2021 Holbæk municipal election

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]

2021 Holbæk municipal election

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All 31 seats to the Roskilde Municipal Council 16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	40,511 (70.2%) 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 10 1 1 Popular vote 23,586 6,139 2,274 Percentage 59.0% 15.4% 5.7% Swing 30.3% 4.7% 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 2 3 1 Popular vote 1,739 1,734 1,651 Percentage 4.4% 4.3% 4.1% Swing 5.3% 9.1% 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 1 0 2 Popular vote 1,221 1,120 520 Percentage 3.0% 2.8% 1.3% Swing New 0.0% 4.8%
Mayor before election Christina Krzyrosiak Hansen Social Democrats Mayor after election Christina Krzyrosiak Hansen Social Democrats

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

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

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

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Roskilde Municipality
	Social Democrats	23,586	58.68	19	+10
	Venstre	6,139	15.27	5	-1
	Conservatives	2,274	5.66	2	+1
	Danish Social Liberal Party	1,739	4.33	1	-2
	Danish People's Party	1,734	4.31	1	-3
	Red–Green Alliance	1,651	4.11	1	-1
	New Right	1,221	3.04	1	New
	Green Left	1,120	2.79	1	0
	Liberal Alliance	520	1.29	0	-2
	The Alternative	211	0.52	0	0
Total		40,195	100.00	31	0
Valid votes		40,195	98.71
Invalid votes		188	0.46
Blank votes		339	0.83
Total votes		40,722	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		57,743	70.52
Source: KMD

Notes

References

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.