2017 Danish local elections

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.

2017 Danish local elections

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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.

Results

Results of regional elections

Main article: Results breakdown of the 2017 Danish Regional Elections

The Danish ministry of economy and interior informed that voter turnout was 70.6%. 3,074,840 cast their votes. They voted for 205 seats in the five regional councils. This number remains unchanged since the first elections for the regional councils in the newly created regions, which were set up 1 January 2007 after the 13 counties were abolished. The regions are not municipalities, but are financed only through block grants paid by the central government and their constituent municipalities.

Number of councillors and political parties in the Regional Councils

Party		Seats	Change
A	Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne)	70	3
V	Venstre (Venstre)	54	8
O	Danish People's Party (Dansk Folkeparti)	21	2
C	Conservative People's Party (Konservative Folkeparti)	15	0
F	Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti)	15	5
Ø	Red-Green Alliance (Enhedslisten)	12	3
B	Danish Social Liberal Party (Radikale Venstre)	8	0
I	Liberal Alliance (Liberal Alliance)	5	0
Å	The Alternative (Alternativet)	3	New
K	Christian Democrats (Kristendemokraterne)	1	1
	Others	1	1
Total		205

Old and new Chairmen of the Regional Councils

Regional Council Chairmen Outgoing and Incoming
Region	Incumbent Chairman		Elected Chairman
North Denmark Region	Ulla Astman			Ulla Astman
Central Denmark Region	Bent Hansen			Anders Kühnau
Region of Southern Denmark	Stephanie Lose			Stephanie Lose
Region Zealand	Jens Stenbæk			Heino Knudsen
Capital Region of Denmark	Sophie Hæstorp Andersen			Sophie Hæstorp Andersen

Results of municipal elections

Main article: Results breakdown of the 2017 Danish Municipal Elections

The Danish ministry of economy and interior informed that voter turnout was 70.8%. 3,226,558 cast their votes. They voted for 2432 seats in the 98 municipal councils, a reduction of 12 seats from 2444 after the previous election. The total countrywide number of seats in the municipal councils can be seen here and on the pages of the previous elections. They can be accessed from the template at the bottom of the pages.

Number of councillors and political parties in the Municipal Councils

Sum of 98 local elections
Party		Share of vote		Seats
		Percent	Change	Number	Change
A	Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne)	32.45%	+2.94%	842	69
V	Venstre (Venstre)	23.06%	-3.56%	688	78
C	Conservative People's Party (Konservative Folkeparti)	8.78%	+0.23%	225	20
O	Danish People's Party (Dansk Folkeparti)	8.75%	-1.37%	221	34
F	Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti)	05.7%	+0.1%	126	10
Ø	Red-Green Alliance (Enhedslisten)	5.96%	-0.98%	102	17
B	Danish Social Liberal Party (Radikale Venstre)	04.6%	-0.2%	80	18
I	Liberal Alliance (Liberal Alliance)	02.6%	-0.3%	28	5
Å	The Alternative (Alternativet)	03.0%	New	20	New
S	Schleswig Party (Slesvigsk Parti)	00.3%	+0.0%	10	1
K	Christian Democrats (Kristendemokraterne)	00.5%	+0.0%	9	3
D	The New Right (Nye Borgerlige)	00.9%	New	1	New
	Others	03.2%	-0.6%	78	21
Total				2,432	12

