2021 Holbæk municipal election

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2021 Holbæk municipal election
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All 31 seats to the Roskilde Municipal Council
16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout40,511 (70.2%)
Decrease 3.0pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
A
V
C
Party Social Democrats Venstre Conservatives
Last election 9 seats, 28.7% 6 seats, 20.1% 1 seat, 3.9%
Seats won 19 5 2
Seat change Increase 10 Decrease 1 Increase 1
Popular vote 23,586 6,139 2,274
Percentage 59.0% 15.4% 5.7%
Swing Increase 30.3% Decrease 4.7% Increase 1.8%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
B
O
Ø
Party Danish Social Liberal Party Danish People's Party Red–Green Alliance
Last election 3 seats, 9.7% 4 seats, 13.4% 2 seats, 5.5%
Seats won 1 1 1
Seat change Decrease 2 Decrease 3 Decrease 1
Popular vote 1,739 1,734 1,651
Percentage 4.4% 4.3% 4.1%
Swing Decrease 5.3% Decrease 9.1% Decrease 1.4%

  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
D
F
I
Party New Right Green Left Liberal Alliance
Last election Did Not Stand 1 seat, 2.8% 2 seats, 6.1%
Seats won 1 1 0
Seat change Increase 1 0 Decrease 2
Popular vote 1,221 1,120 520
Percentage 3.0% 2.8% 1.3%
Swing New 0.0% Decrease 4.8%

Mayor before election

Christina Krzyrosiak Hansen
Social Democrats

Mayor after election

Christina Krzyrosiak Hansen
Social Democrats

Following the 2017 election, Christina Krzyrosiak Hansen from the Social Democrats had become mayor, after an agreement between the Green Left, Danish People's Party and the Red–Green Alliance.[1]

In 2017, DR published an article naming Holbæk Municipality as the country's poorest municipality[2] In 2020, TV2 Øst could reveal that things were improving in the municipality. The year before, Zetland had also made an article explaining that Holbæk had improved a lot since the new mayor.[3]

These things would appear to have gained support for the continuation of Christina Krzyrosiak Hansen as mayor. The results would see the Social Democrats going from 9 seats, to 19 seats, 4 more than needed for an absolute majority. Christina Krzyrosiak Hansen would become the candidate to receive the 2nd highest number of personal votes in the 2017 Danish local elections, despite Holbæk only having 19th largest population of the 98 Danish municipalities. This would make an easy pathway for her to continue as mayor.[4]

Electoral system[edit]

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. Roskilde Municipality had 31 seats in 2021

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

Electoral alliances[edit]

Source[5]

Electoral Alliance 1

Party Political Position
Social Democrats Centre-left
Danish People's Party Right-wing

Electoral Alliance 2

Party Political Position
Danish Social Liberal Party Centre to Centre-left
Conservatives Centre-right

Electoral Alliance 3

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

Electoral Alliance 4

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

Results by polling station[edit]

Results[edit]

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Roskilde Municipality
Social Democrats23,58658.6819+10
Venstre6,13915.275-1
Conservatives2,2745.662+1
Danish Social Liberal Party1,7394.331-2
Danish People's Party1,7344.311-3
Red–Green Alliance1,6514.111-1
New Right1,2213.041New
Green Left1,1202.7910
Liberal Alliance5201.290-2
The Alternative2110.5200
Total40,195100.00310
Valid votes40,19598.71
Invalid votes1880.46
Blank votes3390.83
Total votes40,722100.00
Registered voters/turnout57,74370.52
Source: KMD

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "For lidt siden sad hun i elevrådet – nu er hun borgmester i Holbæk | Nyheder". jyllands-posten (in Danish). 22 November 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Holbæk er landets fattigste kommune | Nyheder". dr.dk (in Danish). 9 June 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Siden hun blev borgmester, er Holbæk ikke længere landets fattigste kommune. Nå ja, og så er Christina Krzyrosiak Hansen blevet 26 | Nyheder". zetland (in Danish). 30 July 2019. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Kanonvalg til ung S-borgmester | Nyheder". tv2 (in Danish). 16 November 2021. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd den 16. november 2021 | Nyheder" (PDF). dst (in Danish). Retrieved 28 January 2023.