2021 Odense municipal election

2021 Odense municipal election
16 November 2021
All 29 seats to the Odense Municipal Council
15 seats needed for a majority
Turnout109,398 (65.5%)
4.5pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
A
C
V
Party Social Democrats Conservatives Venstre
Last election 13 seats, 41.8% 3 seats, 8.6% 6 seats, 19.2%
Seats won 10 6 6
Seat change 3 3 0
Popular vote 33,458 19,742 19,300
Percentage 31.3% 18.5% 18.1%
Swing 10.5% 9.9% 1.1%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
F
B
Ø
Party Green Left Social Liberals Red–Green Alliance
Last election 1 seat, 5.0% 1 seat, 4.7% 2 seats, 6.6%
Seats won 2 2 2
Seat change 1 1 0
Popular vote 8,876 8,393 6,712
Percentage 8.3% 7.8% 6.3%
Swing 3.3% 3.1% 0.3%
  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
D
O
Å
Party New Right Danish People's Party The Alternative
Last election 0 seats, 0.8% 2 seats, 6.4% 1 seat, 3.1%
Seats won 1 0 0
Seat change 1 2 1
Popular vote 3,340 2,594 385
Percentage 3.1% 2.4% 0.4%
Swing 2.3% 4% 2.7%
Mayor before election

Peter Rahbæk Juhl
Social Democrats

Mayor after election

Peter Rahbæk Juhl
Social Democrats

All three elections, following the 2007 municipal reform, had resulted in the Social Democrats becoming the biggest party and having a majority behind them to hold the mayor position.

The Social Democrats had won 13 seats in the last election, just 2 short of an absolute majority. Parties of the traditional red bloc had enjoyed great success in Odense Municipality, having won 17 seats in 2009, 15 in 2013 and 18 in 2017. Therefore, it was expected that they would once again win a majority, and that Peter Rahbæk Juhl would have a second term.[1][2]

When all the votes were counted, the Social Democrats would suffer the biggest losses. They would lose 3 seats, and decrease their vote share by 10.5%. This trend was seen in the 4 largest municipalities.[3] However, both the Social Liberals and Green Left would gain a seat, and the red bloc parties would win 16 seats. A constitution was announced on 18 November 2021, which confirmed that Peter Rahbæk Juhl would continue as mayor.[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. Odense 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
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
G Vegan Party Single-issue
Ø Red–Green Alliance Left-wing to Far-Left
Å The Alternative Centre-left to Left-wing

Electoral Alliance 3

Party Political alignment
C Conservatives Centre-right
K Christian Democrats Centre to Centre-right
L Et Bedre Odense Local politics
O Danish People's Party Right-wing to Far-right
V Venstre Centre-right

Electoral Alliance 4

Party Political alignment
D New Right Right-wing to Far-right
E Lokalisten Nyt Odense Local politics
I Liberal Alliance Centre-right to Right-wing
J Liberaterne Local politics
Z De LokalNationale Local politics

Results by polling station

E = Lokalisten Nyt Odense
J = Liberaterne
L = Et Bedre Odense
Z = De LokalNationale

