Local elections were held on 21 November 2017 for Denmark's 98 municipal councils and five regional councils. All 2,432Members elected to municipal councils and their personal votes Retrieved 11 January 2018 seats were contested for the 2018–21 term of office,Small towns and rural districts well represented Retrieved 16 March 2018 together with 205 seats (a fixed number of 41 seats in each council) in five regional councils. In the previous election, there were 2,444 seats in the municipal councils.
Results
Results of regional elections
The Danish ministry of economy and interior informed that voter turnout was 70.6%. 3,074,840 cast their votes. They voted for 205 seats in the five regional councils. This number remains unchanged since the first elections for the regional councils in the newly created regions, which were set up 1 January 2007 after the 13 counties were abolished. The regions are not municipalities, but are financed only through block grants paid by the central government and their constituent municipalities.
Number of councillors and political parties in the Regional Councils
PartySeatsChangeSocial Democrats (Socialdemokraterne)70 3Venstre (Venstre)54 8Danish People's Party (Dansk Folkeparti)21 2Conservative People's Party (Konservative Folkeparti)15 0Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti)15 5Red-Green Alliance (Enhedslisten)12 3Danish Social Liberal Party (Radikale Venstre)8 0Liberal Alliance (Liberal Alliance)5 0The Alternative (Alternativet)3NewChristian Democrats (Kristendemokraterne)1 1Others1 1Total205
Old and new Chairmen of the Regional Councils Regional Council Chairmen Outgoing and IncomingRegionIncumbent ChairmanElected ChairmanNorth Denmark RegionUlla AstmanUlla AstmanCentral Denmark RegionBent HansenAnders KühnauRegion of Southern DenmarkStephanie LoseStephanie LoseRegion ZealandJens StenbækHeino KnudsenCapital Region of DenmarkSophie Hæstorp AndersenSophie Hæstorp Andersen
Results of municipal elections
The Danish ministry of economy and interior informed that voter turnout was 70.8%. 3,226,558 cast their votes. They voted for 2432 seats in the 98 municipal councils, a reduction of 12 seats from 2444 after the previous election. The total countrywide number of seats in the municipal councils can be seen here and on the pages of the previous elections. They can be accessed from the template at the bottom of the pages.
Number of councillors and political parties in the Municipal Councils
Sum of 98 local electionsPartyShare of voteSeatsPercentChangeNumberChangeSocial Democrats (Socialdemokraterne)32.45%+2.94%842 69Venstre (Venstre)23.06%-3.56%688 78Conservative People's Party (Konservative Folkeparti)8.78%+0.23%225 20Danish People's Party (Dansk Folkeparti)8.75%-1.37%221 34Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti)5.7%+0.1%126 10Red-Green Alliance (Enhedslisten)5.96%-0.98%102 17Danish Social Liberal Party (Radikale Venstre)4.6%-0.2%80 18Liberal Alliance (Liberal Alliance)2.6%-0.3%28 5The Alternative (Alternativet)3.0%New20NewSchleswig Party (Slesvigsk Parti)0.3%+0.0%10 1Christian Democrats (Kristendemokraterne)0.5%+0.0%9 3The New Right (Nye Borgerlige)0.9%New1NewOthers3.2%-0.6%78 21Total2,432 12
