2021 Esbjerg municipal election

2021 Esbjerg municipal election
16 November 2021
All 31 seats to the Esbjerg Municipal Council
16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout59,147 (64.6%)
Decrease 4.9pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
V
A
F
Party Venstre Social Democrats Green Left
Last election 11 seats, 32.2% 11 seats, 30.5% 2 seats, 6.0%
Seats won 13 9 3
Seat change Increase 2 Decrease 2 Increase 1
Popular vote 21,285 15,920 5,553
Percentage 36.6% 27.4% 9.6%
Swing Increase 4.4% Decrease 3.1% Increase 3.6%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
C
D
B
Party Conservatives New Right Social Liberals
Last election 1 seat, 4.2% 0 seats, 1.0% 1 seat, 3.0%
Seats won 3 1 1
Seat change Increase 2 Increase 1 0
Popular vote 4,707 2,549 2,124
Percentage 8.1% 4.4% 3.6%
Swing Increase 3.9% Increase 3.4% Increase 0.6%
  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
O
Ø
E
Party Danish People's Party Red–Green Alliance Borgerlisten
Last election 3 seats, 8.6% 1 seat, 4.1% 1 seat, 4,9%
Seats won 1 0 0
Seat change Decrease 2 Decrease 1 Decrease 1
Popular vote 2,122 1,476 1,104
Percentage 3.6% 2.5% 1.9%
Swing Decrease 5% Decrease 1.6% Decrease 3.0%
Mayor before election

Jesper Frost Rasmussen
Venstre

Mayor after election

Jesper Frost Rasmussen
Venstre

Unlike the 4 other largest municipalities of Denmark, Esbjerg, the 5th largest, is less of a stronghold for parties of the traditional red bloc, and is more of a slightly blue[a] municipality.[1]

However, the Social Democrats targeted the municipality for a potential flip of the mayor position, after Venstre had held it since 1994. Political analyst Hans Redder argued that the Social Democrats saw it as a traditional labour municipality. Added to that, the blue bloc won 16 seats against 15 in the last election.[2]

This attempt by the Social Democrats failed in a fairly large scale . They lost 2 sets, while Venstre gained 2, and the blue bloc went from 16 to 18 seats. It later confirmed that Jesper Frost Rasmussen from Venstre would continue for a second term.[3]

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. Esbjerg Municipality had 31 seats in 2021

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

Electoral alliances

Source[4]

Electoral Alliance 1

Party Political alignment
A Social Democrats Centre-left
F Green Left Centre-left to Left-wing
Ø Red–Green Alliance Left-wing to Far-Left

Electoral Alliance 2

Party Political alignment
C Conservatives Centre-right
D New Right Right-wing to Far-right
E Borgerlisten Local politics
I Liberal Alliance Centre-right to Right-wing
K Christian Democrats Centre to Centre-right
O Danish People's Party Right-wing to Far-right
T Esbjerglisten Local politics
V Venstre Centre-right

