Ever since 1952, the Social Democrats had held the mayor's position. Since at least the 1981 election they had also won an absolute majority to the council.
In the 2017 election they had won 16 seats, and this made it easy for Jesper Würtzen to continue for a third full term. .
In this election, the Social Democrats would have its worst election result since 1981. However they were still extremely strong in the Municipality, and won 13 seats with 50.8% of the vote. Therefore Jesper Würtzen looked set to continue as mayor. This would eventually be confirmed.
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. Ballerup Municipality had 19 seats in 2021
Unlike in Danish General Elections, in elections to municipal councils, electoral alliances are allowed.
Electoral alliances
Electoral Alliance 1 Party Political alignmentBSocial LiberalsCentre to Centre-leftCConservativesCentre-rightILiberal AllianceCentre-right to Right-wingVVenstreCentre-right Electoral Alliance 2 Party Political alignmentDNew Right Right-wing to Far-rightODanish People's Party Right-wing to Far-right Electoral Alliance 3 Party Political alignmentFGreen LeftCentre-left to Left-wingGVegan PartySingle-issueLSerhat KücükkartLocal politicsØ Red–Green Alliance Left-wing to Far-Left
Results by polling station L = Serhat Kücükkart P = Partiet Ballerup Listen DivisionABCDFGILOPVÆØ % % % % % % % % % % % % % Tapeten57.43.29.73.66.40.80.61.15.80.56.20.54.3 Baltorpskolen - Rugvænget53.72.39.23.97.30.80.81.65.90.86.40.76.4 Skovvejens Skole - Vest46.13.816.74.17.40.80.90.34.40.310.00.35.0 Grantoftehallen54.92.57.84.38.00.60.44.75.60.75.40.74.4 Egebjerghallen43.65.215.92.89.71.41.00.42.60.410.10.36.6 Måløv Ny Hal48.04.716.42.55.40.80.90.63.20.28.70.58.1 Skovlunde Skole - Lundebjerg54.14.69.83.45.90.70.90.45.81.35.80.56.8 Idrætshallen50.26.114.12.27.30.70.80.13.40.710.00.24.2 Østerhøjhallen43.65.415.32.07.11.10.50.43.50.26.50.214.1
Results
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