2021 Varde municipal election
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All 25 seats to the Varde Municipal Council 13 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Varde was the municipality where the traditional blue bloc got the 4th highest % of vote share in the 2019 Danish general election.[1] Venstre had won a majority of seats in 2009 and 2013, but had come one short in 2017, although they still had managed to find a majority that would support them holding the mayor position.[2]
In 2020, Erik Buhl Nielsen from Venstre, who had been mayor for the last 2 terms, announced that would not stand for a third term.[3] Instead Mads Sørensen would be the candidate from Venstre. He would succeed in being elected for the mayor position, despite Venstre losing 2 seats, and thus receiving their worst election result since the 2007 municipal reform. The traditional blue bloc itself would gain 2 seats.[4]
The Christian Democrats would win its first seat in the municipality since the 2007 municipal reform, and it would be the only seat they would win in a municipality from the South Jutland constituency.[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. Varde Municipality had 25 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| A | Social Democrats | Centre-left | |
| B | Social Liberals | Centre to Centre-left | |
Electoral Alliance 2
| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| E | E-Borgergruppen | Local politics | |
| L | Lokallisten 2017 | Local politics | |
Electoral Alliance 3
| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| F | Green Left | Centre-left to Left-wing | |
| Ø | Red–Green Alliance | Left-wing to Far-Left | |
Electoral Alliance 4
| 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 | |
Results by polling station
E = E-Borgergruppen
U = Udviklingslisten
| Division | A | B | C | D | E | F | I | K | L | O | U | V | Ø |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
| Varde By | 28.7 | 2.8 | 14.9 | 4.2 | 2.0 | 3.6 | 0.9 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 29.3 | 1.1 |
| Sig | 20.2 | 1.6 | 11.1 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 5.1 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 3.6 | 1.3 | 50.4 | 0.7 |
| Billum | 20.8 | 1.6 | 25.6 | 8.6 | 1.1 | 4.1 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 5.2 | 0.0 | 28.3 | 1.1 |
| Tinghøj | 16.0 | 2.9 | 16.0 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 2.7 | 0.4 | 4.0 | 2.7 | 42.9 | 0.2 |
| Lunde | 16.7 | 1.3 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 1.4 | 6.2 | 1.9 | 4.3 | 1.3 | 7.5 | 0.3 | 39.4 | 0.8 |
| Janderup | 18.9 | 4.1 | 20.5 | 7.0 | 0.9 | 5.4 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 0.8 | 5.0 | 0.7 | 31.1 | 1.1 |
| Alslev | 24.7 | 1.4 | 8.5 | 5.2 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 5.1 | 1.2 | 47.3 | 0.8 |
| Nørre Nebel | 22.4 | 1.9 | 14.4 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 6.0 | 0.2 | 38.3 | 1.6 |
| Henne | 18.6 | 2.7 | 21.1 | 6.3 | 2.5 | 6.1 | 0.7 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 0.5 | 32.9 | 1.1 |
| Outrup | 19.1 | 2.0 | 16.0 | 4.9 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 2.6 | 1.1 | 6.0 | 1.1 | 42.9 | 0.8 |
| Oksbøl | 15.4 | 1.4 | 47.7 | 5.1 | 0.8 | 3.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 3.4 | 0.2 | 20.2 | 0.9 |
| Fåborg | 11.8 | 3.8 | 12.1 | 3.8 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 7.4 | 0.0 | 54.4 | 1.9 |
| Agerbæk | 11.9 | 12.4 | 7.8 | 3.5 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 52.6 | 0.8 |
| Årre | 14.7 | 3.1 | 6.0 | 7.1 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 59.5 | 0.6 |
| Blåvand | 16.7 | 1.2 | 49.2 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 4.9 | 0.3 | 21.6 | 1.8 |
| Næsbjerg | 33.2 | 2.9 | 19.0 | 4.9 | 0.6 | 3.2 | 0.8 | 3.5 | 0.9 | 4.2 | 0.3 | 25.9 | 0.6 |
| Starup | 9.1 | 20.3 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 2.9 | 0.7 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 53.0 | 0.2 |
| Nordenskov | 16.9 | 3.4 | 14.8 | 4.5 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 6.2 | 0.4 | 44.5 | 1.0 |
| Ølgod | 16.7 | 1.8 | 7.9 | 3.9 | 0.3 | 2.7 | 0.6 | 9.1 | 1.2 | 3.6 | 0.2 | 51.2 | 0.7 |
| Skovlund | 8.5 | 3.5 | 30.3 | 6.1 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 37.7 | 0.9 |
| Ansager | 11.0 | 1.5 | 15.7 | 4.5 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 5.1 | 10.1 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 48.0 | 0.7 |
| Tistrup | 20.4 | 1.9 | 8.5 | 3.6 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 3.8 | 0.2 | 55.9 | 0.5 |
| Horne | 17.1 | 1.2 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 3.3 | 0.2 | 64.0 | 0.2 |
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Varde Municipality | |||||
| Venstre | 10,351 | 39.10 | 10 | -2 | |
| Social Democrats | 5,461 | 20.63 | 6 | 0 | |
| Conservatives | 4,325 | 16.34 | 5 | +4 | |
| New Right | 1,220 | 4.61 | 1 | New | |
| Danish People's Party | 1,196 | 4.52 | 1 | -1 | |
| Christian Democrats | 856 | 3.23 | 1 | +1 | |
| Green Left | 821 | 3.10 | 1 | +1 | |
| Social Liberals | 800 | 3.02 | 0 | -1 | |
| Udvikingslisten[a] | 397 | 1.50 | 0 | New | |
| E-Borgergruppen[b] | 346 | 1.31 | 0 | New | |
| Lokallisten 2017[c] | 284 | 1.07 | 0 | -2 | |
| Red–Green Alliance | 240 | 0.91 | 0 | 0 | |
| Liberal Alliance | 177 | 0.67 | 0 | -1 | |
| Total | 26,474 | 100.00 | 25 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 26,474 | 98.26 | |||
| Invalid votes | 138 | 0.51 | |||
| Blank votes | 332 | 1.23 | |||
| Total votes | 26,944 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 39,382 | 68.42 | |||
| Source: KMD | |||||
Notes
References
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- ^ "Varde skal have ny borgmester: Erik Buhl genopstiller ikke | Nyheder". tvsyd (in Danish). Retrieved 5 February 2023.
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