In 2014, following the 2013 Frederikshavn Municipal election, Birgit Hansen, member of Social Democrats (Denmark) became mayor of Frederikshavn Municipality, located in Northern Jutland. She was re-elected in 2017 with her party winning 18 seats, an increase of 4 seats from 2013. She stood to be elected mayor for a third time in 2021, and succeeded as the Social Democrats (Denmark) maintained its 18 seats, despite decreasing their vote share by 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. Frederikshavn Municipality had 29 seats in 2021
Unlike in Danish General Elections, in elections to municipal councils, electoral alliances are allowed.
Electoral alliances
Electoral Alliance 1 Party Political alignmentFGreen LeftCentre-left to Left-wingØ Red–Green Alliance Left-wing to Far-Left Electoral Alliance 2 Party Political alignmentKChristian DemocratsCentre to Centre-rightVVenstreCentre-right Electoral Alliance 3 Party Political alignmentCConservativesCentre-rightDNew Right Right-wing to Far-rightODanish People's Party Right-wing to Far-right
Results by polling station Polling StationACDFKOVØ % % % % % % % % Skagen56.04.14.21.40.13.628.91.6 Hulsig36.63.25.43.21.12.243.05.4 Ålbæk56.711.83.12.50.43.319.13.1 Jerup57.48.09.92.70.25.313.92.5 Elling60.66.46.23.11.34.417.01.1 Strandby51.47.84.93.35.42.922.61.5 Frederikshavn Nord66.46.45.84.20.13.412.01.7 Frederikshavn Midt64.66.85.75.80.32.911.22.8 Frederikshavn Syd64.27.25.45.30.32.413.02.1 Ravnshøj57.26.74.86.11.03.018.82.4 Gærum51.911.16.53.10.22.223.41.5 Sæby55.88.63.14.60.32.223.42.0 Brønden43.44.88.52.61.83.331.64.0 Dybvad49.03.36.13.80.55.030.12.2 Hørby47.07.36.43.61.13.129.91.6 Præstbro47.85.24.41.10.01.834.45.2 Thorshøj49.07.14.41.71.54.629.82.0 Understed42.15.87.83.50.92.334.63.2 Voerså31.22.66.01.90.03.253.21.7 Volstrup52.29.77.32.40.02.724.21.6 Østervrå38.65.54.42.51.63.942.60.9 Lyngså47.99.03.42.60.33.631.71.6
Results
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