2021 Assens municipal election

2021 Assens municipal election

16 November 2021
All 29 seats to the Assens Municipal Council 15 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	22,984 (70.1%) 6.0pp
First party Second party Third party   V A C Party Venstre Social Democrats Conservatives Last election 13 seats, 42.0% 8 seats, 25.5% 1 seat, 4.2% Seats won 13 8 3 Seat change 0 0 2 Popular vote 9,386 6,157 1,789 Percentage 41.7% 27.3% 7.9% Swing 0.3% 1.8% 3.7%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   F O D Party Green Left Danish People's Party The New Right Last election 2 seats, 6.0% 3 seats, 12.3% Did Not Stand Seats won 2 1 1 Seat change 0 2 1 Popular vote 1.459 1,163 889 Percentage 6.5% 5.2% 4.0% Swing 0.5% 7.1% New   Seventh party Eighth party   Ø B Party Red–Green Alliance Danish Social Liberal Party Last election 1 seat, 3.5% 1 seat, 3.0% Seats won 1 0 Seat change 0 1 Popular vote 764 552 Percentage 3.4% 2.4% Swing 0.1% 0.6%
Mayor before election Søren Steen Andersen Venstre Mayor after election Søren Steen Andersen Venstre

Despite Venstre having failed to become the largest party in Assens Municipality for all Danish general elections since the 2007 municipal reform , they became the biggest party in both the 2013 Assens Municipal Election and the 2017 Assens Municipal Election.

Søren Steen Andersen from Venstre was seeking a third term for this election. This was announced in September 2020, when Venstre voted in favor of it.

In the election, Venstre would once again become the biggest party with 13 seats. The parties of the traditional blue bloc would win 18 of 29 seats. On December 1, 2021, it was announced that the Social Democrats, Conservatives and Venstre had made a new constitution, remarkbly without the Green Left, who left the constitution after one of their members left the party in protest. 4 days later, it was announced that the Social Democrats also had left the constitution negotiations. This meant that only Venstre and the Conservatives were back. However they had 16 seats and maintained a majority. Then on 8 December, 2021, it was confirmed that Søren Steen Andersen had secured a third term.

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. Assens Municipality had 29 seats in 2021

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

Electoral alliances

Source

Electoral Alliance 1

Electoral Alliance 2

Party	Political Position
Social Democrats	Centre-left
Red–Green Alliance	Left-wing to Far-left

Electoral Alliance 3

Party	Political Position
Conservatives	Centre-right
Danish People's Party	Right-wing

Electoral Alliance 4

Party	Political Position
The New Right	Right-wing
Venstre	Centre-right
De LokalNationale	Local Party

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Assens Municipality
	Venstre	9,386	41.66	13	0
	Social Democrats	6,157	27.33	8	0
	Conservatives	1,789	7.94	3	+2
	Green Left	1,459	6.48	2	0
	Danish People's Party	1,163	5.16	1	-2
	The New Right	889	3.95	1	New
	Red–Green Alliance	764	3.39	1	0
	Danish Social Liberal Party	552	2.45	0	-1
	The Alternative	158	0.70	0	0
	Freedom List	95	0.42	0	New
	Vi Lokale Demokrater	57	0.25	0	New
	De LokalNationale	42	0.19	0	New
	SocialKonservative Assens	18	0.08	0	New
Total		22,529	100.00	29	0
Valid votes		22,529	98.02
Invalid votes		98	0.43
Blank votes		357	1.55
Total votes		22,984	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		32,780	70.12
Source: KMD