Ever since the 2007 municipal reform, Egon Fræhr from Venstre had been mayor of Vejen Municipality. He announced in 2020 that he would not stand for re-election.
Instead Morten Thorøe would be the candidate from Venstre for this election.
Venstre would lose a seat in this election, although still remaining the largest party. However following election night, an utraditional agreement between the Social Democrats and the Conservatives, would see Frank Schmidt-Hansen from the Conservatives become mayor.
This would mark the first time since the 2007 municipal reform, that a municipality in the South Jutland constituency would have a mayor from the Conservatives. It was one of three municipalities in the constituency where the Conservatives had mayor's elected in the 2021, and it was seen as a big success for the Conservatives, who had have trouble winning mayor positions outside Greater Copenhagen and North Zealand in recent elections.
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. Vejen Municipality had 27 seats in 2021
Unlike in Danish General Elections, in elections to municipal councils, electoral alliances are allowed.
Electoral alliances
Electoral Alliance 1 Party Political alignmentCConservativesCentre-rightILiberal AllianceCentre-right to Right-wing Electoral Alliance 2 Party Political alignmentFGreen LeftCentre-left to Left-wingØ Red–Green Alliance Left-wing to Far-Left Electoral Alliance 3 Party Political alignmentDNew Right Right-wing to Far-rightLLiberal BorgerlisteLocal politics Electoral Alliance 4 Party Political alignmentBSocial LiberalsCentre to Centre-leftODanish People's Party Right-wing to Far-rightVVenstreCentre-right
Results by polling station DivisionABCDFILOVØ % % % % % % % % % % Brørup35.41.020.63.23.80.32.23.129.01.4 Lindknud21.80.915.96.13.90.23.14.643.20.2 Holsted31.59.413.75.13.00.23.64.427.41.7 Føvling22.62.211.87.12.80.22.94.844.71.1 Sdr. Hygum33.60.026.65.92.10.02.32.125.02.5 Rødding14.20.957.02.82.30.21.51.817.61.7 Hovborg24.31.918.54.25.40.05.42.636.71.0 Glejbjerg14.41.910.63.92.90.11.33.960.30.6 Jels25.11.016.13.82.80.22.12.645.11.2 Lintrup9.30.857.35.31.10.01.31.322.31.3 Skodborg25.50.613.96.72.10.44.04.840.31.7 Københoved10.20.417.52.62.60.017.91.844.52.6 Askov-Malt25.50.927.24.63.70.63.22.130.61.7 Læborg20.81.321.65.04.80.53.04.537.80.8 Vejen36.41.319.93.74.10.31.93.126.23.2 Øster Lindet17.90.528.96.94.41.02.23.733.80.7 Andst31.51.321.96.35.60.51.45.024.91.6 Gesten30.91.414.86.44.40.63.53.432.91.9 Bække28.70.726.27.72.80.82.75.723.61.2
Results
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