2021 Hjørring municipal election
16 November 2021
All 31 seats to the Hjørring Municipal Council
16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout33,065 (68.1%)
Decrease 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 Decrease 5 Increase 2 Increase 4
Popular vote 11,207 9,302 7,243
Percentage 31.7% 26.3% 20.5%
Swing Decrease 12.5% Increase 5.8% Increase 11.1%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
O
F
D
Party Danish People's Party Green Left The New Right
Last election 2 seats, 6.8% 1 seat, 3.6% 0 seats, 1.5%
Seats won 1 1 1
Seat change Decrease 1 0 Increase 1
Popular vote 1,405 1,362 1,337
Percentage 4.0% 3.8% 3.8%
Swing Decrease 2.8% Increase 0.2% Increase 2.3%
  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
B
Ø
T
Party Danish Social Liberal Party 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 Increase 1 0 Decrease 2
Popular vote 1,072 891 1,019
Percentage 3.0% 2.5% 2.9
Swing Increase 1.8% Decrease 0.1% Decrease 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 Danish Social Liberal Party 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 Danish Social Liberal Party, Conservatives and Venstre was agreed upon, which saw Søren Smalbro from Venstre become mayor, with Per Møller from Conservatives, becoming deputy mayor. [2]

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. Hjørring Municipality had 31 seats in 2021

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

Electoral alliances

Source[3]


Electoral Alliance 1

PartyPolitical Position
Green LeftCentre-left to Left-wing
Red–Green AllianceLeft-wing to Far-left
The AlternativeCentre-left to Left-wing

Electoral Alliance 2

PartyPolitical Position
ConservativesCentre-right
Christian DemocratsCentre to Centre-right

Electoral Alliance 3

PartyPolitical Position
The New RightRight-wing
Danish People's PartyRight-wing
VenstreCentre-right

Electoral Alliance 4

PartyPolitical Position
Danish Social Liberal PartyCentre to Centre-left
LokalistenLocal Party

Results by polling station

Polling Station A B C D F K O V Ø Å Others
 %  %  %  %  %  %  %  %  %  %  %
Horne 17.9 3.3 23.0 5.6 2.2 1.0 5.4 28.4 1.5 0.2 11.4
Hirtshals 19.1 4.7 20.6 5.2 2.1 0.9 7.5 24.5 1.3 0.4 13.6
Hjørring - Centrum 37.6 4.4 22.0 2.7 6.0 0.6 3.4 16.4 4.4 0.4 1.9
Hjørring - Nord 39.3 3.0 25.6 2.4 4.3 0.6 2.9 19.2 1.5 0.3 0.9
Hjørring - Syd 35.8 2.8 21.8 2.6 4.3 0.5 2.6 25.9 2.0 0.2 1.6
Hjørring - Vest 37.4 3.6 22.9 2.4 4.4 1.1 3.2 20.1 3.0 0.2 1.7
Tornby 14.7 4.5 20.6 3.1 4.0 0.6 4.9 36.4 1.5 0.5 9.1
Bindslev 19.8 1.8 11.1 5.1 2.0 0.9 5.6 48.7 2.6 0.2 2.2
Tversted 21.4 3.2 18.6 2.8 3.0 0.8 4.4 37.1 3.2 0.0 5.7
Taars 28.2 1.6 23.1 4.0 3.4 2.5 4.1 30.1 1.7 0.1 1.2
Vrejlev-Hæstrup 25.2 1.8 22.6 5.3 3.5 1.1 4.8 32.2 1.5 0.1 1.7
Bjergby-Mygdal 21.2 3.7 13.0 3.9 4.0 0.3 3.4 46.4 1.8 0.1 2.2
Skallerup 31.4 3.0 15.0 2.5 5.2 0.8 3.3 29.4 6.9 0.5 2.1
Vrå 29.9 2.4 11.4 4.6 3.0 0.7 2.4 15.9 3.0 0.1 1.3
Hundelev 27.6 2.4 18.3 5.9 4.5 0.3 2.9 30.3 2.2 0.2 5.3
Løkken 29.5 1.1 21.0 2.8 3.1 0.7 2.9 34.5 3.2 0.2 1.0
Sindal 44.8 1.9 16.8 4.1 2.4 1.4 4.7 21.0 1.7 0.2 0.9
Astrup 26.6 3.1 17.8 5.6 3.9 0.6 3.0 35.2 1.6 0.2 2.5
Tolne 24.5 1.9 18.1 8.0 5.4 1.3 6.6 29.9 3.1 0.3 1.0
Ugilt 35.2 1.4 15.3 4.9 2.2 0.8 5.2 31.3 1.5 0.2 2.0
Lendum 26.6 1.4 21.6 6.1 2.5 2.1 4.6 32.4 1.6 0.0 1.1

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Hjørring Municipality
Social Democrats11,20731.7010-5
Venstre9,30226.319+2
Conservatives7,24320.497+4
Danish People's Party1,4053.971-1
Green Left1,3623.8510
The New Right1,3373.781+1
Danish Social Liberal Party1,0723.031+1
Lokalisten[lower-alpha 1]1,0192.880-2
Red–Green Alliance8912.5210
Christian Democrats3200.9100
Hjørring for alle1110.3100
The Alternative850.2400
Total35,354100.00310
Valid votes35,35498.61
Invalid votes1230.34
Blank votes3771.05
Total votes35,854100.00
Registered voters/turnout51,48969.63
Source: KMD

Notes

  1. ↑ Local party in Hjørring

References

  1. ↑ "S bløder i store minkkommuner: To jyske borgmestre er ikke i tvivl om, at minksagen har kostet stemmer | Nyheder". jyllands-posten (in Danish). 17 November 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  2. ↑ "Konstitueringsaftale på plads for Hjørring Byråd 2022-2025 | Nyheder". ritzau (in Danish). Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  3. ↑ "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd den 16. november 2021 | Nyheder" (PDF). dst (in Danish). Retrieved 28 January 2023.
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