Unlike the 4 other largest municipalities of Denmark, Esbjerg, the 5th largest, is less of a stronghold for parties of the traditional red bloc, and is more of a slightly blue municipality.
However, the Social Democrats targeted the municipality for a potential flip of the mayor position, after Venstre had held it since 1994. Political analyst Hans Redder argued that the Social Democrats saw it as a traditional labour municipality. Added to that, the blue bloc won 16 seats against 15 in the last election.
This attempt by the Social Democrats failed in a fairly large scale . They lost 2 seats, while Venstre gained 2, and the blue bloc went from 16 to 18 seats. It later confirmed that Jesper Frost Rasmussen from Venstre would continue for a second term.
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. Esbjerg Municipality had 31 seats in 2021.
Unlike in Danish General Elections, in elections to municipal councils, electoral alliances are allowed.
Electoral alliances
Electoral Alliance 1 Party Political alignmentASocial DemocratsCentre-leftFGreen LeftCentre-left to Left-wingØ Red–Green Alliance Left-wing to Far-Left Electoral Alliance 2 Party Political alignmentCConservativesCentre-rightDNew Right Right-wing to Far-rightEBorgerlistenLocal politicsILiberal AllianceCentre-right to Right-wingKChristian DemocratsCentre to Centre-rightODanish People's Party Right-wing to Far-rightTEsbjerglistenLocal politicsVVenstreCentre-right
Results by polling station T = Esbjerglisten U = Partifrit Samfund DivisionABCDEFIKOTUVÆØ % % % % % % % % % % % % % % Esbjerg Rådhus24.34.912.14.12.810.51.70.33.10.50.030.90.34.3 Skovbo35.73.27.73.22.810.21.50.24.11.10.126.20.33.7 Rørkjær34.64.47.83.72.113.70.50.14.71.00.023.40.63.6 Jerne39.44.95.74.22.011.50.60.75.50.90.020.40.53.7 Boldesager28.74.38.54.02.512.60.70.53.60.70.130.00.43.5 Østerbyen43.33.65.43.81.311.30.40.35.11.10.019.90.53.9 Skads21.04.07.14.61.78.30.70.74.30.80.045.70.60.7 Gjesing24.94.17.84.62.29.70.70.52.80.90.039.30.22.3 Guldager23.54.49.34.92.08.51.01.42.61.00.039.70.21.4 Hjerting21.25.911.73.52.26.70.60.22.51.00.043.10.21.2 Sædding25.83.68.54.22.710.50.50.84.31.00.035.90.22.0 Bryndum22.13.47.94.92.18.00.40.44.70.70.043.90.21.2 Tjæreborg28.63.06.14.11.18.10.20.33.00.60.142.90.31.6 Kvaglund37.44.36.43.92.110.70.31.34.22.60.222.40.34.0 Ådalen28.02.67.25.72.08.00.60.75.70.90.036.90.31.5 Grønlandsparken35.02.35.86.41.910.90.60.44.71.00.028.80.22.1 Egebæk-Hviding24.53.18.94.80.98.40.70.82.90.20.042.50.12.2 Ribe29.02.88.62.70.79.50.50.32.00.10.040.40.13.5 Bramming23.32.15.76.10.89.40.40.74.40.20.145.50.11.3 Sønderris22.24.08.13.34.38.70.91.02.60.90.142.40.11.5 Gredstedbro22.12.08.26.20.45.30.21.43.10.00.050.10.10.9 Mandø27.39.14.54.50.04.50.00.04.50.00.045.50.00.0 Høm17.12.45.55.43.45.01.11.53.10.30.053.50.11.6 Gørding18.01.75.57.31.25.90.70.54.10.30.053.40.11.3
Results
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