2021 Viborg municipal election

2021 Viborg municipal election

16 November 2021
All 31 seats to the Viborg Municipal Council 16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	53,013 (70.1%) 2.2pp
First party Second party Third party   V A C Party Venstre Social Democrats Conservatives Last election 10 seats, 32.3% 9 seats, 29.0% 7 seats, 18.6% Seats won 12 8 7 Seat change 2 1 0 Popular vote 17,928 12,210 11,763 Percentage 34.2% 23.3% 22.5% Swing 1.9% 5.7% 3.9%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   F Ø D Party Green Left Red–Green Alliance The New Right Last election 2 seats, 5.2% 1 seat, 2.4% Did not stand Seats won 1 1 1 Seat change 1 0 1 Popular vote 2,709 1,573 1,252 Percentage 5.2% 3.0% 2.4% Swing 0.0% 0.6% New   Seventh party Eighth party   Å O Party The Alternative Danish People's Party Last election 0 seats, 1.9% 2 seats, 6.2% Seats won 1 0 Seat change 1 2 Popular vote 939 1,399 Percentage 1.8% 2.7% Swing 0.1% 3.5%
Mayor before election Ulrik Wilbek Venstre Mayor after election Ulrik Wilbek Venstre

In 2017, former handball coach Ulrik Wilbek became mayor of Viborg Municipality as member of Venstre.

In this election, he would seek a second term. Venstre would gain 2 seats in the election and the blue bloc parties would win 20 seats, 12 of them from Venstre. Therefore Ulrik Wilbek stood in pole position to continue as mayor. It was eventually confirmed.

Despite The Alternative suffering nationwide losses in the 2017 Danish Local Elections, they managed to gain a seat in Viborg Municipality, even though their overall vote share decreased.

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. Viborg Municipality had 31 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
Danish People's Party	Right-wing
Venstre	Centre-right

Electoral Alliance 2

Party	Political Position
The New Right	Right-wing
Liberal Alliance	Centre-right to Right-wing

Electoral Alliance 3

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

Electoral Alliance 4

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Viborg Municipality
	Venstre	17,928	34.25	12	+2
	Social Democrats	12,210	23.33	8	-1
	Conservatives	11,763	22.48	7	0
	Green Left	2,709	5.18	2	0
	Red–Green Alliance	1,573	3.01	1	0
	Danish People's Party	1,399	2.67	0	-2
	The New Right	1,252	2.39	1	New
	The Alternative	939	1.79	1	+1
	Danish Social Liberal Party	868	1.66	0	0
	Hvad kan gå galt	550	1.05	0	New
	Liberal Alliance	456	0.87	0	0
	Christian Democrats	425	0.81	0	0
	Freedom List	211	0.40	0	New
	Lokalisten - Viborg	54	0.10	0	0
Total		52,337	100.00	32	0
Valid votes		52,337	98.72
Invalid votes		148	0.28
Blank votes		528	1.00
Total votes		53,013	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		75,645	70.08
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