2021 Danish local elections

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98 municipal councils 5 regional councils

Party Leader % Seats +/– Social Democrats Mette Frederiksen 28.4 756 −86 Venstre Jakob Ellemann-Jensen 21.2 620 −68 Conservatives Søren Pape Poulsen 15.2 403 +178 SF Pia Olsen Dyhr 7.6 168 +42 Red–Green Mai Villadsen[a] 7.3 114 +12 Social Liberals Sofie Carsten Nielsen 5.6 94 +14 DPP Kristian Thulesen Dahl 4.1 91 −130 New Right Pernille Vermund 3.6 64 +63 KD Isabella Arendt 0.8 12 +3 Schleswig Party Carsten Leth Schmidt 0.3 10 0 Liberal Alliance Alex Vanopslagh 1.4 9 −19 The Alternative Franciska Rosenkilde 0.7 5 −15 Other 3.9 90 +12 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Party winning the position as mayor in each municipality and chairman in each region. Share of votes earned by the largest party in each municipality or region. Share of votes earned by the largest party in each polling area.

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Local elections were held in 2021 for Denmark's 98 municipal councils and five regional councils. All 2,436 seats were contested for the 2022–2025 term of office, together with 205 seats in five regional councils. Frederiksberg Municipality had increased their number of councillors from 25 to 29.

Opinion polls

Results

Results of regional elections

The regions are not municipalities but are financed only through block grants.

Number of councillors and political parties in the regional councils

Party		Seats[1]	Change
A	Social Democrats	64	6
V	Venstre	54	0
C	Conservatives	31	16
F	Socialist People's Party	14	1
Ø	Red-Green Alliance	14	2
B	Danish Social Liberal Party	12	4
D	The New Right	8	8
O	Danish People's Party	6	15
K	Christian Democrats	1	0
I	Liberal Alliance	0	5
Å	The Alternative	0	3
	Others	1	0
Total		205

Old and new chairs of the regional councils

In four of the five regions, the incumbent chairman kept the position. However, in the North Denmark Region, an agreement was made between Venstre, the Danish People's Party, New Right and the Conservative People's Party to give the chairmanship to Mads Duedahl of Venstre. This was the first time since the region's establishment in 2007 that the Social Democrats did not win the region's chairmanship.^[2]

Results of municipal elections

Seats for the 98 municipal councils were up for vote.

Number of councillors and political parties in the municipal councils

The Conservatives had their best local election results since 1985.

Sum of 98 local elections
Party		Share of vote[3]		Seats[1]
		Percent	Change	Number	Change
A	Social Democrats	28.40%	-4.05%	756	86
V	Venstre	21.18%	-1.88%	620	68
C	Conservatives	15.24%	+6.46%	403	178
F	Socialist People's Party	7.61%	+1.91%	168	42
Ø	Red-Green Alliance	7.34%	+1.38%	114	12
B	Danish Social Liberal Party	5.59%	+0.99%	94	14
O	Danish People's Party	4.09%	-4.66%	91	130
D	The New Right	3.57%	+2.67%	64	63
K	Christian Democrats	0.79%	+0.29%	12	3
S	Schleswig Party	0.29%	-0.01%	10	0
I	Liberal Alliance	1.38%	-1.22%	9	19
Å	The Alternative	0.71%	-2.29%	5	15
G	Vegan Party	0.17%	New	0	New
	Others	3.64%	+0.44%	90	12
Total				2,436	4

Number of absolute majorities (a majority of seats won by the party itself)

Party		Number	Change
A	Social Democrats	5	5
C	Conservatives	4	1
V	Venstre	4	3
Total		13	7

Number of municipal council elections contested and number of municipal councils representations by party

Party		Elected into	Change	Contested
A	Social Democrats	98	0	98
C	Conservatives	97	18	98
V	Venstre	94	2	97
F	Socialist People's Party	89	10	97
O	Danish People's Party	71	20	98
Ø	Red–Green Alliance	67	2	91
B	Danish Social Liberal Party	58	3	92
D	New Right	58	57	95
L[c]	Local Parties	35	1	86
I	Liberal Alliance	5	19	66
K	Christian Democrats	5	1	46
S	Schleswig Party	4	0	4
Å	The Alternative	4	11	35
G	Vegan Party	0	New	16

Mayors in the municipalities

The mayors (Danish: borgmester; plural: borgmestre) of the 98 municipalities head the council meetings and are the chair of the finance committee in each of their respective municipalities. Only in Copenhagen, this mayor – the head of the finance committee and council meetings – is called the lord mayor (Danish: overborgmester).

Mayors after the election
Party		Number	Change
	Social Democrats	44	3
	Venstre	34	3
	Conservatives	14	6
	Socialist People's Party	2	1
	Danish Social Liberal Party	1	0
	Liberal Alliance	1	1
	Schleswig Party	1	1
	Local parties	1	1
	Danish People's Party	0	1
	The Alternative	0	1

Sum of mayor positions and seats won by Folketing Constituency

North Jutland

Mayors after the election
Party		Number	Change
	Venstre	9	4
	Social Democrats	2	2
	Danish Social Liberal Party	0	1
	Danish People's Party	0	1

Party		Council seats	Change
V	Venstre	94	1
A	Social Democrats	92	17
C	Conservatives	42	19
F	Green Left	12	5
O	Danish People's Party	10	14
L	Local Parties	10	3
D	New Right	8	8
Ø	Red–Green Alliance	8	3
B	Danish Social Liberal Party	6	1
Å	The Alternative	1	0
I	Liberal Alliance	0	1

