2021 Vallensbæk municipal election

2021 Vallensbæk municipal election
16 November 2021

All 15 seats to the Vallensbæk Municipal Council
8 seats needed for a majority
Turnout8,147 (66.0%)
5.1%
  First party Second party Third party
 
C
A
O
Party Conservatives Social Democrats Danish People's Party
Last election 8 seats, 51.1% 5 seats, 25.4% 2 seats, 9.1%
Seats won 9 3 1
Seat change 1 2.0 % 1.0%
Popular vote 4,321 1,669 508
Percentage 53.9% 20.8% 6.3%
Swing 2.8 % 4.6 % 2.8%

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Ø
F
Party Red–Green Alliance Green Left
Last election 0 seats, 3.5% 0 seats, 1.8%
Seats won 1 1
Seat change 1.0% 1.0%
Popular vote 375 332
Percentage 4.7% 4.1%
Swing 1.2% 2.3 %

Mayor before election

Henrik Rasmussen
Conservatives

Mayor after election

Henrik Rasmussen
Conservatives

Since 1970 the Conservatives had held the mayor's position in the municipality.

In Henrik Rasmussen had secured his 2nd full term[a] after the Conservatives won 8 seats and an absolute majority.[1]

In this election Conservatives would gain 1 seat, and win 9 of the 15 seats. Therefore Henrik Rasmussen had an easy path to continue as the mayor, and would do so.[2][3]

This would be the only election that Venstre would not contest. This may have been a result of having failed to win representation in the 2017 election.

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. Vallensbæk Municipality had 9 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
D New Right Right-wing to Far-right
O Danish People's Party Right-wing to Far-right

Electoral Alliance 2

Party Political alignment
B Social Liberals Centre to Centre-left
F Green Left Centre-left to Left-wing
Ø Red–Green Alliance Left-wing to Far-Left

Results by polling station

T = VallensbækListen

Division A B C D F O T Ø
% % % % % % % %
Vallensbæk Skole, Multisalen 20.3 2.4 51.1 2.8 4.2 5.6 7.5 6.1
Egholmskolen 20.9 1.9 55.6 2.2 4.8 5.8 4.8 3.9
Pilehaveskolen 21.1 3.0 54.5 2.6 3.5 7.3 3.8 4.3

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Vallensbæk Municipality
Conservatives4,32153.889+1
Social Democrats1,66920.813-2
Danish People's Party5086.331-1
VallensbækListen4175.200New
Red–Green Alliance3754.681+1
Green Left3324.141+1
New Right2022.520New
Social Liberals1952.4300
Total8,019100.00150
Valid votes8,01998.43
Invalid votes510.63
Blank votes770.95
Total votes8,147100.00
Registered voters/turnout12,34466.00
Source: KMD[5]

Notes

  1. ^ He was also mayor from 2010 to 2013 after taking over from Kurt Hockerup

References

  1. ^ "Fakta: Her er borgmestrene på plads | Nyheder" [Facts: Here the mayors are in place]. jyllands-posten (in Danish). 21 November 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Valgresultater | Nyheder" [Election results]. dr.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Kommunalbestyrelsen | Nyheder" [The municipal board]. vallensbaek (in Danish). Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd den 16. november 2021 | Nyheder" (PDF). dst (in Danish). Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  5. ^ "Kommunalvalg den 16. november 2021" [Municipal elections on 16 November 2021]. kmdvalg.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 17 February 2023.