2021 Aalborg municipal election

2021 Aalborg municipal election

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All 31 seats to the Aalborg Municipal Council 16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	116,325 (64.6%) 3.1pp
First party Second party Third party   A V C Party Social Democrats Venstre Conservatives Last election 17 seats, 48.7% 8 seats, 21.9% 1 seat, 4.0% Seats won 12 6 4 Seat change 5 2 3 Popular vote 42,149 21,470 12,709 Percentage 36.9% 18.8% 11.1% Swing 11.8% 3.1% 7.1%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Ø B F Party Red–Green Alliance Social Liberals Green Left Last election 2 seats, 6.4% 1 seat, 3.1% 0 seats, 2.7% Seats won 3 2 2 Seat change 1 1 2 Popular vote 9,428 8,055 6,353 Percentage 8.2% 7.0% 5.6% Swing 1.8% 3.9% 2.9%   Seventh party Eighth party   O D Party Danish People's Party The New Right Last election 2 seats, 6.4% 0 seats, 0.7% Seats won 1 1 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 4,683 4,064 Percentage 4.1.4% 3.6% Swing 2.3% 2.9%
Mayor before election Thomas Kastrup-Larsen Social Democrats Mayor after election Thomas Kastrup-Larsen Social Democrats

On 16 November 2021, an election were held to decide the 31 candidates who would be members of the Aalborg Municipal council from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2025. Since the 2007 municipal reform, Social Democrats had had an elected mayor of Aalborg Municipality. In the previous election, they won 17 seats, which was an absolute majority. But the Social Democrats lost 11.8% of their vote for this election, and lost 5 seats, while 3 other parties from the traditional Red Bloc saw an increase in their vote share. This was a trend, that was seen in the 4 largest municipalities of Denmark.^[1][2] It was later announced that Thomas Kastrup-Larsen would continue as mayor for a third term.^[3]