Local Political Parties in the Municipal Councils

Party	Municipality	Seats
Gulborgsund List (Guldborgsundlisten)	Guldborgsund	11
NewGribskov (NytGribskov)	Gribskov	6
Cross-Political Community (Tværpolitisk Forening)	Dragør	4
Social Common List (Den Sociale Fællesliste)	Rebild	4
Local List (Lokallisten)	Holbæk	3
Local List (Lokallisten)	Rudersdal	3
Citizens' List (Borgerlisten)	Billund	2
Citizens' List (Borgerlisten)	Brønderslev	2
Citizens' List (Borgerlisten)	Faxe	2
Common List (Fælleslisten)	Ikast-Brande	2
Fanø Local List (Fanø Lokalliste)	Fanø	2
Hvidovre List (Hvidovrelisten)	Hvidovre	2
New Stevns (Nyt Stevns)	Stevns	2
Local List (Lokallisten)	Hjørring	2
Local List 2017 (Lokallisten 2017)	Varde	2
Local List Lolland (Lokallisten Lolland)	Lolland	2
Læsø List (Læsø Listen)	Læsø	2
Skive List (Skive-Listen)	Skive	2
Your Voice (Din Stemme)	Lolland	2
Blovstrød List (Blovstrød Listen)	Allerød	1
Bornholm List (Bornholmerlisten)	Bornholm	1
Citizens' List (Borgerlisten)	Esbjerg	1
Citizens' List (Borgerlisten)	Kerteminde	1
Citizens' List (Borgerlisten)	Tønder	1
Common List (Fælleslisten)	Sønderborg	1
Democratic Balance (Demokratisk Balance)	Morsø	1
Fjord List (Fjordlisten)	Ringkøbing-Skjern	1
Havdrup List (Havdruplisten)	Solrød	1
Land Owners (Grundejerne)	Solrød	1
Local Democrats (Lokaldemokraterne)	Helsingør	1
Local List Høje-Taastrup (Lokallisten Høje-Taastrup)	Høje-Taastrup	1
Environment List (Miljølisten)	Fanø	1
Odsherred List (Odsherred Listen)	Odsherred	1
Our Allerød (Vores Allerød)	Allerød	1
Resident List (Beboerlisten)	Randers	1
Vesthimmerland List (VestHimmerlandsListen)	Vesthimmerland	1
Welfare List (Velfærdslisten)	Randers	1
Your Jammerbugt – Your Citizens' List (Dit Jammerbugt – Din Borgerliste)	Jammerbugt	1
Ærø's Future (Ærøs Fremtid)	Ærø	1
Ærø Plus (Ærø Plus)	Ærø	1
Total		78

The new municipal councils

Each municipal council consists of 9-55 seats, distributed over twelve established parties and a number of local parties.^[4]

