Varde was the municipality where the traditional blue bloc got the 4th highest % of vote share in the 2019 Danish general election. Venstre had won a majority of seats in 2009 and 2013, but had come one short in 2017, although they still had managed to find a majority that would support them holding the mayor position.
In 2020, Erik Buhl Nielsen from Venstre, who had been mayor for the last 2 terms, announced that would not stand for a third term. Instead Mads Sørensen would be the candidate from Venstre. He would succeed in being elected for the mayor position, despite Venstre losing 2 seats, and thus receiving their worst election result since the 2007 municipal reform. The traditional blue bloc itself would gain 2 seats.
The Christian Democrats would win its first seat in the municipality since the 2007 municipal reform, and it would be the only seat they would win in a municipality from the South Jutland constituency.
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. Varde Municipality had 25 seats in 2021
Unlike in Danish General Elections, in elections to municipal councils, electoral alliances are allowed.
Electoral alliances
Electoral Alliance 1 Party Political alignmentASocial DemocratsCentre-leftBSocial LiberalsCentre to Centre-left Electoral Alliance 2 Party Political alignmentEE-BorgergruppenLocal politicsLLokallisten 2017Local politics Electoral Alliance 3 Party Political alignmentFGreen LeftCentre-left to Left-wingØ Red–Green Alliance Left-wing to Far-Left Electoral Alliance 4 Party Political alignmentCConservativesCentre-rightDNew Right Right-wing to Far-rightILiberal AllianceCentre-right to Right-wingKChristian DemocratsCentre to Centre-rightODanish People's Party Right-wing to Far-right
Results by polling station E = E-Borgergruppen U = Udviklingslisten DivisionABCDEFIKLOUVØ % % % % % % % % % % % % % Varde By28.72.814.94.22.03.60.92.70.35.14.429.31.1 Sig20.21.611.12.51.25.10.11.70.43.61.350.40.7 Billum20.81.625.68.61.14.10.52.50.75.20.028.31.1 Tinghøj16.02.916.04.04.82.50.62.70.44.02.742.90.2 Lunde16.71.39.59.51.46.21.94.31.37.50.339.40.8 Janderup18.94.120.57.00.95.41.53.00.85.00.731.11.1 Alslev24.71.48.55.21.82.60.21.10.15.11.247.30.8 Nørre Nebel22.41.914.44.33.44.30.71.80.86.00.238.31.6 Henne18.62.721.16.32.56.10.74.30.03.20.532.91.1 Outrup19.12.016.04.91.21.80.52.61.16.01.142.90.8 Oksbøl15.41.447.75.10.83.00.51.00.43.40.220.20.9 Fåborg11.83.812.13.80.31.90.01.90.57.40.054.41.9 Agerbæk11.912.47.83.50.22.20.62.80.74.60.052.60.8 Årre14.73.16.07.10.51.70.80.90.54.60.059.50.6 Blåvand16.71.249.21.50.31.80.30.30.04.90.321.61.8 Næsbjerg33.22.919.04.90.63.20.83.50.94.20.325.90.6 Starup9.120.33.94.60.21.00.72.90.73.40.053.00.2 Nordenskov16.93.414.84.52.22.90.51.21.46.20.444.51.0 Ølgod16.71.87.93.90.32.70.69.11.23.60.251.20.7 Skovlund8.53.530.36.10.71.70.43.93.92.20.237.70.9 Ansager11.01.515.74.50.20.80.35.110.12.10.048.00.7 Tistrup20.41.98.53.60.32.00.31.61.23.80.255.90.5 Horne17.11.25.03.00.71.50.22.21.73.30.264.00.2
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