West Jutland

Mayors after the election
Party		Number	Change
	Venstre	7	0
	Social Democrats	2	0

Party		Council seats	Change
V	Venstre	96	4
A	Social Democrats	62	7
C	Conservatives	31	15
F	Green Left	15	0
B	Danish Social Liberal Party	5	1
K	Christian Democrats	7	0
D	New Right	6	6
O	Danish People's Party	6	10
L	Local Parties	6	6
Ø	Red–Green Alliance	3	1
Å	The Alternative	1	0
I	Liberal Alliance	0	1

East Jutland

Mayors after the election
Party		Number	Change
	Social Democrats	7	2
	Venstre	2	1
	Conservatives	1	1

Party		Council seats	Change
A	Social Democrats	87	11
V	Venstre	61	14
C	Conservatives	38	25
F	Green Left	19	2
Ø	Red–Green Alliance	12	2
B	Danish Social Liberal Party	11	4
D	New Right	8	8
O	Danish People's Party	8	15
L	Local Parties	4	2
I	Liberal Alliance	3	2
Å	The Alternative	3	2
K	Christian Democrats	2	1

South Jutland

Mayors after the election
Party		Number	Change
	Venstre	5	4
	Conservatives	3	3
	Social Democrats	2	0
	Danish Social Liberal Party	1	1
	Schleswig Party	1	1
	The Alternative	0	1

Party		Council seats	Change
V	Venstre	107	8
A	Social Democrats	94	8
C	Conservatives	39	24
F	Green Left	16	4
O	Danish People's Party	14	20
L	Local Parties	14	4
D	New Right	12	12
B	Danish Social Liberal Party	9	2
Ø	Red–Green Alliance	4	4
K	Christian Democrats	1	1
I	Liberal Alliance	0	6
Å	The Alternative	0	1

Funen

Mayors after the election
Party		Number	Change
	Social Democrats	6	0
	Venstre	3	0
	Green Left	1	0

Party		Council seats	Change
A	Social Democrats	82	1
V	Venstre	72	2
C	Conservatives	33	13
F	Green Left	22	4
Ø	Red–Green Alliance	9	0
O	Danish People's Party	8	17
L	Local Parties	8	5
B	Danish Social Liberal Party	5	2
D	New Right	3	3
Å	The Alternative	0	3

Zealand

Mayors after the election
Party		Number	Change
	Social Democrats	8	1
	Venstre	6	0
	Conservatives	1	0
	Liberal Alliance	1	1
	Local Parties	1	0

Party		Council seats	Change
A	Social Democrats	151	3
V	Venstre	104	12
C	Conservatives	55	28
F	Green Left	28	6
O	Danish People's Party	26	26
L	Local Parties	23	2
Ø	Red–Green Alliance	19	2
D	New Right	16	16
B	Danish Social Liberal Party	14	1
I	Liberal Alliance	5	2
Å	The Alternative	0	2

North Zealand

Mayors after the election
Party		Number	Change
	Social Democrats	6	2
	Conservatives	3	1
	Venstre	2	2
	Local Parties	0	1

Party		Council seats	Change
A	Social Democrats	64	14
C	Conservatives	61	24
V	Venstre	56	8
F	Green Left	20	10
B	Danish Social Liberal Party	15	0
Ø	Red–Green Alliance	13	3
L	Local Parties	12	0
D	New Right	5	4
O	Danish People's Party	5	10
I	Liberal Alliance	0	5

Greater Copenhagen

Mayors after the election
Party		Number	Change
	Social Democrats	8	0
	Conservatives	4	0
	Green Left	1	1
	Venstre	0	1

Party		Council seats	Change
A	Social Democrats	94	17
C	Conservatives	77	15
F	Green Left	27	10
V	Venstre	19	9
Ø	Red–Green Alliance	5	0
B	Danish Social Liberal Party	13	5
L	Local Parties	9	6
O	Danish People's Party	7	15
D	New Right	4	4
Å	The Alternative	0	1

Copenhagen

Mayors after the election
Party		Number	Change
	Social Democrats	3	1
	Conservatives	1	0
	Venstre	0	1

Party		Council seats	Change
C	Conservatives	29	10
A	Social Democrats	26	4
Ø	Red–Green Alliance	22	7
B	Danish Social Liberal Party	10	1
F	Green Left	8	1
V	Venstre	8	4
L	Local Parties	7	3
Å	The Alternative	3	4
D	New Right	2	2
O	Danish People's Party	2	6
I	Liberal Alliance	1	2

Bornholm

Mayors after the election
Party		Number	Change
	Conservatives	1	1
	Social Democrats	0	1

Party		Council seats	Change
Ø	Red–Green Alliance	7	5
A	Social Democrats	4	4
O	Danish People's Party	4	0
C	Conservatives	3	3
V	Venstre	2	3
L	Local Parties	2	1
K	Christian Democrats	1	0
F	Green Left	0	1
Å	The Alternative	0	1

Overview of mayors prior to and after the elections

The term of office for the mayors elected by the majority of councillors among its members in each municipal council is the same as for the councils elected, namely 1 January 2022 until 31 December 2025. The correct name for the Municipality on the somewhat remote island of Bornholm is Regional Municipality, because the Municipality also handles several tasks not carried out by the other Danish municipalities but by the regions.