Local Political Parties in the Municipal CouncilsPartyMunicipalitySeatsGulborgsund List (Guldborgsundlisten)Guldborgsund11NewGribskov (NytGribskov)Gribskov6Cross-Political Community (Tværpolitisk Forening)Dragør4Social Common List (Den Sociale Fællesliste)Rebild4Local List (Lokallisten)Holbæk3Local List (Lokallisten)Rudersdal3Citizens' List (Borgerlisten)Billund2Citizens' List (Borgerlisten)Brønderslev2Citizens' List (Borgerlisten)Faxe2Common List (Fælleslisten)Ikast-Brande2Fanø Local List (Fanø Lokalliste)Fanø2Hvidovre List (Hvidovrelisten)Hvidovre2New Stevns (Nyt Stevns)Stevns2Local List (Lokallisten)Hjørring2Local List 2017 (Lokallisten 2017)Varde2Local List Lolland (Lokallisten Lolland)Lolland2Læsø List (Læsø Listen)Læsø2Skive List (Skive-Listen)Skive2Your Voice (Din Stemme)Lolland2Blovstrød List (Blovstrød Listen)Allerød1Bornholm List (Bornholmerlisten)Bornholm1Citizens' List (Borgerlisten)Esbjerg1Citizens' List (Borgerlisten)Kerteminde1Citizens' List (Borgerlisten)Tønder1Common List (Fælleslisten)Sønderborg1Democratic Balance (Demokratisk Balance)Morsø1Fjord List (Fjordlisten)Ringkøbing-Skjern1Havdrup List (Havdruplisten)Solrød1Land Owners (Grundejerne)Solrød1Local Democrats (Lokaldemokraterne)Helsingør1Local List Høje-Taastrup (Lokallisten Høje-Taastrup)Høje-Taastrup1Environment List (Miljølisten)Fanø1Odsherred List (Odsherred Listen)Odsherred1Our Allerød (Vores Allerød)Allerød1Resident List (Beboerlisten)Randers1Vesthimmerland List (VestHimmerlandsListen)Vesthimmerland1Welfare List (Velfærdslisten)Randers1Your Jammerbugt – Your Citizens' List (Dit Jammerbugt – Din Borgerliste) Jammerbugt1Ærø's Future (Ærøs Fremtid)Ærø1Ærø Plus (Ærø Plus)Ærø1Total78
The new municipal councils Each municipal council consists of 9-55 seats, distributed over twelve established parties and a number of local parties.Kmdvalg.dk "2017 Results" Retrieved 10 May 2019
Municipality TotalSeatsAabenraa Municipality9 2 1 5 2 11 1 31Aalborg Municipality17 1 1 2 8 2 31Aarhus Municipality13 2 1 3 1 2 6 2 1 31Albertslund Municipality9 1 2 2 3 1 2 1 21Allerød Municipality5 1 5 2 5 1 21Assens Municipality8 1 1 2 3 13 1 29Ballerup Municipality16 1 1 2 3 2 25Billund Municipality7 2 1 3 10 25Bornholm Municipality8 1 1 4 5 2 1 23Brøndby Municipality11 1 1 3 2 1 19Brønderslev Municipality11 2 2 10 27Dragør Municipality3 3 2 3 15Egedal Municipality6 3 2 1 1 2 6 21Esbjerg Municipality11 1 1 2 3 11 1 31Fanø Municipality1 2 1 3 1 11Favrskov Municipality11 2 1 1 9 1 25Faxe Municipality8 1 1 1 4 7 1 25Fredensborg Municipality10 3 2 1 1 2 7 1 27Fredericia Municipality13 3 4 1 21Frederiksberg Municipality4 3 11 1 1 1 3 1 25Frederikshavn Municipality18 1 1 2 6 1 29Frederikssund Municipality8 1 1 1 2 9 1 23Furesø Municipality10 1 3 1 1 4 1 21Faaborg-Midtfyn Municipality8 2 1 1 4 7 1 1 25Gentofte Municipality2 1 13 1 1 1 19Gladsaxe Municipality10 2 1 2 2 5 3 25Glostrup Municipality7 1 1 2 7 1 19Greve Municipality7 1 1 2 9 1 21Gribskov Municipality5 2 2 7 1 23Guldborgsund Municipality6 1 7 3 1 29Haderslev Municipality10 1 1 1 2 4 1 9 2 31Halsnæs Municipality10 2 2 6 1 21Hedensted Municipality8 1 1 1 4 12 27Helsingør Municipality8 1 9 1 2 1 2 25Herlev Municipality12 2 1 1 1 2 19Herning Municipality5 1 2 1 1 1 19 1 31Hillerød Municipality9 2 1 1 2 1 10 1 27Hjørring Municipality15 3 1 2 7 1 31Holbæk Municipality9 3 1 1 2 4 6 2 31Holstebro Municipality12 2 1 1 2 9 