2021 Egedal municipal election

In 2017, Karsten Søndergaard from Venstre would secure the party's 3rd consecutive term holding the mayor's position in the municipality.^[1]

2021 Egedal municipal election

← 2017 16 November 2021 2025 →
All 21 seats to the Egedal Municipal Council 11 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	24,219 (71.9%) 3.9pp
First party Second party Third party   A V L Party Social Democrats Venstre Lokalisten Ny Egedal Last election 6 seats, 25.9% 6 seats, 27.5% Did Not Stand Seats won 5 5 4 Seat change 1 1 4 Popular vote 5,481 4,464 4,276 Percentage 23.0% 18.7% 17.9% Swing 2.9% 8.8% New   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   C F B Party Conservatives Green Left Danish Social Liberal Party Last election 2 seats, 11.6% 1 seat, 6.8% 3 seats, 11.6% Seats won 3 2 1 Seat change 1 1 2 Popular vote 3,019 1,867 1,092 Percentage 12.7% 7.8% 4.6% Swing 1.1% 1.0% 7%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   Ø O I Party Red–Green Alliance Danish People's Party Liberal Alliance Last election Did Not Stand 2 seats, 10.4% 1 seat, 4.0% Seats won 1 0 0 Seat change 1 2 1 Popular vote 1,046 775 427 Percentage 4.4% 3.2% 1.8% Swing New 7.2% 2.2%
Mayor before election Karsten Søndergaard Venstre Mayor after election Vicky Holst Rasmussen Social Democrats

In this election, a new local party called Lokallisten Ny Egedal would see great success. They would manage to win 4 seats, and become the third largest party. As no bloc had a majority, they could become decisive in deciding who'd become the next mayor. At first, it sounded as Karsten Søndergaard could continue as mayor.^[2] However, the Conservatives decided that they could see more influence if they made a constitutional agreement having Vicky Holst Rasmussen from the Social Democrats as the new mayor. Therefore, the Social Democrats would be able to hold the mayor's position in the municipality for the first time. ^{[a] [3][4]}

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. Egedal Municipality had 21 seats in 2021

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

Electoral alliances

Source^[5]

Electoral Alliance 1

Party	Political Position
Conservatives	Centre-right
Liberal Alliance	Centre-right to Right-wing
Danish People's Party	Right-wing
Venstre	Centre-right

Electoral Alliance 2

Party	Political Position
Green Left	Centre-left to Left-wing
Et Samlet Egedal	Local Party
Red–Green Alliance	Left-wing to Far-left

Electoral Alliance 3

Party	Political Position
Social Democrats	Centre-left
Danish Social Liberal Party	Centre to Centre-left

Results by polling station

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Egedal Municipality
	Social Democrats	5,481	23.00	5	-1
	Venstre	4,464	18.73	5	-1
	Lokallisten Ny Egedal	4,276	17.94	4	New
	Conservatives	3,019	12.67	3	+1
	Green Left	1,867	7.83	2	+1
	Danish Social Liberal Party	1,092	4.58	1	-2
	Red–Green Alliance	1,046	4.39	1	New
	Danish People's Party	775	3.25	0	-2
	New Right	747	3.13	0	New
	Et Samlet Egedal	637	2.67	0	New
	Liberal Alliance	427	1.79	0	-1
Total		23,831	100.00	21	0
Valid votes		23,831	98.40
Invalid votes		106	0.44
Blank votes		282	1.16
Total votes		24,219	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		33,682	71.90
Source: KMD

Notes

1. counting from 2007 where the municipality was altered

References

1. "Overblik: Her er Nordsjællands borgmestre | Nyheder". sn.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 16 February 2023.
2. "Tre partier: "Vi serverede borgmesterposten på et sølvfad, men Vicky Holst Rasmussen takkede nej" | Nyheder". sn.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 16 February 2023.
3. "Socialdemokrat kupper Venstre-borgmester | Nyheder". dr (in Danish). Retrieved 16 February 2023.
4. "Byrådets medlemmer | Nyheder". egedalkommune (in Danish). Retrieved 16 February 2023.
5. "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd den 16. november 2021 | Nyheder" (PDF). dst (in Danish). Retrieved 28 January 2023.