Results by polling station

T = Esbjerglisten
U = Partifrit Samfund

Division A B C D E F I K O T U V Æ Ø
% % % % % % % % % % % % % %
Esbjerg Rådhus 24.3 4.9 12.1 4.1 2.8 10.5 1.7 0.3 3.1 0.5 0.0 30.9 0.3 4.3
Skovbo 35.7 3.2 7.7 3.2 2.8 10.2 1.5 0.2 4.1 1.1 0.1 26.2 0.3 3.7
Rørkjær 34.6 4.4 7.8 3.7 2.1 13.7 0.5 0.1 4.7 1.0 0.0 23.4 0.6 3.6
Jerne 39.4 4.9 5.7 4.2 2.0 11.5 0.6 0.7 5.5 0.9 0.0 20.4 0.5 3.7
Boldesager 28.7 4.3 8.5 4.0 2.5 12.6 0.7 0.5 3.6 0.7 0.1 30.0 0.4 3.5
Østerbyen 43.3 3.6 5.4 3.8 1.3 11.3 0.4 0.3 5.1 1.1 0.0 19.9 0.5 3.9
Skads 21.0 4.0 7.1 4.6 1.7 8.3 0.7 0.7 4.3 0.8 0.0 45.7 0.6 0.7
Gjesing 24.9 4.1 7.8 4.6 2.2 9.7 0.7 0.5 2.8 0.9 0.0 39.3 0.2 2.3
Guldager 23.5 4.4 9.3 4.9 2.0 8.5 1.0 1.4 2.6 1.0 0.0 39.7 0.2 1.4
Hjerting 21.2 5.9 11.7 3.5 2.2 6.7 0.6 0.2 2.5 1.0 0.0 43.1 0.2 1.2
Sædding 25.8 3.6 8.5 4.2 2.7 10.5 0.5 0.8 4.3 1.0 0.0 35.9 0.2 2.0
Bryndum 22.1 3.4 7.9 4.9 2.1 8.0 0.4 0.4 4.7 0.7 0.0 43.9 0.2 1.2
Tjæreborg 28.6 3.0 6.1 4.1 1.1 8.1 0.2 0.3 3.0 0.6 0.1 42.9 0.3 1.6
Kvaglund 37.4 4.3 6.4 3.9 2.1 10.7 0.3 1.3 4.2 2.6 0.2 22.4 0.3 4.0
Ådalen 28.0 2.6 7.2 5.7 2.0 8.0 0.6 0.7 5.7 0.9 0.0 36.9 0.3 1.5
Grønlandsparken 35.0 2.3 5.8 6.4 1.9 10.9 0.6 0.4 4.7 1.0 0.0 28.8 0.2 2.1
Egebæk-Hviding 24.5 3.1 8.9 4.8 0.9 8.4 0.7 0.8 2.9 0.2 0.0 42.5 0.1 2.2
Ribe 29.0 2.8 8.6 2.7 0.7 9.5 0.5 0.3 2.0 0.1 0.0 40.4 0.1 3.5
Bramming 23.3 2.1 5.7 6.1 0.8 9.4 0.4 0.7 4.4 0.2 0.1 45.5 0.1 1.3
Sønderris 22.2 4.0 8.1 3.3 4.3 8.7 0.9 1.0 2.6 0.9 0.1 42.4 0.1 1.5
Gredstedbro 22.1 2.0 8.2 6.2 0.4 5.3 0.2 1.4 3.1 0.0 0.0 50.1 0.1 0.9
Mandø 27.3 9.1 4.5 4.5 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.0 45.5 0.0 0.0
Høm 17.1 2.4 5.5 5.4 3.4 5.0 1.1 1.5 3.1 0.3 0.0 53.5 0.1 1.6
Gørding 18.0 1.7 5.5 7.3 1.2 5.9 0.7 0.5 4.1 0.3 0.0 53.4 0.1 1.3

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Esbjerg Municipality
Venstre21,28536.6213+2
Social Democrats15,92027.399-2
Green Left5,5539.553+1
Conservatives4,7078.103+2
New Right2,5494.391+1
Social Liberals2,1243.6510
Danish People's Party2,1223.651-2
Red–Green Alliance1,4762.540-1
Borgerlisten[b]1,1041.900-1
Esbjerglisten4040.700New
Liberal Alliance3980.6800
Christian Democrats3150.540New
Freedom List1500.260New
Partifrit Samfund[b]220.040New
Total58,129100.00310
Valid votes58,12998.28
Invalid votes2350.40
Blank votes7831.32
Total votes59,147100.00
Registered voters/turnout92,15764.18
Source: KMD

Notes

  1. ^ for parties of the blue bloc
  2. ^ a b Local party in Esbjerg

References

  1. ^ "FVKOM: Folketingsvalg efter valgresultat og kommuner | Nyheder". statistikbanken (in Danish). Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Her er de 10 største gysere ved kommunalvalget | Nyheder". tv2 (in Danish). 10 November 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Esbjerg Kommunes nye byråd har fordelt poster og udvalg mellem sig | Nyheder". ritzau (in Danish). Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd den 16. november 2021 | Nyheder" (PDF). dst (in Danish). Retrieved 9 June 2025.
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