2021 Egedal municipal election

16 November 2021
All 21 seats to the Egedal Municipal Council 11 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	24,219 (71.9%) 3.9pp
First party Second party Third party   A V L Party Social Democrats Venstre Lokalisten Ny Egedal Last election 6 seats, 25.9% 6 seats, 27.5% Did Not Stand Seats won 5 5 4 Seat change 1 1 4 Popular vote 5,481 4,464 4,276 Percentage 23.0% 18.7% 17.9% Swing 2.9% 8.8% New   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   C F B Party Conservatives Green Left Danish Social Liberal Party Last election 2 seats, 11.6% 1 seat, 6.8% 3 seats, 11.6% Seats won 3 2 1 Seat change 1 1 2 Popular vote 3,019 1,867 1,092 Percentage 12.7% 7.8% 4.6% Swing 1.1% 1.0% 7%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   Ø O I Party Red–Green Alliance Danish People's Party Liberal Alliance Last election Did Not Stand 2 seats, 10.4% 1 seat, 4.0% Seats won 1 0 0 Seat change 1 2 1 Popular vote 1,046 775 427 Percentage 4.4% 3.2% 1.8% Swing New 7.2% 2.2%
Mayor before election Karsten Søndergaard Venstre Mayor after election Vicky Holst Rasmussen Social Democrats

In 2017, Karsten Søndergaard from Venstre would secure the party's 3rd consecutive term holding the mayor's position in the municipality.^[1]

In this election, a new local party called Lokallisten Ny Egedal would see great success. They would manage to win 4 seats, and become the third largest party. As no bloc had a majority, they could become decisive in deciding who'd become the next mayor. At first, it sounded as Karsten Søndergaard could continue as mayor.^[2] However, the Conservatives decided that they could see more influence if they made a constitutional agreement having Vicky Holst Rasmussen from the Social Democrats as the new mayor. Therefore, the Social Democrats would be able to hold the mayor's position in the municipality for the first time. ^{[lower-alpha 1] [3][4]}

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. Egedal Municipality had 21 seats in 2021

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

Electoral alliances

Source^[5]

Electoral Alliance 1

Electoral Alliance 2

Electoral Alliance 3

Results by polling station

Results

Notes

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