Venstre had held the mayor's position in Glostrup Municipality since 2010.
In the 2017 election, Venstre won 7 seats, and John Engelhardt would become mayor for his third term.
Despite this, Mandag Morgen, a newspaper, expected the Social Democrats would take over the mayor's position following this election. One of the reasons they said for this was that 4 parties outside Venstre had agreed on a financial settlement for 2022 in the period up to the election. Apart from this, John Engelhardt had also announced in November 2020 that he would not stand for a fourth term.
In the election result, the Social Democrats would become the largest party with 8 seats, followed by Venstre who lost 2 seats and ended on 5. An agreement with the Social Liberals, the Conservatives and the Green Left was eventually reached by the Social Democrats, and this would see Kasper Damsgaard become the first mayor from the Social Democrats since 2009.
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. Glostrup 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-leftFGreen LeftCentre-left to Left-wingØ Red–Green Alliance Left-wing to Far-Left Electoral Alliance 2 Party Political alignmentCConservativesCentre-rightDNew Right Right-wing to Far-right Electoral Alliance 3 Party Political alignmentLGlostrup BorgerlisteLocal politicsVVenstreCentre-right Electoral Alliance 4 Party Political alignmentILiberal AllianceCentre-right to Right-wingODanish People's Party Right-wing to Far-rightUBylistenLocal politics
Results by polling station L = Glostrup Borgerliste U = Bylisten DivisionABCDFILOUVØ % % % % % % % % % % % Glostrup Skole, Nordvang33.26.012.31.94.51.62.32.85.626.63.2 Aktivitetscentret Sydvestvej28.65.48.72.05.90.61.13.711.428.63.9 Søndervanghallen35.74.69.63.14.11.01.54.18.923.04.6 Glostrup Skole, Vestervang48.64.85.52.74.10.53.45.16.513.55.3 Ejbyhallen26.73.711.21.32.41.30.93.77.138.53.2 Hvissingehallen37.43.79.92.94.61.21.53.27.324.14.2
Results
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