2017 Danish local elections

2017 Danish local elections
Denmark
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98 municipal councils
5 regional councils
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
Social Democrats Mette Frederiksen 32.5% 842 +69
Venstre Lars Løkke Rasmussen 23.1% 688 −79
Conservatives Søren Pape Poulsen 8.8% 225 +20
DPP Kristian Thulesen Dahl 8.8% 221 −34
SF Pia Olsen Dyhr 5.7% 126 +10
Red–Green Pernille Skipper[a] 6.0% 102 −17
Social Liberals Morten Østergaard 4.6% 80 +18
Liberal Alliance Anders Samuelsen 2.6% 28 −5
The Alternative Uffe Elbæk 3.0% 20 New
Schleswig Party Carsten Leth Schmidt 0.3% 10 +1
Chr. Democrats Stig Grenov 0.5% 9 +3
New Right Pernille Vermund 0.9% 1 New
Other 3.2% 78 −21
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Local elections were held on 21 November 2017 for Denmark's 98 municipal councils and five regional councils. All 2,432[1] seats were contested for the 2018–21 term of office,[2] together with 205 seats (a fixed number of 41 seats in each council) in five regional councils.[3] In the previous election, there were 2,444 seats in the municipal councils.


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  1. ^ Members elected to municipal councils and their personal votes Retrieved 11 January 2018
  2. ^ Small towns and rural districts well represented Retrieved 16 March 2018
  3. ^ "Local Elections". Økonomi- og Indenrigsministeriet. Retrieved 22 November 2017.