2021 Faaborg-Midtfyn municipal election

2021 Faaborg-Midtfyn municipal election

16 November 2021
All 25 seats to the Faaborg-Midtfyn Municipal Council 13 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	28,572 (69.2%) 5.6pp
First party Second party Third party   A V C Party Social Democrats Venstre Conservatives Last election 8 seats, 31.0% 7 seats, 23.7% 1 seat, 5.5% Seats won 10 5 3 Seat change 2 2 2 Popular vote 10,243 5,160 3,458 Percentage 36.6% 18.4% 12.4% Swing 5.6% 5.3% 6.9%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   O F B Party Danish People's Party Green Left Danish Social Liberal Party Last election 4 seats, 14.5% 1 seat, 6,4% 2 seats, 5.0% Seats won 2 2 1 Seat change 2 1 1 Popular vote 2,067 1,734 1,483 Percentage 7.4% 6.2% 5.3% Swing 7.1% 0.2% 0.3%   Seventh party Eighth party   L Ø Party Lokallisten Faaborg-Midtfyn Red–Green Alliance Last election 0 seats, 2,4% 1 seat, 4,2% Seats won 1 1 Seat change 1 0 Popular vote 1,428 1,287 Percentage 5.1% 4.6% Swing 2.7% 0.4%
Mayor before election Hans Stavnsager Social Democrats Mayor after election Hans Stavnsager Social Democrats

Since the 2007 municipal reform and prior to this election, the Social Democrats had held the mayor's position twice, from 2010 to 2013, and again from 2017 to 2021, while Venstre had held it from 2014 to 2017. Hans Stavnsager would therefore become the first to be re-elected if his bid were successful.

In the 2017 election, the traditional red bloc parties would win just 13 seats, against 12 from parties of the traditional blue bloc. This led to Hans Stavnsager becoming the mayor.

In this election both TV2 Fyn and Mandag Morgen predicted that Hans Stavnsager would win a second term.

In the election result, the parties of the red bloc would win 14 of the 25 seats. Of the red bloc parties, The Alternative who won a seat in the 2017 election, did not stand, while the Danish Social Liberal Party would lose a seat. However the Social Democrats gained 2 seats, and the Green Left would gain 1 seat, despite the latter decreasing their vote share. Venstre would win 5 seats, the lowest ever in the municipality. .

Therefore Hans Stavnsager was in pole position to continue, and it was eventually confirmed that he had the mandate to do it.

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. Faaborg-Midtfyn Municipality had 25 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
Danish People's Party	Right-wing
Venstre	Centre-right

Electoral Alliance 2

Electoral Alliance 3

Party	Political Position
Conservatives	Centre-right
Christian Democrats	Centre to Centre-right
Lokallisten Faaborg-Midtfyn	Local Party

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Faaborg-Midtfyn Municipality
	Social Democrats	10,243	36.58	10	+2
	Venstre	5,160	18.43	5	-2
	Conservatives	3,458	12.35	3	+2
	Danish People's Party	2,067	7.38	2	-2
	Green Left	1,734	6.19	2	+1
	Danish Social Liberal Party	1,483	5.30	1	-1
	Lokallisten Faaborg-Midtfyn	1,428	5.10	0	0
	Red–Green Alliance	1,287	4.60	1	0
	New Right	961	3.43	0	0
	Christian Democrats	111	0.40	0	New
	De LokalNationale	36	0.13	0	New
	Vi Lokale Demokrater	32	0.11	0	New
Total		28,000	100.00	24	0
Valid votes		28,000	98.00
Invalid votes		88	0.31
Blank votes		484	1.69
Total votes		28,572	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		41,317	69.15
Source: KMD