2021 Dragør municipal election

2021 Dragør municipal election

16 November 2021
All 15 seats to the Dragør Municipal Council 8 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	8,483 (75.9%) 2.0pp
First party Second party Third party   C T A Party Conservatives Tværpolitisk Forening Social Democrats Last election 3 seats, 16.2% 4 seats, 26.6% 3 seats, 15.2% Seats won 6 3 3 Seat change 3 1 0 Popular vote 2,874 1,553 1,244 Percentage 34.3% 18.5% 14.8% Swing 18.1% 8.1% 0.4%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   V L O Party Venstre Sydamagerlisten Danish People's Party Last election 3 seats, 20.6% Did Not Stand 2 seats, 10.5% Seats won 2 1 0 Seat change 1 1 2 Popular vote 1,011 529 273 Percentage 12.1% 6.3% 3.3% Swing 8.5% New 7.2%
Mayor before election Helle Barth Venstre Mayor after election Kenneth Gøtterup Conservatives

Following the 2017 election, Eik Dahl Bidstrup from Venstre won his 2nd consecutive term as mayor of Dragør Municipality.

In March 2021, Eik Dahl Bidstrup stepped down as mayor after he had accepted an offer to become chairman of Kristelig Fagbevægelse. It would be Helle Barth, also from Venstre, who would take over the last months before this election.

In this election, the Conservatives would gain 3 seats, and become the largest party with a total of 6 seats. They would manage to find an agreement with the Social Democrats and Venstre, seeing Kenneth Gøtterup from the Conservatives become the first mayor of the municipality since 2006.

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. Dragør 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

Party	Political Position
Danish Social Liberal Party	Centre to Centre-left
Liberal Alliance	Centre-right to Right-wing
Sydamagerlisten	Local Party

Electoral Alliance 3

Party	Political Position
Anne Grønlund	Local Party
Tværpolitisk Forening	Local Party

Electoral Alliance 4

Party	Political Position
Conservatives	Centre-right
New Right	Right-wing

Electoral Alliance 5

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

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Dragør Municipality
	Conservatives	2,874	34.27	6	+3
	Tværpolitisk Forening	1,553	18.52	3	0
	Social Democrats	1,244	14.83	3	0
	Venstre	1,011	12.06	2	-1
	Sydamagerlisten	529	6.31	1	New
	Danish Social Liberal Party	345	4.11	0	0
	Green Left	313	3.73	0	0
	Danish People's Party	273	3.26	0	-2
	New Right	172	2.05	0	New
	Liberal Alliance	52	0.62	0	0
	Anne Grønlund	20	0.24	0	New
Total		8,386	100.00	15	0
Valid votes		8,386	98.86
Invalid votes		21	0.25
Blank votes		76	0.90
Total votes		8,483	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		11,176	75.90
Source: KMD