2021 Glostrup municipal election

2021 Glostrup municipal election

16 November 2021
All 19 seats to the Glostrup Municipal Council 10 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	11,148 (60.2%) 4.6pp
First party Second party Third party   A V C Party Social Democrats Venstre Conservatives Last election 7 seats, 35.5% 7 seats, 30.3% 1 seat, 3.8% Seats won 8 5 2 Seat change 1 2 1 Popular vote 3,921 2,680 1,029 Percentage 35.9% 24.5% 9.4% Swing 0.4% 5.8% 5.6%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   U B F Party Bylisten Danish Social Liberal Party Green Left Last election Did Not Stand 0 seats, 2.9% 1 seat, 5.7% Seats won 2 1 1 Seat change 2 1 0 Popular vote 854 516 476 Percentage 7.8% 4.7% 4.4% Swing New 1.8% 1.3%   Seventh party Eighth party   Ø O Party Red–Green Alliance Danish People's Party Last election 1 seat, 5.3% 2 seats, 12.2% Seats won 0 0 Seat change 1 2 Popular vote 456 413 Percentage 4.2% 3.8% Swing 1.1% 8.4%
Mayor before election John Engelhardt Venstre Mayor after election Kasper Damsgaard Social Democrats

Venstre had held the mayor's position in Glostrup Municipality since 2010.

In the 2017 election, Venstre won 7 seats, and John Engelhardt would become mayor for his third term.

Despite this, Mandag Morgen, a newspaper, expected the Social Democrats would take over the mayor's position following this election. One of the reasons they said for this was that 4 parties outside Venstre had agreed on a financial settlement for 2022 in the period up to the election. Apart from this, John Engelhardt had also announced in November 2020 that he would not stand for a fourth term.

In the election result, the Social Democrats would become the largest party with 8 seats, followed by Venstre who lost 2 seats and ended on 5. An agreement with the Danish Social Liberal Party, the Conservatives and the Green Left was eventually reached by the Social Democrats, and this would see Kasper Damsgaard become the first mayor from the Social Democrats since 2009.

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. Glostrup Municipality had 19 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
Conservatives	Centre-right
New Right	Right-wing

Electoral Alliance 3

Party	Political Position
Glostrup Borgerliste	Local Party
Venstre	Centre-right

Electoral Alliance 4

Party	Political Position
Liberal Alliance	Centre-right to Right-wing
Danish People's Party	Right-wing
Bylisten	Local Party

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Glostrup Municipality
	Social Democrats	3,921	35.88	8	+1
	Venstre	2,680	24.53	5	-2
	Conservatives	1,029	9.42	2	+1
	Bylisten	854	7.82	2	New
	Danish Social Liberal Party	516	4.72	1	+1
	Green Left	476	4.36	1	0
	Red–Green Alliance	456	4.17	0	-1
	Danish People's Party	413	3.78	0	-2
	New Right	269	2.46	0	0
	Glostrup Borgerliste	201	1.84	0	New
	Liberal Alliance	112	1.02	0	0
Total		10,927	100.00	19	0
Valid votes		10,927	98.02
Invalid votes		65	0.58
Blank votes		156	1.40
Total votes		11,148	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		18,524	60.18
Source: KMD