2021 Lejre municipal election

2021 Lejre municipal election

16 November 2021
All 25 seats to the Lejre Municipal Council 13 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	16,427 (74.1%) 4.2pp
First party Second party Third party   V A F Party Venstre Social Democrats Green Left Last election 8 seats, 25.4% 6 seats, 23.5% 5 seats, 17.5% Seats won 8 6 4 Seat change 0 0 1 Popular vote 4,558 3,489 2,454 Percentage 28.2% 21.6% 15.2% Swing 2.8% 1.9% 2.3%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   C Ø B Party Conservatives Red–Green Alliance Danish Social Liberal Party Last election 2 seats, 9.1% 1 seat, 4.2% 1 seat, 3.4% Seats won 4 1 1 Seat change 2 0 0 Popular vote 2,202 1,123 629 Percentage 13.6% 6.9% 3.9% Swing 4.5% 2.7% 0.5%   Seventh party   O Party Danish People's Party Last election 2 seats, 8.1% Seats won 1 Seat change 1 Popular vote 565 Percentage 3.5% Swing 4.6%
Mayor before election Carsten Rasmussen Social Democrats Mayor after election Tina Mandrup Venstre

The Green Left and the Social Democrats had won the mayor's position following the elections that had been held in Lejre Municipality since the 2007 municipal reform. The traditional red bloc had won 13 of the 25 seats in the last election, which saw Carsten Rasmussen from the Social Democrats win the mayor's position.

Mandag Morgen who had published an article prediciting the 98 mayors that would follow the 2017 Danish local elections, expected him to win re-election.

However, the result would not end this way. Conservatives, Green Left and Danish People's Party would be the parties that would have a change in number of seats won. While the latter two both lost a seat, the Conservatives gained 2. This meant that the traditional blue bloc now had 13 seats and a majority. This led to Tina Mandrup from Venstre becoming 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. Lejre 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
New Right	Right-wing
Venstre	Centre-right

Electoral Alliance 2

Electoral Alliance 3

Electoral Alliance 4

Party	Political Position
Social Democrats	Centre-left
Green Left	Centre-left to Left-wing

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Lejre Municipality
	Venstre	4,558	28.16	8	0
	Social Democrats	3,489	21.56	6	0
	Green Left	2,454	15.16	4	-1
	Conservatives	2,202	13.61	4	+2
	Red–Green Alliance	1,123	6.94	1	0
	Danish Social Liberal Party	629	3.89	1	0
	Danish People's Party	565	3.49	1	-1
	New Right	523	3.23	0	0
	Lokallisten Levende Landsbyer	385	2.38	0	0
	Liberal Alliance	257	1.59	0	0
Total		16,185	100.00	25	0
Valid votes		16,185	98.53
Invalid votes		42	0.26
Blank votes		200	1.22
Total votes		16,427	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		20,754	79.15
Source: KMD