2021 Rebild municipal election

2021 Rebild municipal election

16 November 2021
All 25 seats to the Rebild Municipal Council 13 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	17,573 (75.8%) 2.7pp
First party Second party Third party   V C A Party Venstre Conservatives Social Democrats Last election 8 seats, 26.8% 3 seats, 13.3% 6 seats, 15.2% Seats won 7 6 4 Seat change 1 3 2 Popular vote 4,382 3,821 2,506 Percentage 25.2% 22.0% 14.4% Swing 1.6% 8.7% 0.8%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   L B F Party Den Sociale Fællesliste - Rebild Social Liberals Green Left Last election 4 seats, 15.7% 3 seats, 10.6% 0 seats, 2.8% Seats won 4 2 1 Seat change 0 1 1 Popular vote 2,488 1,545 1,002 Percentage 14.4% 8.9% 5.8% Swing 1.4% 2.3% 3.0%   Seventh party Eighth party   Ø O Party Red–Green Alliance Danish People's Party Last election 0 seats, 3.2% 2 seats, 7.0% Seats won 1 0 Seat change 1 2 Popular vote 531 445 Percentage 3.1% 2.6 Swing 0.1% 4.4%
Mayor before election Leon Sebbelin Social Liberals Mayor after election Jesper Greth Venstre

Despite only having won 3 of the 25 seats in 2013 and 2017, Leon Sebbelin from the Social Liberals had been mayor of Rebild since 2014. Rebild was a part of the '10 biggest thrillers for the 2021 Danish Local Election', according to Danish news station TV 2. Danish political analyst Hans Redder pointed out before the election, that the constitution for who would become mayor could become untraditional, as seen in 2017, when Danish People's Party, who are seen as a big contrast to the Social Liberals, still supported Leon Sebbelin becoming mayor. The final election result, would see Conservatives enjoying the biggest improvent, with 22% of the vote, compared to the 13% they had received in 2017. Both Venstre and Social Liberals lost a seat. However, the day following the election, a constitution was announced, that would see Jesper Greth, 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. Rebild 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
Social Democrats	Centre-left
Den Sociale Fællesliste - Rebild	Local Party

Electoral Alliance 2

Electoral Alliance 3

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

Results by polling station

Polling Station	A	B	C	D	F	L	O	V	Ø	H
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Støvring	17.3	8.0	33.4	3.3	5.0	5.8	1.7	23.8	1.5	0.3
Skørping	17.5	14.9	13.2	2.2	16.0	13.5	1.5	12.6	8.4	0.2
Terndrup	6.2	6.1	9.2	3.3	2.9	53.9	1.7	14.7	2.0	0.0
Suldrup	12.0	5.7	30.3	4.1	3.3	8.1	2.3	32.0	2.1	0.1
Nørager	12.7	5.5	13.9	5.2	2.0	5.1	4.3	49.3	2.0	0.0
Haverslev	14.4	5.1	17.2	4.9	2.2	5.5	2.7	47.2	0.8	0.3
Øster Hornum	15.9	9.0	18.1	3.0	5.2	8.9	1.0	37.1	1.9	0.0
Bælum	9.8	9.9	24.3	4.3	2.6	33.5	1.8	10.0	3.9	0.0
Ravnkilde	18.1	6.4	14.4	4.1	2.5	5.6	23.3	22.7	2.9	0.0
Blenstrup	10.2	13.5	9.2	3.7	5.7	40.4	1.4	12.6	3.4	0.0
Veggerby	9.7	14.4	15.9	5.5	3.5	7.0	1.7	36.8	5.5	0.0

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Rebild Municipality
	Venstre	4,382	25.24	7	-1
	Conservatives	3,821	22.01	6	+3
	Social Democrats	2,506	14.43	4	-2
	Den Sociale Fællesliste - Rebild	2,488	14.33	4	0
	Social Liberals	1,545	8.90	2	-1
	Green Left	1,002	5.77	1	+1
	The New Right	619	3.57	0	New
	Red–Green Alliance	531	3.06	1	+1
	Danish People's Party	445	2.56	0	-2
	Lige Højre	24	0.14	0	0
Total		17,363	100.00	25	0
Valid votes		17,363	98.80
Invalid votes		45	0.26
Blank votes		165	0.94
Total votes		17,573	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		23,182	75.80
Source: KMD