2021 Guldborgsund municipal election

2021 Guldborgsund municipal election

16 November 2021
All 29 seats to the Guldborgsund Municipal Council 15 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	33,763 (69.7%) 4.2pp
First party Second party Third party   A L O Party Social Democrats Guldborgsundlisten Danish People's Party Last election 6 seats, 20.6% 11 seats, 33.2% 7 seats, 23.8% Seats won 9 7 6 Seat change 3 4 1 Popular vote 9,537 7,344 6,282 Percentage 28.9% 22.2% 19.0% Swing 8.3% 11% 4.8%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   V C F Party Venstre Conservatives Green Left Last election 3 seats, 8.3% 0 seats, 2.4% 1 seat, 4.1% Seats won 2 2 1 Seat change 1 2 0 Popular vote 2,765 2,069 1,560 Percentage 8.4% 6.3% 4.7% Swing 0.1% 3.9% 0.6%   Seventh party Eighth party   D Ø Party New Right Red–Green Alliance Last election 0 seats, 0.9% 1 seat, 3,3% Seats won 1 1 Seat change 1 0 Popular vote 1,391 1,288 Percentage 4.2% 3.9% Swing 3.3% 0.6%
Mayor before election John Brædder Guldborgsundlisten Mayor after election Simon Hansen Social Democrats

Ever since the 2007 municipal reform, and prior to this election, John Brædder from local party Guldborgsundlisten had been mayor of Guldborgsund Municipality. However it was only in the last election , that his party won the most seats.

For this election, Mandag Morgen, who had made an article predicting the 98 mayors that would follow the elections, gave John Brædder and his party good chances to continue.

However, the 'winners' of the election would be the Social Democrats, who managed to win 9 seats, 3 more than in 2017. On the other hand, Guldborgsundlisten lost 4 seats, and ended with 7 seats. The third biggest party would become Danish People's Party, who won 6 seats, and 19.0% of the vote, the highest in any of the 98 municipal elections in 2017. Both the blocs had won 11 seats, so the 7 seats of Guldborgsundlisten still had a chance to come into play. However, Danish People's Party ended up going together with the red bloc, and Simon Hansen could become the first mayor from a non-local party in the history of the municipality.

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. Guldborgsund 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
Green Left	Centre-left to Left-wing
Red–Green Alliance	Left-wing to Far-left

Electoral Alliance 2

Party	Political Position
Guldborgsundlisten	Local Party
Venstre	Centre-right
The Alternative	Centre-left to Left-wing

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Guldborgsund Municipality
	Social Democrats	9,537	28.87	9	+3
	Guldborgsundlisten	7,344	22.23	7	-4
	Danish People's Party	6,282	19.02	6	-1
	Venstre	2,765	8.37	2	-1
	Conservatives	2,069	6.26	2	+2
	Green Left	1,560	4.72	1	0
	New Right	1,391	4.21	1	+1
	Red–Green Alliance	1,288	3.90	1	0
	Danish Social Liberal Party	588	1.78	0	0
	The Alternative	118	0.36	0	0
	Christian Democrats	91	0.28	0	0
Total		33,033	100.00	29	0
Valid votes		33,033	97.84
Invalid votes		200	0.59
Blank votes		530	1.57
Total votes		33,763	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		49,877	67.69
Source: KMD