Division A B C D E F G I J K L O V Z Æ Ø Å
% % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % %
Skt. Jørgens Hallen 27.9 12.6 17.1 2.3 0.1 9.3 0.6 1.3 0.9 0.4 0.2 1.4 15.0 0.1 0.3 10.1 0.6
Sct. Hans Skole 36.8 9.1 13.9 2.9 0.1 10.1 0.4 1.0 1.3 0.4 0.3 2.3 13.4 0.1 0.2 7.5 0.4
Risingskolen 36.4 9.1 12.5 2.5 0.2 10.4 0.4 0.7 1.0 0.4 0.3 2.2 13.0 0.2 0.4 9.4 0.9
Munkebjergskolen 29.0 11.4 17.1 2.2 0.1 8.3 0.5 1.3 1.1 0.3 0.4 1.5 18.6 0.1 0.2 7.4 0.4
Fraugde Fritidscenter 30.7 6.8 19.1 4.7 0.2 6.8 0.3 0.8 1.4 0.5 0.8 3.9 18.5 0.1 0.2 4.6 0.6
Fjordager-Hallen 42.4 4.3 15.2 3.8 0.2 8.1 0.3 0.4 1.2 0.2 0.2 4.0 14.3 0.1 0.2 4.9 0.3
Agedrup Skole 39.6 2.6 17.3 7.4 0.1 5.7 0.1 0.6 1.4 0.1 0.2 3.9 18.3 0.1 0.1 2.1 0.3
Ejerslykkeskolen 39.8 7.7 11.9 2.9 0.1 8.8 0.6 1.1 1.1 0.5 0.5 2.4 12.9 0.3 0.3 8.4 0.7
Seniorhus Odense 25.0 14.8 15.8 2.1 0.0 8.8 0.6 1.7 1.0 0.2 0.2 0.8 18.0 0.1 0.3 9.9 0.7
CSV-Skolen 39.0 6.7 13.5 3.1 0.2 8.4 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.3 0.3 3.5 14.5 0.3 0.3 7.2 0.4
Lumby Skole 27.2 3.4 20.2 6.6 0.0 7.2 0.2 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.2 5.3 22.3 0.3 0.5 5.3 0.5
Stige Skole 34.1 3.1 20.3 3.8 0.1 6.7 0.2 0.7 1.4 0.3 0.3 3.5 21.2 0.3 0.2 3.6 0.3
Paarup Hallen 29.4 4.0 18.7 3.8 0.0 8.0 0.3 1.0 1.1 0.6 0.3 2.4 26.4 0.5 0.1 3.3 0.2
Tarup Skole 30.1 5.0 19.7 2.9 0.1 9.0 0.2 0.6 1.6 0.3 0.4 2.4 23.8 0.3 0.1 3.4 0.1
Kroggårdsskolen 35.6 4.8 18.6 3.8 0.1 7.7 0.4 0.4 1.6 0.5 0.2 2.8 19.0 0.1 0.2 3.9 0.1
Spurvelundskolen 30.7 4.2 18.9 4.6 0.3 7.6 0.4 0.9 2.4 0.7 0.4 3.8 21.9 0.2 0.2 2.8 0.2
Korup Skole 31.1 4.1 21.8 4.2 0.0 6.3 0.2 1.0 1.4 0.3 0.5 3.5 22.2 0.5 0.2 2.5 0.2
Ubberud Kultur & Bevægelseshus 24.3 4.8 20.7 5.8 0.1 7.2 0.5 0.6 1.3 0.9 0.4 3.3 24.9 0.4 0.2 4.4 0.1
Rådhuset 25.4 11.8 20.9 2.1 0.1 8.0 0.7 1.3 1.5 0.3 0.3 1.3 16.9 0.1 0.2 8.7 0.3
Sct. Knuds Gymnasium 20.6 9.2 29.3 2.7 0.1 6.4 0.3 1.0 2.0 0.4 0.0 0.9 23.2 0.0 0.0 3.8 0.1
Tingløkkeskolen 28.5 7.7 23.1 2.6 0.0 9.1 0.4 1.2 1.6 0.3 0.2 1.9 19.0 0.0 0.1 4.0 0.2
Rasmus Rask-Skolen 24.7 3.8 23.7 3.9 0.1 5.6 0.2 0.8 0.9 2.1 0.4 3.0 27.6 0.2 0.1 2.8 0.1
Sanderumhallen 30.2 5.3 22.1 3.1 0.1 7.2 0.3 0.5 1.2 0.3 0.2 2.8 21.7 0.2 0.2 4.4 0.2
Rosengårdskolen 30.3 9.8 18.4 2.9 0.1 8.7 0.9 1.2 1.0 0.4 0.4 2.0 15.7 0.1 0.3 7.2 0.6
Dalumskolen 31.2 6.4 21.3 3.4 0.1 8.2 0.4 0.9 0.9 0.4 0.3 3.0 17.2 0.3 0.2 5.4 0.4
Skt. Klemensskolen 26.1 5.6 27.4 3.7 0.3 6.7 0.2 1.3 1.0 1.0 0.3 2.2 19.1 0.2 0.2 4.9 0.1
Højby Skole 29.9 5.6 21.9 3.7 0.2 7.0 0.2 0.7 0.7 0.3 0.3 3.4 20.4 0.2 0.6 4.5 0.5
Fangel Forsamlingshus 22.9 3.5 25.1 4.6 0.0 7.1 0.2 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.5 4.8 24.0 0.4 0.5 3.5 0.4
UngOdense (Tidl.Bækholmskolen) 34.4 8.2 14.2 3.5 0.2 10.6 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.3 0.3 3.3 13.5 0.3 0.4 8.7 0.4
Camp U 50.8 6.1 6.3 1.8 0.2 14.1 0.3 0.4 0.8 0.4 0.2 2.5 5.7 0.1 0.3 9.9 0.2

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Odense Municipality
Social Democrats33,45831.3010-3
Conservatives19,74218.476+3
Venstre19,30018.0660
Green Left8,8768.302+1
Social Liberals8,3937.852+1
Red–Green Alliance6,7126.2820
New Right3,3403.121+1
Danish People's Party2,5942.430-2
Liberaterne[a]1,2691.190New
Liberal Alliance1,0360.9700
Vegan Party4830.450New
Christian Democrats4560.4300
The Alternative3850.360-1
Et Bedre Odense3070.2900
Freedom List2400.220New
De LokalNationale[b]1780.170New
Lokalisten Nyt Odense1150.1100
Total106,884100.00290
Valid votes106,88497.70
Invalid votes4700.43
Blank votes2,0441.87
Total votes109,398100.00
Registered voters/turnout166,95565.53
Source: KMD

Notes

  1. ^ Local party in Odense
  2. ^ Local party in Odense

References

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  2. ^ "Borgmesterprognose: En fynsk kommune skifter borgmesterparti efter valget - og det bliver konservativt | Nyheder". tv2fyn (in Danish). Retrieved 7 February 2023.
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