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2021 Ishøj municipal election

2021 Ishøj municipal election

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All 19 seats to the Ishøj Municipal Council 10 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	17,837 (56.3%) 4.3pp
First party Second party Third party   A L V Party Social Democrats Ishøjlisten Venstre Last election 11 seat, 51,5% Did Not Stand 3 seats, 13,8% Seats won 9 3 2 Seat change 2 3 1 Popular vote 3,713 1,608 1,055 Percentage 37.8% 16.4% 10.7% Swing 13.7% New 3.1%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   F M C Party Green Left Annelise Madsen Conservatives Last election 2 seats, 9,2% Did Not Stand 0 seats, 4.0% Seats won 2 1 1 Seat change 0 1 1 Popular vote 725 631 617 Percentage 7.4% 6.4% 6.3% Swing 1.8% New 2.3%   Seventh party Eighth party   Ø O Party Red–Green Alliance Danish People's Party Last election 1 seat, 6.8% 2 seats, 11.2% Seats won 1 0 Seat change 0 2 Popular vote 375 396 Percentage 3.8% 4.0% Swing 3.0% 7.2%
Mayor before election Ole Bjørstorp Ishøjlisten [a] Mayor after election Merete Amdisen Social Democrats

Ever since 1970, the Social Democrats had held the mayor's position in the municipality. In the previous 3 elections, they had also won an absolute majority.

Ole Bjørstorp who had become mayor following the 2017 election, would not stand for re-election as a Social Democrat. In February 2021 he had started a new party called Ishøjlisten, after the Social Democrats told him that he would not be their mayoral candidate for this election. ^[1]

In the election, the Social Democrats would lose it's absolute majority. However they would still be able to win the mayor's position, after an agreement between the Conservatives, Green Left, Venstre and the Red–Green Alliance was reached. ^{[2] [3]}

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. Ishøj Municipality had 19 seats in 2021

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

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Electoral Alliance 1

Electoral Alliance 2

Electoral Alliance 3