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2021 Samsø municipal election (Denmark)

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2021 Samsø municipal election (Denmark)
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All 11 seats to the Samsø Municipal Council
6 seats needed for a majority
Turnout2,554 (81.5%)
Decrease 0.1pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
A
V
C
Party Social Democrats Venstre Conservatives
Last election 5 seats, 41.3% 3 seats, 26.2% 2 seats, 14.7%
Seats won 4 3 2
Seat change Decrease 1 0 0
Popular vote 829 654 595
Percentage 32.3% 25.5% 23.2%
Swing Decrease 9.0% Decrease 0.7% Increase 8.5%

  Fourth party
 
F
Party Green Left
Last election 1 seats, 9.5%
Seats won 2
Seat change Increase 1
Popular vote 335
Percentage 13%
Swing Increase 3.5%

Mayor before election

Marcel Meijer
Social Democrats

Mayor after election

Marcel Meijer
Social Democrats

Marcel Meijer from the Social Democrats had been mayor since 2014. On election night the parties from the traditional red bloc won a majority. But the Social Democrats dramatically ended up supporting Søren Wiese from Venstre, citing that "the Green Left will not support us, so we must take the next best thing".[1]

However Ulla Holm from the Green Left later announced that they would support Marcel Meijer as mayor, and in the end Marcel Meijer would break the deal with Venstre and continue as mayor for a third term.[2]

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. Samsø Municipality had 11 seats in 2021

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

Electoral alliances

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Source[3]

Electoral alliance 1

Party Political position
Social Democrats Centre-left
Green Left Centre-left to Left-wing
Red–Green Alliance Left-wing to Far-left

Electoral alliance 2

Party Political position
Conservatives Centre-right
Danish People's Party Right-wing
Venstre Centre-right

Results by polling station

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Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Samsø Municipality
Social Democrats82932.284-1
Venstre65425.4730
Conservatives59523.1720
Green Left33513.052+1
Red–Green Alliance1284.9800
Danish People's Party271.0500
Total2,568100.00110
Valid votes2,56899.00
Invalid votes90.35
Blank votes170.66
Total votes2,594100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,18781.39
Source: KMD

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "Vild stoledans: De blev borgmestre | Nyheder". tv2østjylland (in Danish). Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Borgmesterkæderne skifter fra V til S på Samsø | Nyheder". berlingske (in Danish). Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd den 16. november 2021 | Nyheder" (PDF). dst (in Danish). Retrieved 28 January 2023.