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2021 Ishøj municipal election

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2021 Ishøj municipal election
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All 19 seats to the Ishøj Municipal Council
10 seats needed for a majority
Turnout17,837 (56.3%)
Decrease 4.3pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
A
L
V
Party Social Democrats Ishøjlisten Venstre
Last election 11 seat, 51,5% Did Not Stand 3 seats, 13,8%
Seats won 9 3 2
Seat change Decrease 2 Increase 3 Decrease 1
Popular vote 3,713 1,608 1,055
Percentage 37.8% 16.4% 10.7%
Swing Decrease 13.7% New Decrease 3.1%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
F
M
C
Party Green Left Annelise Madsen Conservatives
Last election 2 seats, 9,2% Did Not Stand 0 seats, 4.0%
Seats won 2 1 1
Seat change 0 Increase 1 Increase 1
Popular vote 725 631 617
Percentage 7.4% 6.4% 6.3%
Swing Decrease 1.8% New Increase 2.3%

  Seventh party Eighth party
 
Ø
O
Party Red–Green Alliance Danish People's Party
Last election 1 seat, 6.8% 2 seats, 11.2%
Seats won 1 0
Seat change 0 Decrease 2
Popular vote 375 396
Percentage 3.8% 4.0%
Swing Decrease 3.0% Decrease 7.2%

Mayor before election

Ole Bjørstorp
Ishøjlisten [a]

Mayor after election

Merete Amdisen
Social Democrats

Ever since 1970, the Social Democrats had held the mayor's position in the municipality. In the previous three elections, they had also won an absolute majority.

Ole Bjørstorp who had become mayor following the 2017 election, would not stand for re-election as a Social Democrat. In February 2021 he had started a new party called Ishøjlisten, after the Social Democrats told him that he would not be their mayoral candidate for this election.[1]

In the election, the Social Democrats would lose its absolute majority. However they would still be able to win the mayor's position, after an agreement between the Conservatives, Green Left, Venstre and the Red–Green Alliance was reached.[2][3]

Electoral system

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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. Ishøj Municipality had 19 seats in 2021

Unlike in Danish General Elections, in elections to municipal councils, electoral alliances are allowed.

Electoral alliances

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Source[4]

Electoral Alliance 1

Party Political Position
Ishøjlisten Local Party
Annelise Madsen Local Party

Electoral Alliance 2

Party Political Position
Social Democrats Centre-left
Conservatives Centre-right
Danish People's Party Right-wing
Venstre Centre-right

Electoral Alliance 3

Party Political Position
Danish Social Liberal Party Centre to Centre-left
Green Left Centre-left to Left-wing
Red–Green Alliance Left-wing to Far-left

Results by polling station

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Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Ishøj Municipality
Social Democrats3,71337.769-2
Ishøjlisten1,60816.353New
Venstre1,05510.732-1
Green Left7257.3720
Annelise Madsen[b]6316.421New
Conservatives6176.281+1
Danish People's Party3964.030-2
Red–Green Alliance3753.8110
Danish Social Liberal Party3563.6200
New Right3273.3300
Freedom List290.290New
Total9,832100.00190
Valid votes9,83297.98
Invalid votes950.95
Blank votes1081.08
Total votes10,035100.00
Registered voters/turnout17,83756.26
Source: KMD

Notes

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  1. ^ Was elected as member of the Social Democrats following the 2017 election
  2. ^ Local party in Ishøj

References

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  1. ^ "Vraget bykonge dropper Socialdemokratiet og stifter nyt parti | Nyheder". tv2kosmopol (in Danish). Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Amdisen ny borgmester i Ishøj efter opgør | Nyheder". tv2 (in Danish). 16 November 2021. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Medlemmer af Ishøj Byråd | Nyheder". ishoj (in Danish). Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd den 16. november 2021 | Nyheder" (PDF). dst (in Danish). Retrieved 28 January 2023.