2021 Hjørring municipal election

2021 Hjørring municipal election

16 November 2021
All 31 seats to the Hjørring Municipal Council 16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	33,065 (68.1%) 3.4pp
First party Second party Third party   A V C Party Social Democrats Venstre Conservatives Last election 15 seats, 44.2% 7 seats, 20.5% 3 seats, 9.4% Seats won 10 9 7 Seat change 5 2 4 Popular vote 11,207 9,302 7,243 Percentage 31.7% 26.3% 20.5% Swing 12.5% 5.8% 11.1%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   O F D Party Danish People's Party Green Left New Right Last election 2 seats, 6.8% 1 seat, 3.6% 0 seats, 1.5% Seats won 1 1 1 Seat change 1 0 1 Popular vote 1,405 1,362 1,337 Percentage 4.0% 3.8% 3.8% Swing 2.8% 0.2% 2.3%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   B Ø T Party Social Liberals Red–Green Alliance Lokalisten Last election 0 seats, 1.2% 1 seat, 2.6% 2 seats, 6.0% Seats won 1 1 0 Seat change 1 0 2 Popular vote 1,072 891 1,019 Percentage 3.0% 2.5% 2.9 Swing 1.8% 0.1% 3.1%
Mayor before election Arne Boelt Social Democrats Mayor after election Søren Smalbro Venstre

Since its creation in the 2007 municipal reform, Hjørring had only had mayors from the Social Democrats. However the Social Democrats ended up losing 5 seats. This might have been a consequence of the 2020 Danish mink cull, and Hjørring being a municipality with a high number of mink farming.^[1] Only the Social Liberals from the traditional red bloc in Denmark, gained a seat, and the bloc had only won 13 of the 16 seats needed for a majority. Centre-right Venstre and Conservatives, both gained 2 and 4 seats respectively, and had a majority of seats together. On 24 November 2021, a constitution between the Social Liberals, Conservatives and Venstre was agreed upon, which saw Søren Smalbro from Venstre become mayor, with Per Møller from Conservatives, becoming deputy mayor.^[2]

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. Hjørring Municipality had 31 seats in 2021

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

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