# 2021 Mariagerfjord municipal election

Mogens Jespersen from Venstre was seeking a 3rd consecutive term as mayor of Mariagerfjord Municipality for this election.
The traditional blue bloc had won 16 seats in the previous election. In the election result Venstre would lose the position as the single largest party in the municipal council. They would instead become the joint biggest party with Social Democrats. However, while the traditional blue bloc parties would lose 3 seats, they would also gain 3 seats, resulting in 16 blue seats again. This meant that Mogens Jespersen looked to able to continue as mayor. It was eventually confirmed.
The constitution that would give him a 3rd term, was announced on December 10, 2021.

## 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. Mariagerfjord 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 |
| Social Liberals | Centre to Centre-left |
| Green Left | Centre-left to Left-wing |
| Red–Green Alliance | Left-wing to Far-left |
Electoral Alliance 2
| Party | Political Position |
| Conservatives | Centre-right |
| The New Right | Right-wing |
| Christian Democrats | Centre to Centre-right |
| Mariagerfjordlisten | Local Party |
| Danish People's Party | Right-wing |
| Venstre | Centre-right |

## Results by polling station

| Polling Station | A | B | C | D | F | K | M | O | V | Ø |
| Polling Station | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % |
| Assens, Mariagerfjord | 35.2 | 1.1 | 17.4 | 4.7 | 6.4 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 4.7 | 26.2 | 2.1 |
| Mariager | 32.0 | 1.1 | 24.1 | 3.0 | 6.1 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 6.0 | 22.3 | 2.6 |
| Arden | 49.2 | 1.5 | 5.0 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 3.4 | 32.0 | 2.4 |
| Valsgård | 34.2 | 3.0 | 8.9 | 4.2 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 2.7 | 4.6 | 37.0 | 3.3 |
| Vebbestrup | 28.6 | 1.5 | 5.4 | 7.2 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 7.1 | 43.0 | 2.8 |
| Hadsund | 35.0 | 1.7 | 8.9 | 3.0 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 39.7 | 2.1 |
| Veddum-Skelund | 44.3 | 0.5 | 6.3 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 3.5 | 36.0 | 3.3 |
| Als | 34.2 | 0.3 | 6.1 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 50.0 | 1.4 |
| Hørby | 31.8 | 2.9 | 12.0 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 0.8 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 33.7 | 2.4 |
| Onsild | 27.9 | 2.1 | 11.4 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 0.8 | 3.4 | 8.2 | 33.8 | 3.4 |
| Hobro | 41.4 | 3.6 | 13.0 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 0.6 | 2.5 | 4.4 | 23.9 | 5.0 |

## Results

| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
| Mariagerfjord Municipality ||||||
| | Social Democrats | 8,241 | 36.81 | 11 | 0 |
| | Venstre | 7,238 | 32.33 | 11 | -1 |
| | Conservatives | 2,577 | 11.51 | 3 | +2 |
| | Danish People's Party | 1,020 | 4.56 | 1 | -2 |
| | The New Right | 757 | 3.38 | 1 | New |
| | Red–Green Alliance | 691 | 3.09 | 1 | +1 |
| | Green Left | 686 | 3.06 | 1 | 0 |
| | Mariagerfjordlisten | 583 | 2.60 | 0 | 0 |
| | Social Liberals | 478 | 2.14 | 0 | -1 |
| | Christian Democrats | 114 | 0.51 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 22,385 | 100.00 | 29 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 22,385 | 98.72 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 72 | 0.32 | | |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | 219 | 0.97 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 22,676 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 33,500 | 67.69 | | |
| Source: KMD ||||||