2021 Vejen municipal election

2021 Vejen municipal election

16 November 2021
All 27 seats to the Vejen Municipal Council 14 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	22,809 (68.3%) 3.6pp
First party Second party Third party   V A C Party Venstre Social Democrats Conservatives Last election 10 seats, 35.5% 8 seats, 28.3% 4 seats, 13.8% Seats won 9 8 6 Seat change 1 0 2 Popular vote 6,888 6,290 5,229 Percentage 30.8% 28.1% 23.3% Swing 4.7% 0.2% 9.5%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   D F O Party The New Right Green Left Danish People's Party Last election 0 seats, 1.4% 1 seat, 2.9% 2 seats, 9.6% Seats won 1 1 1 Seat change 1 0 1 Popular vote 1,019 772 740 Percentage 4.6% 3.4% 3.3% Swing 3.2% 0.5% 6.3%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   L Ø I Party Liberal Borgerliste Red–Green Alliance Liberal Alliance Last election 0 seats, 0% 1 seat, 4.1% 1 seat, 3.2% Seats won 1 0 0 Seat change 1 1 1 Popular vote 588 407 75 Percentage 2.6% 1.8% 0.3% Swing 2.6% 2.3% 2.9%
Mayor before election Egon Fræhr Venstre Mayor after election Frank Schmidt-Hansen Conservatives

Ever since the 2007 municipal reform, Egon Fræhr from Venstre had been mayor of Vejen Municiaplity. He announced in 2020 that he would not stand for re-election.

Instead Morten Thorøe would be the candidate from Venstre for this election.

Venstre would lose a seat in this election, although still remaining the largest party. However following election night, an utraditional agreement between the Social Democrats and the Conservatives, would see Frank Schmidt-Hansen from the Conservatives become mayor.

This would mark the first time since the 2007 municipal reform, that a municipality in the South Jutland constituency would have a mayor from the Conservatives. It was one of three municipalities in the constituency where the Conservatives had mayor's elected in the 2021, and it was seen as a big success for the Conservatives, who had have trouble winning mayor positions outside Greater Copenhagen and North Zealand in recent elections.

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. Vejen Municipality had 27 seats in 2021

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

Electoral alliances

Source

Electoral Alliance 1

Party	Political Position
Conservatives	Centre-right
Liberal Alliance	Centre-right to Right-wing

Electoral Alliance 2

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

Electoral Alliance 3

Party	Political Position
The New Right	Right-wing
Liberal Borgerliste	Right-wing

Electoral Alliance 4

Party	Political Position
Danish Social Liberal Party	Centre to Centre-left
Danish People's Party	Right-wing
Venstre	Centre-right

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Vejen Municipality
	Venstre	6,888	30.75	9	-1
	Social Democrats	6,290	28.08	8	0
	Conservatives	5,229	23.34	6	+2
	The New Right	1,019	4.55	1	+1
	Green Left	772	3.45	1	0
	Danish People's Party	740	3.30	1	-1
	Liberal Borgerliste	588	2.62	0	New
	Red–Green Alliance	407	1.82	0	-1
	Danish Social Liberal Party	392	1.75	0	0
	Liberal Alliance	75	0.33	0	-1
Total		22,400	100.00	26	0
Valid votes		22,400	98.21
Invalid votes		113	0.50
Blank votes		296	1.30
Total votes		22,809	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		33,397	68.30
Source: KMD