2021 Greve municipal election

2021 Greve municipal election

16 November 2021
All 21 seats to the Greve Municipal Council 11 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	25,727 (64.6%) 5.7pp
First party Second party Third party   V A C Party Venstre Social Democrats Conservatives Last election 9 seats, 36.6% 7 seats, 28.9% 1 seat, 5.1% Seats won 9 6 2 Seat change 0 1 1 Popular vote 9,575 6,941 3,055 Percentage 37.7% 27.3% 12.0% Swing 1.1% 1.6% 6.9%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   O Ø D Party Danish People's Party Red–Green Alliance New Right Last election 2 seats, 12.0% 1 seat, 4.1% 0 seats, 1.3% Seats won 1 1 1 Seat change 1 0 1 Popular vote 1,570 1,136 974 Percentage 6.2% 4.5% 3.8% Swing 5.8% 0.4% 2.5%   Seventh party Eighth party   F I Party Green Left Liberal Alliance Last election 0 seats, 2.5% 1 seat, 3.3% Seats won 1 0 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 954 189 Percentage 3.8% 0.7% Swing 1.3% 2.6%
Mayor before election Pernille Beckmann Venstre Mayor after election Pernille Beckmann Venstre

Since the 2007 municipal reform, only parties of the blue bloc had held the mayor's position in Greve Municipality. Current mayor coming into this election was Pernille Beckmann from Venstre, who had been mayor following the 2013 election and the 2017 election . In the 2017 election, the blue bloc had won 13 of the 21 seats.

In this election, no dramatic changes occurred. The Social Democrats, Liberal Alliance and Danish People's Party would all lose a seat. The Conservatives gained 1 seat, but did not come anywhere near the 9 seats Venstre won, despite having held the mayor's position before in the municipality. The New Right would win representation with 1 seat for the first time in the party's history, while the Green Left would win representation with 1 seat, for the first time since the 2009 election. Again the blue bloc had won 13 seats, and Pernille Beckmann looked likely to continue for a third term. This would later be confirmed.

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. Greve Municipality had 21 seats in 2021

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

Electoral alliances

Source

Electoral Alliance 1

Party	Political Position
Conservatives	Centre-right
Christian Democrats	Centre to Centre-right

Electoral Alliance 2

Electoral Alliance 3

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Greve Municipality
	Venstre	9,575	37.70	9	0
	Social Democrats	6,941	27.33	6	-1
	Conservatives	3,055	12.03	2	+1
	Danish People's Party	1,570	6.18	1	-1
	Red–Green Alliance	1,136	4.47	1	0
	New Right	974	3.84	1	+1
	Green Left	954	3.76	1	+1
	Danish Social Liberal Party	539	2.12	0	0
	Party Parti	314	1.24	0	New
	Liberal Alliance	189	0.74	0	-1
	Christian Democrats	103	0.41	0	0
	Vegan Party	47	0.19	0	New
Total		25,397	100.00	21	0
Valid votes		25,397	98.72
Invalid votes		110	0.43
Blank votes		220	0.86
Total votes		25,727	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		39,331	65.41
Source: KMD