2021 Glostrup municipal election
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All 19 seats to the Glostrup Municipal Council 10 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 11,148 (60.2%) 4.6pp | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Venstre had held the mayor's position in Glostrup Municipality since 2010.
In the 2017 election, Venstre won 7 seats, and John Engelhardt would become mayor for his third term. [1]
Despite this, Mandag Morgen, a newspaper, expected the Social Democrats would take over the mayor's position following this election. One of the reasons they said for this was that 4 parties outside Venstre had agreed on a financial settlement for 2022 in the period up to the election. [2] Apart from this, John Engelhardt had also announced in November 2020 that he would not stand for a fourth term.[3]
In the election result, the Social Democrats would become the largest party with 8 seats, followed by Venstre who lost 2 seats and ended on 5. An agreement with the Social Liberals, the Conservatives and the Green Left was eventually reached by the Social Democrats, and this would see Kasper Damsgaard become the first mayor from the Social Democrats since 2009. [4] [5]
Electoral system
[edit]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. Glostrup Municipality had 19 seats in 2021
Unlike in Danish General Elections, in elections to municipal councils, electoral alliances are allowed.
Electoral alliances
[edit]Source[6]
Electoral Alliance 1
[edit]| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| B | Social Liberals | Centre to Centre-left | |
| F | Green Left | Centre-left to Left-wing | |
| Ø | Red–Green Alliance | Left-wing to Far-Left | |
Electoral Alliance 2
[edit]| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| C | Conservatives | Centre-right | |
| D | New Right | Right-wing to Far-right | |
Electoral Alliance 3
[edit]| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| L | Glostrup Borgerliste | Local politics | |
| V | Venstre | Centre-right | |
Electoral Alliance 4
[edit]| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| I | Liberal Alliance | Centre-right to Right-wing | |
| O | Danish People's Party | Right-wing to Far-right | |
| U | Bylisten | Local politics | |
Results by polling station
[edit]L = Glostrup Borgerliste
U = Bylisten
| Division | A | B | C | D | F | I | L | O | U | V | Ø |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
| Glostrup Skole, Nordvang | 33.2 | 6.0 | 12.3 | 1.9 | 4.5 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 5.6 | 26.6 | 3.2 |
| Aktivitetscentret Sydvestvej | 28.6 | 5.4 | 8.7 | 2.0 | 5.9 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 3.7 | 11.4 | 28.6 | 3.9 |
| Søndervanghallen | 35.7 | 4.6 | 9.6 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 4.1 | 8.9 | 23.0 | 4.6 |
| Glostrup Skole, Vestervang | 48.6 | 4.8 | 5.5 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 0.5 | 3.4 | 5.1 | 6.5 | 13.5 | 5.3 |
| Ejbyhallen | 26.7 | 3.7 | 11.2 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 3.7 | 7.1 | 38.5 | 3.2 |
| Hvissingehallen | 37.4 | 3.7 | 9.9 | 2.9 | 4.6 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 3.2 | 7.3 | 24.1 | 4.2 |
Results
[edit]| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glostrup Municipality | |||||
| Social Democrats | 3,921 | 35.88 | 8 | +1 | |
| Venstre | 2,680 | 24.53 | 5 | -2 | |
| Conservatives | 1,029 | 9.42 | 2 | +1 | |
| Bylisten[a] | 854 | 7.82 | 2 | New | |
| Social Liberals | 516 | 4.72 | 1 | +1 | |
| Green Left | 476 | 4.36 | 1 | 0 | |
| Red–Green Alliance | 456 | 4.17 | 0 | -1 | |
| Danish People's Party | 413 | 3.78 | 0 | -2 | |
| New Right | 269 | 2.46 | 0 | 0 | |
| Glostrup Borgerliste | 201 | 1.84 | 0 | New | |
| Liberal Alliance | 112 | 1.02 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 10,927 | 100.00 | 19 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 10,927 | 98.02 | |||
| Invalid votes | 65 | 0.58 | |||
| Blank votes | 156 | 1.40 | |||
| Total votes | 11,148 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 18,524 | 60.18 | |||
| Source: KMD | |||||
Notes
[edit]- ^ Local party in Glostrup
References
[edit]- ^ "Ny kommunalbestyrelse konstitueret | Nyheder". glostrup (in Danish). Retrieved 17 February 2023.
- ^ "Mandag Morgens borgmesterprognose: Flest røde rådhuse efter valget | Nyheder". mm (in Danish). Retrieved 17 February 2023.
- ^ "Borgmester gennem 11 år stopper: Genopstiller ikke til kommunalvalg | Nyheder". tv2kosmopol (in Danish). Retrieved 17 February 2023.
- ^ "Tømrer skal lede vestegnskommune til socialdemokratisk storhed | Nyheder". piopio (in Danish). 18 November 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
- ^ "Kommunalbestyrelsen | Nyheder". glostrup (in Danish). Retrieved 17 February 2023.
- ^ "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd den 16. november 2021 | Nyheder" (PDF). dst (in Danish). Retrieved 9 June 2025.