2021 Rudersdal municipal election

2021 Rudersdal municipal election

16 November 2021
All 23 seats to the Rudersdal Municipal Council 12 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	23,313 (74.1%) 0.8pp
First party Second party Third party   C V A Party Conservatives Venstre Social Democrats Last election 4 seats, 16.8% 8 seats, 30.6% 4 seats, 13.5% Seats won 9 5 3 Seat change 5 3 1 Popular vote 10,574 7,328 3,470 Percentage 33.1% 22.9% 10.9% Swing 16.3% 7.7% 2.6%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   L B Ø Party Lokalisten Danish Social Liberal Party Red–Green Alliance Last election 3 seats, 11,6% 2 seats, 7.9% 1 seat, 3.4% Seats won 2 2 1 Seat change 1 0 0 Popular vote 2,905 2,472 1,676 Percentage 9.1% 7.7% 5.2% Swing 2.5% 0.2% 1.8%   Seventh party Eighth party   F I Party Green Left Liberal Alliance Last election 0 seats, 2.5% 1 seat, 5.4% Seats won 1 0 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 1,404 883 Percentage 4.4% 2.8% Swing 1.9% 2.6%
Mayor before election Jens Ive Venstre Mayor after election Ann Sofie Orth Conservatives

Ever since the 2009 election resulted in Erik Fabrin from Venstre becoming mayor, Venstre had held the mayor's position in the Municipality. It was Jens Ive who had become mayor following the 2017 election

In this election, the Conservatives would surprisingly become the biggest party. They won 9 seats, an increase of 4, while Venstre won 5 seats, 3 less than in 2017. The Conservatives would eventually find an agreement with Lokalisten and Danish Social Liberal Party, which would see Ann Sofie Orth becoming the first mayor in the municipality from the Conservatives. Eventually, all parties would agree on the constitution.

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. Rudersdal Municipality had 23 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
Danish Social Liberal Party	Centre to Centre-left
Lokallisten	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

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Rudersdal Municipality
	Conservatives	10,574	33.09	9	+5
	Venstre	7,328	22.93	5	-3
	Social Democrats	3,470	10.86	3	-1
	Lokallisten	2,905	9.09	2	-1
	Danish Social Liberal Party	2,472	7.73	2	0
	Red–Green Alliance	1,676	5.24	1	0
	Green Left	1,404	4.39	1	+1
	Liberal Alliance	883	2.76	0	-1
	New Right	856	2.68	0	0
	Danish People's Party	313	0.98	0	0
	BorgerFokus	79	0.25	0	New
Total		31,960	100.00	23	0
Valid votes		31,960	98.91
Invalid votes		111	0.34
Blank votes		242	0.75
Total votes		32,313	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		43,624	74.07
Source: KMD