2021 Hjørring municipal election

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]

2021 Hjørring municipal election

← 2017 16 November 2021 2025 →
All 31 seats to the Hjørring Municipal Council 16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	33,065 (68.1%) 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 5 2 4 Popular vote 11,207 9,302 7,243 Percentage 31.7% 26.3% 20.5% Swing 12.5% 5.8% 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 1 0 1 Popular vote 1,405 1,362 1,337 Percentage 4.0% 3.8% 3.8% Swing 2.8% 0.2% 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 1 0 2 Popular vote 1,072 891 1,019 Percentage 3.0% 2.5% 2.9 Swing 1.8% 0.1% 3.1%
Mayor before election Arne Boelt Social Democrats Mayor after election Søren Smalbro Venstre

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

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

Electoral Alliance 2

Party	Political Position
Conservatives	Centre-right
Christian Democrats	Centre to Centre-right

Electoral Alliance 3

Party	Political Position
The New Right	Right-wing
Danish People's Party	Right-wing
Venstre	Centre-right

Electoral Alliance 4

Party	Political Position
Danish Social Liberal Party	Centre to Centre-left
Lokalisten	Local 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

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Hjørring Municipality
	Social Democrats	11,207	31.70	10	-5
	Venstre	9,302	26.31	9	+2
	Conservatives	7,243	20.49	7	+4
	Danish People's Party	1,405	3.97	1	-1
	Green Left	1,362	3.85	1	0
	The New Right	1,337	3.78	1	+1
	Danish Social Liberal Party	1,072	3.03	1	+1
	Lokalisten^[a]	1,019	2.88	0	-2
	Red–Green Alliance	891	2.52	1	0
	Christian Democrats	320	0.91	0	0
	Hjørring for alle	111	0.31	0	0
	The Alternative	85	0.24	0	0
Total		35,354	100.00	31	0
Valid votes		35,354	98.61
Invalid votes		123	0.34
Blank votes		377	1.05
Total votes		35,854	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		51,489	69.63
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.