2021 Tønder municipal election

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All 31 seats to the Tønder Municipal Council 16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	20,730 (69.8%) 2.2 pp
First party Second party Third party   T V A Party Tønder Listen Venstre Social Democrats Last election Did not stand 15 seats, 44.6% 6 seats, 20.6% Seats won 9 6 5 Seat change 9 9 1 Popular vote 5,906 3,472 3,010 Percentage 29.0% 17.1% 14.8% Swing New 27.5% 5.8%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   S L C Party Schleswig Party Borgerlisten Conservatives Last election 2 seats, 5.8% 1 seat, 4.4% 1 seat, 2.7% Seats won 4 3 2 Seat change 2 2 1 Popular vote 2,706 1,509 1,115 Percentage 13.3% 7.4% 5.5% Swing 7.5% 3.0% 2.8%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   F D O Party Green Left The New Right Danish People's Party Last election 1 seat, 3.5% 0 seats, 0.7% 3 seats, 10.4% Seats won 1 1 0 Seat change 0 1 3 Popular vote 805 747 573 Percentage 4.0% 3.7% 2.8% Swing 0.5% 3.0% 7.6%
Mayor before election Henrik Frandsen Tønder Listen [a] Mayor after election Jørgen Popp Petersen Schleswig Party

In 2020, Venstre would drop, mayor at the time, Henrik Frandsen as their candidate for the next election. This led to Henrik Frandsen along with 5 others, to create Tønder Listen, a breakout party who intended to get Henrik Frandsen reelected as mayor. ^[1]

In the election result, Tønder Listen would win 9 seats, while Venstre would lose 9 seats and only win 6. However, Venstre wanted to avoid Henrik Frandsen continuing as mayor. Eventually, Jørgen Popp Petersen from regional party Schleswig Party had a majority backing him as mayor. The agreement consisted of the Social Democrats, the Conservatives, The New Right, Borgerlisten and Schleswig Party. This marked the first mayor from Schleswig Party in 75 years. ^{[2] [3]}

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. Tønder Municipality had 31 seats in 2021

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

Electoral alliances

Source ^[4]

Electoral Alliance 1

Electoral Alliance 2

Electoral Alliance 3

Results by polling station

Results

Notes

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