# 2021 Vesthimmerland municipal election (Denmark)

Per Bach Laursen was seeking a second term, after winning the mayor's position following the election in 2017.
In this election, Venstre won 9 seats, and increased their vote share by 7.2 points, The Conservatives, who had held the mayor's position from 2014 to 2017, decreased their vote share by 2.0 points. As the traditional blue bloc now had 18 of the 27 seats, Venstre was in pole position to secure the mayoralty. Following the election night a constitution was agreed on that would see Per Bach Laursen as mayor 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. Vesthimmerland Municipality had 27 seats in 2021
Unlike in Danish general elections, in elections to municipal councils, electoral alliances are allowed.

## Electoral alliances

Source
Electoral alliance 1
| Party | Political position |
| Social Democrats | Centre-left |
| Green Left | Centre-left to Left-wing |
Electoral alliance 2
| Party | Political position |
| Danish Social Liberal Party | Centre to Centre-left |
| Red–Green Alliance | Left-wing to Far-left |
Electoral alliance 3
| Party | Political position |
| Conservatives | Centre-right |
| The New Right | Right-wing |
| Christian Democrats | Centre to Centre-right |
| VesthimmerlandsListen | Local Party |
| Danish People's Party | Right-wing |
| Venstre | Centre-right |

## Results by polling station

| Polling Station | A | B | C | D | F | K | O | V | Ø | Others |
| Polling Station | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % |
| Aalestrup | 18.9 | 1.3 | 32.6 | 3.6 | 5.1 | 0.4 | 2.8 | 33.7 | 0.3 | 1.3 |
| Farsø | 14.9 | 2.7 | 21.9 | 3.6 | 9.8 | 0.7 | 3.2 | 29.6 | 1.2 | 12.3 |
| Strandby | 13.4 | 5.2 | 18.4 | 5.6 | 10.1 | 0.7 | 4.9 | 30.0 | 2.0 | 9.6 |
| Aars | 18.8 | 2.5 | 35.2 | 2.5 | 9.3 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 25.4 | 0.7 | 2.8 |
| Hvalpsund | 15.4 | 1.9 | 11.4 | 5.1 | 9.8 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 44.6 | 2.9 | 6.0 |
| Gislum-Vognsild | 29.0 | 1.7 | 20.4 | 2.4 | 7.8 | 0.5 | 3.0 | 31.3 | 1.0 | 2.8 |
| Gedsted | 32.1 | 1.3 | 15.5 | 5.0 | 8.8 | 0.3 | 5.0 | 28.5 | 2.1 | 1.4 |
| Hornum-Ulstrup | 12.8 | 1.4 | 39.6 | 3.8 | 10.1 | 0.3 | 4.7 | 24.1 | 1.2 | 1.9 |
| Vester Hornum | 12.0 | 1.7 | 26.1 | 3.3 | 9.6 | 1.2 | 4.5 | 35.9 | 1.6 | 4.0 |
| Løgstør | 17.6 | 1.5 | 12.2 | 2.7 | 20.0 | 0.3 | 5.3 | 38.0 | 1.0 | 1.4 |
| Ranum | 11.7 | 2.5 | 10.6 | 3.2 | 30.1 | 1.5 | 3.9 | 29.1 | 5.3 | 2.1 |
| Salling | 13.4 | 0.6 | 13.1 | 4.7 | 18.6 | 0.8 | 5.3 | 40.3 | 1.4 | 1.8 |
| Overlade | 10.0 | 1.2 | 7.3 | 3.1 | 14.4 | 0.4 | 2.5 | 57.7 | 0.4 | 3.1 |
| Skivum-Giver | 34.2 | 2.2 | 16.4 | 5.2 | 8.0 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 27.7 | 1.1 | 1.7 |

## Results

| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
| Vesthimmerland Municipality ||||||
| | Venstre | 6,105 | 31.77 | 9 | +1 |
| | Conservatives | 4,585 | 23.86 | 7 | 0 |
| | Social Democrats | 3,439 | 17.90 | 5 | -2 |
| | Green Left | 2,288 | 11.91 | 3 | +1 |
| | Danish People's Party | 664 | 3.46 | 1 | -1 |
| | Vesthimmerlandslisten | 653 | 3.40 | 1 | 0 |
| | The New Right | 651 | 3.39 | 1 | New |
| | Danish Social Liberal Party | 388 | 2.02 | 0 | 0 |
| | Red–Green Alliance | 244 | 1.27 | 0 | 0 |
| | Christian Democrats | 111 | 0.58 | 0 | 0 |
| | Progress Party | 88 | 0.46 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 19,216 | 100.00 | 27 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 19,216 | 98.89 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 39 | 0.20 | | |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | 176 | 0.91 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 19,431 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 28,971 | 67.07 | | |
| Source: KMD ||||||