2021 Ærø municipal election

2021 Ærø municipal election

16 November 2021
All 15 seats to the Ærø Municipal Council 8 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	4,035 (77.8%) 2.5pp
First party Second party Third party   A P C Party Social Democrats Ærø Plus Conservatives Last election 4 seats, 23.3% 1 seat, 10.4% 3 seats, 17.5% Seats won 4 3 3 Seat change 0 2 0 Popular vote 853 836 550 Percentage 21.4% 21.0% 13.8% Swing 1.9% 10.6% 3.7%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Æ V O Party Ærøs Fremtid Venstre Danish People's Party Last election 1 seat, 10.2% 3 seats, 16.8% 2 seats, 11.7% Seats won 1 1 1 Seat change 0 2 1 Popular vote 435 378 288 Percentage 10.9% 9.5% 7.2% Swing 0.7% 7.3% 4.5%   Seventh party Eighth party   M F Party Ærø i Centrum Green Left Last election Did Not Stand 1 seat, 4,8% Seats won 1 1 Seat change 1 0 Popular vote 279 244 Percentage 7.0% 6.1% Swing New 1.3%
Mayor before election Ole Wej Petersen Social Democrats Mayor after election Peter Hansted Social Democrats

The first election following the 2007 municipal reform, led to the Conservatives winning the mayor's position. However they lost it after the 2013 election, where Jørgen Otto Jørgensen from the Social Democrats took over. In the previous election, Ole Wej Petersen from the Social Democrats had won the mayor's position, after Jørgen Otto Jørgensen didn't stand for re-election. Once again, the Social Democrats would stand with a new candidate. This would be Peter Hansted.

In the result, the Social Democrats would once again become the biggest party, with just 17 votes more than Ærø Plus, who came second. 8 of the 9 parties that stood to be elected, would win representation. Venstre would only win 9.5% of the vote, the second lowest of any municipality in the Funen constituency. Local parties would win 5 of the 15 seats, an increase of 3 compared to 2017. The traditional red bloc and the traditional blue bloc would win 5 seats each, and therefore there was no clear winner. This also meant that a traditional red or blue majority was not possible. In the end Peter Hansted would become the mayor, as a broad agreement between the Social Democrats, the Conservatives, the Green Left, Venstre and Ærø Plus was agreed on.

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. Ærø Municipality had 15 seats in 2021

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

Electoral alliances

Source

Electoral Alliance 1

Party	Political Position
Social Democrats	Centre-left
Green Left	Centre-left to Left-wing

Electoral Alliance 2

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Ærø Municipality
	Social Democrats	853	21.43	4	0
	ÆrøPlus	836	21.00	3	+2
	Conservatives	550	13.82	3	0
	Ærøs Fremtid	435	10.93	1	0
	Venstre	378	9.50	1	-2
	Danish People's Party	288	7.23	1	-1
	Ærø i Centrum	279	7.01	1	New
	Green Left	244	6.13	1	0
	Danish Social Liberal Party	118	2.96	0	New
Total		3,981	100.00	15	0
Valid votes		3,981	98.66
Invalid votes		21	0.52
Blank votes		33	0.82
Total votes		4,035	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		5,187	77.79
Source: KMD