2021 Lolland municipal election (Denmark)

2021 Lolland municipal election (Denmark)

16 November 2021
All 25 seats to the Lolland Municipal Council 13 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	20,820 (63.1%) 5.5%
First party Second party Third party   A V H Party Social Democrats Venstre Din Stemme Last election 11 seats, 39.6% 5 seats, 16.5% 2 seats, 7.8% Seats won 12 5 2 Seat change 1 0 0 Popular vote 8,686 3,911 1,524 Percentage 41.7% 18.8% 7.3% Swing 2.1% 2.3% 0.5%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   L O C Party Lokalisten Lolland Danish People's Party Conservatives Last election 2 seats, 9.7% 3 seats, 10.1% 0 seats, 1.9% Seats won 1 1 1 Seat change 1 2 1 Popular vote 1,079 1,078 966 Percentage 5.2% 5.2% 4.6% Swing 4.5% 4.9% 2.7%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   F Ø N Party Green Left Red–Green Alliance Nakskov Listen Last election 1 seat, 5.2% 1 seat, 4.1% 0 seats, 0% Seats won 1 1 1 Seat change 0 0 1 Popular vote 840 821 740 Percentage 4.0% 3.9% 3.6% Swing 1.2% 0.2% 3.6%
Mayor before election Holger Schou Rasmussen Social Democrats Mayor after election Holger Schou Rasmussen Social Democrats

The Social Democrats have since the 2007 municipal reform held the mayor's position in Lolland municipality. They've always been the largest party by number of seats, however both them and Venstre had nine seats in 2014–2017.

In the previous election the Social Democrats had won 11 seats, 6 more than second-place Venstre. The traditional red bloc had therefore 13 of the 25 seats, and a majority. This led to Holger Schou Rasmussen from the Social Democrats becoming mayor. He would stand for re-election in this election, and for a third term. It was expected that he would have success.

Once again the Social Democrats would become the biggest party, and ended up only one short of an absolute majority. Fellow red bloc parties, Green Left and Red–Green Alliance, would decrease their vote share by 1.2 and 0.2 points respectively, however none of them lost a seat. Therefore, there were 14 red seats, and Holger Schou Rasmussen was in pole position to win a third term. It was eventually confirmed that he would continue as mayor.

In November 2022 Eric Steffensen switched party affiliation from Danish People's Party to the Social Democrats, and this means that the Social Democrats currently holds 13 seats and an absolute majority in Lolland's municipal council.

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. Lolland Municipality had 25 seats in 2021

Unlike in Danish general elections, in municipal elections electoral alliances are allowed.

Electoral alliances

Source

Electoral alliance 1

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

Electoral alliance 2

Party	Political position
Danish Social Liberal Party	Centre to Centre-left
Lokallisten Lolland	Local Party

Electoral alliance 3

Party	Political position
Vestfronten	Local party
Nakskov listen	Local party

Electoral Alliance 4

Party	Political position
Danish People's Party	Rightwing
Venstre	Centre-right

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Lolland Municipality
	Social Democrats	8,686	41.72	12	+1
	Venstre	3,911	18.78	5	0
	Din Stemme	1,524	7.32	2	0
	Lokallisten Lolland	1,079	5.18	1	-1
	Danish People's Party	1,078	5.18	1	-2
	Conservatives	966	4.64	1	+1
	Green Left	840	4.03	1	0
	Red–Green Alliance	821	3.94	1	0
	Nakskov listen	740	3.55	1	New
	New Right	672	3.23	0	0
	Vestfronten	356	1.71	0	New
	Danish Social Liberal Party	147	0.71	0	0
Total		20,820	100.00	25	0
Valid votes		20,820	98.02
Invalid votes		102	0.48
Blank votes		318	1.50
Total votes		21,240	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		33,685	63.05
Source: KMD