2021 Guldborgsund municipal election
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All 29 seats to the Guldborgsund Municipal Council 15 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 33,763 (69.7%) 4.2pp | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ever since the 2007 municipal reform, and prior to this election, John Brædder from local party Guldborgsundlisten had been mayor of Guldborgsund Municipality. However it was only in the last election , that his party won the most seats.[1]
For this election, Mandag Morgen, who had made an article predicting the 98 mayors that would follow the elections, gave John Brædder and his party good chances to continue.[2]
However, the 'winners' of the election would be the Social Democrats, who managed to win 9 seats, 3 more than in 2017. On the other hand, Guldborgsundlisten lost 4 seats, and ended with 7 seats. The third biggest party would become Danish People's Party, who won 6 seats, and 19.0% of the vote, the highest in any of the 98 municipal elections in 2017. Both the blocs had won 11 seats, so the 7 seats of Guldborgsundlisten still had a chance to come into play. However, Danish People's Party ended up going together with the red bloc, and Simon Hansen could become the first mayor from a non-local party in the history[a] of the municipality.[3][4]
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. Guldborgsund Municipality had 29 seats in 2021
Unlike in Danish General Elections, in elections to municipal councils, electoral alliances are allowed.
Electoral alliances
Source[5]
Electoral Alliance 1
| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| B | Social Liberals | Centre to Centre-left | |
| K | Christian Democrats | Centre to Centre-right | |
Electoral Alliance 2
| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| F | Green Left | Centre-left to Left-wing | |
| Ø | Red–Green Alliance | Left-wing to Far-Left | |
Electoral Alliance 3
| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| L | Guldborgsundlisten | Local politics | |
| V | Venstre | Centre-right | |
| Å | The Alternative | Centre-left to Left-wing | |
Results by polling station
| Division | A | B | C | D | F | K | L | O | V | Ø | Å |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
| Byen | 26.6 | 2.8 | 6.3 | 4.0 | 6.7 | 0.2 | 27.0 | 13.8 | 6.5 | 5.8 | 0.2 |
| Østerbro | 27.2 | 2.8 | 5.8 | 3.6 | 6.1 | 0.4 | 23.7 | 18.5 | 6.7 | 4.9 | 0.3 |
| Lindeskov | 32.9 | 1.9 | 5.9 | 2.9 | 5.3 | 0.8 | 22.8 | 16.9 | 5.6 | 4.6 | 0.4 |
| Ejegod | 29.6 | 1.7 | 6.4 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 0.2 | 23.8 | 18.6 | 7.1 | 4.9 | 0.2 |
| Nysted | 28.3 | 1.8 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 0.1 | 24.8 | 16.3 | 11.0 | 4.3 | 0.7 |
| Sundby | 28.8 | 2.1 | 7.3 | 3.0 | 5.3 | 0.3 | 24.4 | 17.8 | 7.6 | 3.2 | 0.0 |
| Toreby | 25.0 | 1.6 | 7.5 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 0.1 | 22.8 | 20.1 | 10.9 | 3.1 | 0.1 |
| Kraghave | 26.8 | 1.7 | 5.6 | 6.0 | 5.4 | 0.3 | 23.5 | 19.2 | 8.3 | 3.1 | 0.3 |
| Eskilstrup | 35.8 | 2.4 | 4.2 | 5.9 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 15.1 | 22.2 | 8.7 | 2.1 | 0.3 |
| Nørre Vedby | 29.9 | 2.0 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 0.3 | 16.9 | 19.3 | 13.1 | 3.7 | 0.7 |
| Nørre Alslev | 28.1 | 1.4 | 5.4 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 0.4 | 18.8 | 20.6 | 12.9 | 4.1 | 0.5 |
| Øster Ulslev | 25.3 | 0.8 | 4.6 | 6.3 | 3.9 | 0.1 | 17.4 | 19.0 | 17.4 | 4.2 | 1.0 |
| Sakskøbing | 33.3 | 1.4 | 9.2 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 0.1 | 21.3 | 16.7 | 7.2 | 3.1 | 0.3 |
| Majbølle | 25.9 | 1.2 | 9.1 | 6.1 | 3.4 | 0.1 | 16.4 | 21.7 | 11.1 | 4.6 | 0.2 |
| Våbensted | 25.1 | 0.5 | 10.0 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 21.2 | 18.7 | 11.0 | 2.8 | 0.2 |
| Stubbekøbing | 31.2 | 1.1 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 0.7 | 23.2 | 16.8 | 7.9 | 4.3 | 0.6 |
| Gedser | 25.2 | 0.7 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 0.1 | 24.6 | 25.2 | 2.6 | 6.6 | 1.1 |
| Væggerløse | 27.3 | 1.7 | 8.6 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 0.1 | 22.9 | 23.1 | 5.9 | 2.0 | 0.5 |
| Idestrup | 25.9 | 1.3 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 0.3 | 22.5 | 24.0 | 9.3 | 2.5 | 0.2 |
| Horreby | 27.0 | 1.8 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 0.1 | 21.0 | 24.0 | 8.2 | 3.9 | 0.2 |
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guldborgsund Municipality | |||||
| Social Democrats | 9,537 | 28.87 | 9 | +3 | |
| Guldborgsundlisten | 7,344 | 22.23 | 7 | -4 | |
| Danish People's Party | 6,282 | 19.02 | 6 | -1 | |
| Venstre | 2,765 | 8.37 | 2 | -1 | |
| Conservatives | 2,069 | 6.26 | 2 | +2 | |
| Green Left | 1,560 | 4.72 | 1 | 0 | |
| New Right | 1,391 | 4.21 | 1 | +1 | |
| Red–Green Alliance | 1,288 | 3.90 | 1 | 0 | |
| Social Liberals | 588 | 1.78 | 0 | 0 | |
| The Alternative | 118 | 0.36 | 0 | 0 | |
| Christian Democrats | 91 | 0.28 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 33,033 | 100.00 | 29 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 33,033 | 97.84 | |||
| Invalid votes | 200 | 0.59 | |||
| Blank votes | 530 | 1.57 | |||
| Total votes | 33,763 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 49,877 | 67.69 | |||
| Source: KMD | |||||
Notes
- ^ counting from the 2007 municipal reform
References
- ^ "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd 21. november 2017 (page 16), listed as G | Nyheder" (PDF). Danmarks Statistik (in Danish). Retrieved 12 February 2023.
- ^ "Mandag Morgens borgmesterprognose: Flest røde rådhuse efter valget | Nyheder" [Monday morning's mayor's forecast: Most red town halls after the election]. mandagmorgen (in Danish). 11 November 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
- ^ "Guldborgsund får ny borgmester - Simon Hansen overtager posten fra John Brædder | Nyheder". tv2øst (in Danish). Retrieved 12 February 2023.
- ^ "Den politiske struktur for det kommende byråd i Guldborgsund er på plads | Nyheder". ritzau (in Danish). Retrieved 12 February 2023.
- ^ "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd den 16. november 2021 | Nyheder" (PDF). dst (in Danish). Retrieved 9 June 2025.