2021 Glostrup municipal election

2021 Glostrup municipal election

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All 19 seats to the Glostrup Municipal Council 10 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	11,148 (60.2%) 4.6pp
First party Second party Third party   A V C Party Social Democrats Venstre Conservatives Last election 7 seats, 35.5% 7 seats, 30.3% 1 seat, 3.8% Seats won 8 5 2 Seat change 1 2 1 Popular vote 3,921 2,680 1,029 Percentage 35.9% 24.5% 9.4% Swing 0.4% 5.8% 5.6%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   U B F Party Bylisten Danish Social Liberal Party Green Left Last election Did Not Stand 0 seats, 2.9% 1 seat, 5.7% Seats won 2 1 1 Seat change 2 1 0 Popular vote 854 516 476 Percentage 7.8% 4.7% 4.4% Swing New 1.8% 1.3%   Seventh party Eighth party   Ø O Party Red–Green Alliance Danish People's Party Last election 1 seat, 5.3% 2 seats, 12.2% Seats won 0 0 Seat change 1 2 Popular vote 456 413 Percentage 4.2% 3.8% Swing 1.1% 8.4%
Mayor before election John Engelhardt Venstre Mayor after election Kasper Damsgaard Social Democrats

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 Danish Social Liberal Party, 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]}

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.

Source^[6]

Electoral Alliance 1

Electoral Alliance 2

Electoral Alliance 3

Electoral Alliance 4