
Valid votes22,52998.02
Invalid votes980.43
Blank votes3571.55
Total votes22,984100.00
Registered voters/turnout32,78070.12
Source: KMD

Notes

  1. ^ a b Local party in Assens

References

  1. ^ "Valgresultater fra tidligere valg: | Nyheder". KMDValg (in Danish). Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Borgmester genvalgt som spidskandidat: - Man skal stå tidligt op, hvis man skal udfordre ham | Nyheder". fyens (in Danish). September 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  3. ^ "SF mister vigtig post: Venstre, Konservative og Socialdemokratiet har lavet ny konstituering udenom SF | Nyheder". fyens (in Danish). December 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Socialdemokratiet forlader konstitueringsaftale - beskylder borgmesteren for 'kammerateri' | Nyheder". tv2fyn (in Danish). Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Nu har det nye Byråd i Assens Kommune fordelt posterne | Nyheder". assens (in Danish). Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  6. ^ "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd den 16. november 2021 | Nyheder" (PDF). dst (in Danish). Retrieved 9 June 2025.
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