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2021 Esbjerg municipal election

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All 31 seats to the Esbjerg Municipal Council 16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	59,147 (64.6%) 4.9pp
First party Second party Third party   V A F Party Venstre Social Democrats Green Left Last election 11 seats, 32.2% 11 seats, 30.5% 2 seats, 6.0% Seats won 13 9 3 Seat change 2 2 1 Popular vote 21,285 15,920 5,553 Percentage 36.6% 27.4% 9.6% Swing 4.4% 3.1% 3.6%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   C D B Party Conservatives The New Right Danish Social Liberal Party Last election 1 seat, 4.2% 0 seats, 1.0% 1 seat, 3.0% Seats won 3 1 1 Seat change 2 1 0 Popular vote 4,707 2,549 2,124 Percentage 8.1% 4.4% 3.6% Swing 3.9% 3.4% 0.6%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   O Ø E Party Danish People's Party Red–Green Alliance Borgerlisten Last election 3 seats, 8.6% 1 seat, 4.1% 1 seat, 4,9% Seats won 1 0 0 Seat change 2 1 1 Popular vote 2,122 1,476 1,104 Percentage 3.6% 2.5% 1.9% Swing 5% 1.6% 3.0%
Mayor before election Jesper Frost Rasmussen Venstre Mayor after election Jesper Frost Rasmussen Venstre

Unlike the 4 other largest municipalities of Denmark, Esbjerg, the 5th largest, is less of a stronghold for parties of the traditional red bloc, and is more of a slightly blue municipality.

However, the Social Democrats targeted the municipality for a potential flip of the mayor position, after Venstre had held it since 1994. Political analyst Hans Redder argued that the Social Democrats saw it as a traditional labour municipality. Added to that, the blue bloc won 16 seats against 15 in the last election.

This attempt by the Social Democrats failed in a fairly large scale . They lost 2 sets, while Venstre gained 2, and the blue bloc went from 16 to 18 seats. It later confirmed that Jesper Frost Rasmussen from Venstre would continue for a second term.

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. Esbjerg Municipality had 31 seats in 2021

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

Electoral alliances

Source

Electoral Alliance 1

Electoral Alliance 2

Results by polling station

Results

Notes

1. for parties of the blue bloc
2. ^ Local party in Esbjerg

References

1. "FVKOM: Folketingsvalg efter valgresultat og kommuner | Nyheder". statistikbanken (in Danish). Retrieved 5 February 2023.
2. "Her er de 10 største gysere ved kommunalvalget | Nyheder". tv2 (in Danish). 10 November 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
3. "Esbjerg Kommunes nye byråd har fordelt poster og udvalg mellem sig | Nyheder". ritzau (in Danish). Retrieved 5 February 2023.
4. "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd den 16. november 2021 | Nyheder" (PDF). dst (in Danish). Retrieved 28 January 2023.

• 2021 Danish local elections