2021 Tønder municipal election

In 2020, Venstre would drop, mayor at the time, Henrik Frandsen as their candidate for the next election. This led to Henrik Frandsen along with 5 others, to create Tønder Listen, a breakout party who intended to get Henrik Frandsen reelected as mayor.^[1]

2021 Tønder municipal election

← 2017 16 November 2021 2025 →
All 31 seats to the Tønder Municipal Council 16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	20,730 (69.8%) 2.2pp
First party Second party Third party   T V A Party Tønder Listen Venstre Social Democrats Last election Did not stand 15 seats, 44.6% 6 seats, 20.6% Seats won 9 6 5 Seat change 9 9 1 Popular vote 5,906 3,472 3,010 Percentage 29.0% 17.1% 14.8% Swing New 27.5% 5.8%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   S L C Party Schleswig Party Borgerlisten Conservatives Last election 2 seats, 5.8% 1 seat, 4.4% 1 seat, 2.7% Seats won 4 3 2 Seat change 2 2 1 Popular vote 2,706 1,509 1,115 Percentage 13.3% 7.4% 5.5% Swing 7.5% 3.0% 2.8%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   F D O Party Green Left The New Right Danish People's Party Last election 1 seat, 3.5% 0 seats, 0.7% 3 seats, 10.4% Seats won 1 1 0 Seat change 0 1 3 Popular vote 805 747 573 Percentage 4.0% 3.7% 2.8% Swing 0.5% 3.0% 7.6%
Mayor before election Henrik Frandsen Tønder Listen^[a] Mayor after election Jørgen Popp Petersen Schleswig Party

In the election result, Tønder Listen would win 9 seats, while Venstre would lose 9 seats and only win 6. However, Venstre wanted to avoid Henrik Frandsen continuing as mayor. Eventually, Jørgen Popp Petersen from regional party Schleswig Party had a majority backing him as mayor. The agreement consisted of the Social Democrats, the Conservatives, The New Right, Borgerlisten and Schleswig Party. This marked the first mayor from Schleswig Party in 75 years.^[2][3]

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. Tønder Municipality had 31 seats in 2021

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

Electoral alliances

Source^[4]

Electoral Alliance 1

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

Electoral Alliance 2

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

Electoral Alliance 3

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

Results by polling station

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Tønder Municipality
	Tønder Listen	5,906	29.01	9	New
	Venstre	3,472	17.06	6	-9
	Social Democrats	3,010	14.79	5	-1
	Schleswig Party	2,706	13.29	4	+2
	Borgerlisten^[b]	1,509	7.41	3	+2
	Conservatives	1,115	5.48	2	+1
	Green Left	805	3.95	1	0
	The New Right	747	3.67	1	+1
	Danish People's Party	573	2.82	0	-3
	Red–Green Alliance	282	1.39	0	-1
	Liberal Alliance	152	0.75	0	-1
	The Alternative	78	0.38	0	0
Total		20,355	100.00	31	0
Valid votes		20,355	98.19
Invalid votes		119	0.57
Blank votes		256	1.23
Total votes		20,730	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		29,697	69.81
Source: KMD

Notes

1. was elected as member of Venstre following the 2017 election
2. Local party in Tønder

References

1. "Borgmester forlader Venstre og stifter nyt parti | Nyheder". tvsyd (in Danish). Retrieved 3 February 2023.
2. "Landmand skriver historie i Tønder: Første borgmester fra det tyske mindretal | Nyheder". landbrugavisen (in Danish). Retrieved 3 February 2023.
3. "Ny borgmester kommer fra Slesvigsk Parti - men hvor tysk er han egentlig? | Nyheder". tvsyd (in Danish). Retrieved 3 February 2023.
4. "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd den 16. november 2021 | Nyheder" (PDF). dst (in Danish). Retrieved 28 January 2023.