2021 Køge Municipal election
# 2021 Køge Municipal election

For this election, Marie Stærke from the Social Democrats was seeking re-election and a fourth term, after having won the mayor's position following the last election.

In the election result, the Social Democrats would be the largest party with 10 seats against second-place Venstre who won 6 seats. Eventually Venstre ended giviving up on winning the mayor's position. Instead they reached an untraditional agreement with the Social Democrats, that would have Marie Stærke continue as mayor. Other parties in the agreement, included - the Green Left, Danish People's Party and the Red–Green Alliance.

## 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. Køge Municipality had 27 seats in 2021

Unlike in Danish General Elections, in elections to municipal councils, electoral alliances are allowed.

## Electoral alliances

Source

Electoral Alliance 1

| Party | Political Position |
| - | - |
| Christian Democrats | Centre to Centre-right |
| Danish People's Party | Right-wing |
| Venstre | Centre-right |

Electoral Alliance 2

| Party | Political Position |
| - | - |
| Danish Social Liberal Party | Centre to Centre-left |
| Conservatives | Centre-right |

Electoral Alliance 3

| Party | Political Position |
| - | - |
| New Right | Right-wing |
| Liberal Alliance | Centre-right to Right-wing |

Electoral Alliance 4

| Party | Political Position |
| - | - |
| Social Democrats | Centre-left |
| Green Left | Centre-left to Left-wing |
| Red–Green Alliance | Left-wing to Far-left |
| The Alternative | Centre-left to Left-wing |

## Results

| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Køge Municipality ||||||
| | Social Democrats | 10,429 | 31.76 | 10 | 0 |
| | Venstre | 7,532 | 22.94 | 6 | 0 |
| | Conservatives | 5,508 | 16.77 | 5 | +1 |
| | Green Left | 2,909 | 8.86 | 2 | -1 |
| | Danish Social Liberal Party | 1,841 | 5.61 | 1 | +1 |
| | Red–Green Alliance | 1,426 | 4.34 | 1 | 0 |
| | New Right | 1,305 | 3.97 | 1 | +1 |
| | Danish People's Party | 1,262 | 3.84 | 1 | -1 |
| | Liberal Alliance | 356 | 1.08 | 0 | -1 |
| | The Alternative | 193 | 0.59 | 0 | 0 |
| | Christian Democrats | 78 | 0.24 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 32,839 | 100.00 | 27 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 32,839 | 98.27 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 124 | 0.37 | | |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | 455 | 1.36 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 33,418 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 48,839 | 68.42 | | |
| Source: KMD ||||||
