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2021 Capital of Denmark Regional election

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All 41 seats to the Capital of Denmark Regional Council 21 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	954,456 (64.7%) 2.8pp
First party Second party Third party   C A Ø Party Conservatives Social Democrats Red–Green Alliance Last election 5 seats, 11.2% 13 seats, 28.4% 4 seats, 10.0% Seats won 10 9 6 Seat change 5 4 2 Popular vote 190,020 209,111 120,907 Percentage 20.7% 22.8% 13.2% Swing 9.5% 5.6% 3.2%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   V B F Party Venstre Danish Social Liberal Party Green Left Last election 6 seats, 13.8% 3 seats, 8.1% 3 seats, 6.3% Seats won 5 5 4 Seat change 1 2 1 Popular vote 98,148 93,528 85,602 Percentage 10.7% 10.2% 9.3% Swing 3.1% 2.1% 3.0%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   O D I Party Danish People's Party New Right Liberal Alliance Last election 3 seats, 8.1% 0 seats, 1.4% 2 seats, 4.3% Seats won 1 1 0 Seat change 2 1 2 Popular vote 31,636 28,686 17,963 Percentage 3.4% 3.1% 2.0% Swing 4.7% 1.7% 2.3%
Chairperson before election Lars Gaardhøj Social Democrats Chairperson after election Lars Gaardhøj Social Democrats

The 2021 Capital of Denmark Regional election was held on November 16, 2021, to elect the 41 members to sit in the regional council for the Capital Region of Denmark, in the period of 2022 to 2025.

Priro to this election and ever since the creation of the 5 Danish regions in the 2007 Municipal reform, the Social Democrats had been the largest party and held the chairperson's seat for the Capital Region of Denmark. Following the 2017 election, Sophie Hæstorp Andersen had won her second term as the chairperson.

However, in November 2020 it was announced that Hæstorp Andersen would become the candidate of the Social Democrats for the Lord Mayor position in the 2021 Copenhagen City Council election, and she was therefore unable to stand in this election. She would step down in June 2021, with Lars Gaardhøj taking over.

In the election result, due to electoral alliances, the Conservatives won the most seats despite not having received the highest vote share. However the parties commonly associated with the red bloc won 24 seats. It was later announced that Lars Gaardhøj would continue as the chairperson.

Electoral Alliances

Electoral Alliance 1

Electoral Alliance 2

Electoral Alliance 3

Electoral Alliance 4

Electoral Alliance 5

Results

Notes

1. Sophie Hæstorp Andersen became chairperson following the last election, but Lars Gaardhøj took over in June 2021

References

1. "Her er de nye borgmestre og regionsrådsformænd". altinget.dk (in Danish). 21 November 2017. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
2. "Sophie Hæstorp Andersen bliver Socialdemokratiets kandidat til overborgmesterposten i København". newsoresund (in Danish). 9 November 2020. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
3. "Lars Gaardhøj ny regionsrådsformand i hovedstaden". regionh.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-06-14.
4. "Overblik: Alle regionsrådsformænd er fundet - her er valgets mest opsigtsvækkende resultater". avisendanmark.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-06-14.

• 2021 Danish local elections
• Politics of Denmark