27Horsens Municipality13 1 1 1 3 7 1 27Hvidovre Municipality8 2 3 3 2 1 21Høje-Taastrup Municipality5 1 12 1 1 21Hørsholm Municipality3 1 8 1 1 5 19Ikast-Brande Municipality6 3 3 9 23Ishøj Municipality11 2 2 3 1 19Jammerbugt Municipality9 1 2 14 27Kalundborg Municipality8 1 1 5 11 1 27Kerteminde Municipality7 1 7 2 3 3 1 25Kolding Municipality5 1 2 3 13 1 25Copenhagen Municipality15 5 3 5 2 3 5 11 6 55Køge Municipality10 4 3 1 2 6 1 27Langeland Municipality3 1 6 1 4 15Lejre Municipality6 1 2 5 2 8 1 25Lemvig Municipality4 1 1 2 1 12 21Lolland Municipality11 1 3 5 1 25Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality4 2 10 2 2 1 21Læsø Municipality1 2 4 9Mariagerfjord Municipality11 1 1 1 3 12 29Middelfart Municipality14 1 1 2 6 1 25Morsø Municipality6 2 12 21Norddjurs Municipality11 2 2 2 3 6 1 27Nordfyn Municipality7 1 2 2 13 25Nyborg Municipality9 1 2 13 25Næstved Municipality13 2 2 1 2 9 2 31Odder Municipality5 1 2 1 1 7 2 19Odense Municipality13 1 3 1 2 6 2 1 29Odsherred Municipality12 1 1 2 7 1 25Randers Municipality13 1 1 1 3 9 1 31Rebild Municipality5 3 3 2 8 25Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality6 3 6 2 11 29Ringsted Municipality5 1 3 1 3 6 2 21Roskilde Municipality16 1 2 1 3 6 2 31Rudersdal Municipality4 2 4 1 8 1 23Rødovre Municipality11 3 1 1 1 2 19Samsø Municipality5 2 1 3 11Silkeborg Municipality10 1 1 2 1 2 11 2 1 31Skanderborg Municipality11 2 1 2 3 8 1 1 29Skive Municipality9 1 2 2 11 27Slagelse Municipality12 1 2 1 4 10 1 31Solrød Municipality4 1 1 1 1 1 8 19Sorø Municipality8 1 7 1 3 3 1 1 25Stevns Municipality6 1 2 2 4 2 19Struer Municipality8 1 1 2 1 8 21Svendborg Municipality10 2 2 1 4 6 3 1 29Syddjurs Municipality8 1 1 4 3 8 1 1 27Sønderborg Municipality15 3 5 7 31Thisted Municipality9 5 1 1 3 6 1 1 27Tønder Municipality6 1 1 1 3 2 15 1 31Tårnby Municipality8 1 2 1 3 3 1 19Vallensbæk Municipality5 8 2 15Varde Municipality6 1 1 1 2 12 25Vejen Municipality8 4 1 1 2 10 1 27Vejle Municipality11 1 2 3 1 3 10 31Vesthimmerland Municipality7 7 2 2 8 27Viborg Municipality9 7 2 2 10 1 31Vordingborg Municipality13 1 1 1 3 8 1 1 29Ærø Municipality4 3 1 2 3 15
Mayors in the municipalities The mayors (Danish: Borgmester; plural: Borgmestre) of the 98 municipalities heads the council meetings and is the chairman of the finance committee in each of their respective municipalities. Only in Copenhagen, this mayor – the head of the finance committee and council meetings – is called the Lord Mayor (Danish: Overborgmester). The final decision on who would be mayor had to be made by the municipal councils no later than Friday, 15 December 2017.
Mayors after the electionPartyNumberChangeSocial Democrats47 14Venstre37 11Conservative People's Party8 5Local parties2Danish Social Liberal Party1Socialist People's Party1Danish People's Party1 1The Alternative1New
Old and new mayors in the municipalities The term of office for the mayors elected by the majority of councillors among its members in each municipal council is the same as for the councils elected, namely 1 January 2018 until 31 December 2021. The municipality on the somewhat remote island of Bornholm is called a Regional Municipality, because the municipality also handles several tasks not carried out by the other Danish municipalities but by the regions.