# 2021 Frederikshavn municipal election

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

Source

### Electoral Alliance 1

| Party | Political Position |
| Green Left | Centre-left to Left-wing |
| Red–Green Alliance | Left-wing to Far-left |

### Electoral Alliance 2

| Party | Political Position |
| Christian Democrats | Centre to Centre-right |
| Venstre | Centre-right |

### Electoral Alliance 3

| Party | Political Position |
| Conservative People's Party | Centre-right |
| The New Right | Right-wing |
| Danish People's Party | Right-wing |

## Results by polling station

| Polling Station | A | C | D | F | K | O | V | Ø |
| Polling Station | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % |
| Skagen | 56.0 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 3.6 | 28.9 | 1.6 |
| Hulsig | 36.6 | 3.2 | 5.4 | 3.2 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 43.0 | 5.4 |
| Ålbæk | 56.7 | 11.8 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 0.4 | 3.3 | 19.1 | 3.1 |
| Jerup | 57.4 | 8.0 | 9.9 | 2.7 | 0.2 | 5.3 | 13.9 | 2.5 |
| Elling | 60.6 | 6.4 | 6.2 | 3.1 | 1.3 | 4.4 | 17.0 | 1.1 |
| Strandby | 51.4 | 7.8 | 4.9 | 3.3 | 5.4 | 2.9 | 22.6 | 1.5 |
| Frederikshavn Nord | 66.4 | 6.4 | 5.8 | 4.2 | 0.1 | 3.4 | 12.0 | 1.7 |
| Frederikshavn Midt | 64.6 | 6.8 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 0.3 | 2.9 | 11.2 | 2.8 |
| Frederikshavn Syd | 64.2 | 7.2 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 13.0 | 2.1 |
| Ravnshøj | 57.2 | 6.7 | 4.8 | 6.1 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 18.8 | 2.4 |
| Gærum | 51.9 | 11.1 | 6.5 | 3.1 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 23.4 | 1.5 |
| Sæby | 55.8 | 8.6 | 3.1 | 4.6 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 23.4 | 2.0 |
| Brønden | 43.4 | 4.8 | 8.5 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 3.3 | 31.6 | 4.0 |
| Dybvad | 49.0 | 3.3 | 6.1 | 3.8 | 0.5 | 5.0 | 30.1 | 2.2 |
| Hørby | 47.0 | 7.3 | 6.4 | 3.6 | 1.1 | 3.1 | 29.9 | 1.6 |
| Præstbro | 47.8 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 34.4 | 5.2 |
| Thorshøj | 49.0 | 7.1 | 4.4 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 4.6 | 29.8 | 2.0 |
| Understed | 42.1 | 5.8 | 7.8 | 3.5 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 34.6 | 3.2 |
| Voerså | 31.2 | 2.6 | 6.0 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 53.2 | 1.7 |
| Volstrup | 52.2 | 9.7 | 7.3 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 24.2 | 1.6 |
| Østervrå | 38.6 | 5.5 | 4.4 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 3.9 | 42.6 | 0.9 |
| Lyngså | 47.9 | 9.0 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 0.3 | 3.6 | 31.7 | 1.6 |

## Results

| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
| Frederikshavn Municipality ||||||
| | Social Democrats | 18,757 | 57.41 | 18 | 0 |
| | Venstre | 6,851 | 20.97 | 6 | 0 |
| | Conservative People's Party | 2,287 | 7.00 | 2 | +1 |
| | New Right | 1,634 | 5.00 | 1 | +1 |
| | Green Left | 1,275 | 3.90 | 1 | 0 |
| | Danish People's Party | 987 | 3.02 | 1 | -1 |
| | Red–Green Alliance | 674 | 2.06 | 0 | –1 |
| | Christian Democrats | 205 | 0.63 | 0 | – |
| Total | Total | 32,670 | 100.00 | 29 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 32,670 | 98.81 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 190 | 0.57 | | |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | 205 | 0.62 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 33,065 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 48,534 | 68.13 | | |
| Source: KMD ||||||