2021 Fredericia municipal election

2021 Fredericia municipal election

16 November 2021
All 21 seats to the Fredericia Municipal Council 11 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	26,693 (64.6%) 6.0pp
First party Second party Third party   A V C Party Social Democrats Venstre Conservatives Last election 13 seats, 54.3% 4 seats, 18.2% 0 seats, 2.4% Seats won 9 5 2 Seat change 4 1 2 Popular vote 9,706 5,718 2514 Percentage 37.3% 22.0% 9.7% Swing 17.0% 3.8% 7.3%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   O Ø D Party Danish People's Party Red–Green Alliance The New Right Last election 3 seats, 12.2% 1 seat, 4.0% 0 seats, 0.8% Seats won 2 1 1 Seat change 1 0 1 Popular vote 1,994 1,828 1,570 Percentage 7.7% 7% 6.0% Swing 4.5% 3% 5.2%   Seventh party   F Party Green Left Last election 0 seats, 3.5% Seats won 1 Seat change 1 Popular vote 1,123 Percentage 4.3% Swing 0.8%
Mayor before election Steen Wrist Social Democrats Mayor after election Steen Wrist Social Democrats

In the 2017 Fredericia municipal election, the Social Democrats won comfortably with 54.3% of the vote, and 13 of the 21 seats (61.9%). However, Jacob Bjerregaard, who became mayor following the result in 2017, stepped down as mayor in December 2020. Tabloid newspaper Ekstra Bladet, speculated that some of the scandals that had occurred throughout his mayor period, may have been a factor in this decision. Due to the dramatic period, it was speculated that the Social Democrats might lose the mayor position following this election.

On election night it became clear that the Social Democrats had lost a lot of support. They decreased their vote share by 17%, and lost their absolute majority in the council. However, due the Red–Green Alliance keeping their one-seat, and the Green Left gaining a seat, a slim majority of 11 red bloc seats were won. As a result of this, Steen Wrist from the Social Democrats, who had taken over from Jacob Bjerregaard in 2020, would eventually end up continuing as mayor.

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. Fredericia Municipality had 21 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

Electoral Alliance 3

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Fredericia Municipality
	Social Democrats	9,706	37.33	9	-4
	Venstre	5,718	21.99	5	+1
	Conservatives	2,514	9.67	2	+2
	Danish People's Party	1,994	7.67	2	-1
	Red–Green Alliance	1,828	7.03	1	0
	The New Right	1,570	6.04	1	+1
	Green Left	1,123	4.32	1	+1
	Danish Social Liberal Party	566	2.18	0	0
	Borgerligt Fælleskab	393	1.51	0	New
	The Alternative	304	1.17	0	0
	Liberal Alliance	123	0.47	0	0
	Christian Democrats	90	0.35	0	0
	Freedom List	52	0.20	0	New
	Frie Danske	21	0.08	0	New
Total		26,002	100.00	21	0
Valid votes		26,002	97.41
Invalid votes		135	0.51
Blank votes		556	2.08
Total votes		26,693	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		41,318	64.60
Source: KMD