Municipality	A	B	C	D	F	I	K	O	S	V	Ø	Å	L	Total Seats
Aabenraa Municipality	9		2		1			5	2	11	1			31
Aalborg Municipality	17	1	1					2		8	2			31
Aarhus Municipality	13	2	1		3	1		2		6	2	1		31
Albertslund Municipality	9	1	2		2			3		1	2	1		21
Allerød Municipality	5	1	5		2					5	1		2	21
Assens Municipality	8	1	1		2			3		13	1			29
Ballerup Municipality	16		1		1			2		3	2			25
Billund Municipality	7	2	1					3		10			2	25
Bornholm Municipality	8				1		1	4		5	2	1	1	23
Brøndby Municipality	11	1			1			3		2	1			19
Brønderslev Municipality	11		2					2		10			2	27
Dragør Municipality	3		3					2		3			4	15
Egedal Municipality	6	3	2		1	1		2		6				21
Esbjerg Municipality	11	1	1		2			3		11	1		1	31
Fanø Municipality	1		2		1					3		1	3	11
Favrskov Municipality	11		2		1			1		9	1			25
Faxe Municipality	8		1		1	1		4		7	1		2	25
Fredensborg Municipality	10	3	2		1	1		2		7	1			27
Fredericia Municipality	13							3		4	1			21
Frederiksberg Municipality	4	3	11		1	1				1	3	1		25
Frederikshavn Municipality	18		1		1			2		6	1			29
Frederikssund Municipality	8	1	1		1			2		9	1			23
Furesø Municipality	10	1	3			1		1		4	1			21
Faaborg-Midtfyn Municipality	8	2	1		1			4		7	1	1		25
Gentofte Municipality	2	1	13		1					1	1			19
Gladsaxe Municipality	10	2	1		2			2		5	3			25
Glostrup Municipality	7		1		1			2		7	1			19
Greve Municipality	7		1			1		2		9	1			21
Gribskov Municipality	5		2					2		7	1		6	23
Guldborgsund Municipality	6				1			7		3	1		11	29
Haderslev Municipality	10	1	1		1	2		4	1	9	2			31
Halsnæs Municipality	10				2			2		6	1			21
Hedensted Municipality	8				1	1	1	4		12				27
Helsingør Municipality	8	1	9		1			2		1	2		1	25
Herlev Municipality	12		2		1			1		1	2			19
Herning Municipality	5	1	2		1		1	1		19	1			31
Hillerød Municipality	9	2	1	1	2			1		10	1			27
Hjørring Municipality	15		3		1			2		7	1		2	31
Holbæk Municipality	9	3	1		1	2		4		6	2		3	31
Holstebro Municipality	12	2	1		1			2		9				27
Horsens Municipality	13		1		1	1		3		7	1			27
Hvidovre Municipality	8		2		3			3		2	1		2	21
Høje-Taastrup Municipality	5	1	12					1			1		1	21
Hørsholm Municipality	3	1	8			1		1		5				19
Ikast-Brande Municipality	6		3					3		9			2	23
Ishøj Municipality	11				2			2		3	1			19
Jammerbugt Municipality	9				1			2		14			1	27
Kalundborg Municipality	8	1			1			5		11	1			27
Kerteminde Municipality	7	1	7		2			3		3	1		1	25
Kolding Municipality	5	1			2			3		13	1			25
Copenhagen Municipality	15	5	3		5	2		3		5	11	6		55
Køge Municipality	10		4		3	1		2		6	1			27
Langeland Municipality	3		1		6			1		4				15
Lejre Municipality	6	1	2		5			2		8	1			25
Lemvig Municipality	4	1	1		2			1		12				21
Lolland Municipality	11				1			3		5	1		4	25
Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality	4	2	10		2					2	1			21
Læsø Municipality	1							2		4			2	9
Mariagerfjord Municipality	11	1	1		1			3		12				29
Middelfart Municipality	14		1		1			2		6	1			25
Morsø Municipality	6							2		12			1	21
Norddjurs Municipality	11		2		2	2		3		6	1			27
Nordfyn Municipality	7		1		2			2		13				25
Nyborg Municipality	9				1			2		13				25
Næstved Municipality	13	2	2		1			2		9	2			31
Odder Municipality	5	1	2		1			1		7	2			19
Odense Municipality	13	1	3		1			2		6	2	1		29
Odsherred Municipality	12	1			1			2		7	1		1	25
Randers Municipality	13	1	1		1			3		9	1		2	31
Rebild Municipality	5	3	3					2		8			4	25
Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality	6				3		6	2		11			1	29
Ringsted Municipality	5	1	3		1			3		6	2			21
Roskilde Municipality	16	1	2		1			3		6	2			31
Rudersdal Municipality	4	2	4			1				8	1		3	23
Rødovre Municipality	11		3		1			1		1	2			19
Samsø Municipality	5		2		1					3				11
Silkeborg Municipality	10	1	1		2	1		2		11	2	1		31
Skanderborg Municipality	11	2	1		2			3		8	1	1		29
Skive Municipality	9	1			2			2		11			2	27
Slagelse Municipality	12	1			2	1		4		10	1			31
Solrød Municipality	4	1	1		1	1		1		8			2	19
Sorø Municipality	8	1	7		1			3		3	1	1		25
Stevns Municipality	6	1	2					2		4	2		2	19
Struer Municipality	8	1	1		2			1		8				21
Svendborg Municipality	10	2	2		1			4		6	3	1		29
Syddjurs Municipality	8	1	1		4			3		8	1	1		27
Sønderborg Municipality	15							3	5	7			1	31
Thisted Municipality	9		5		1	1		3		6	1	1		27
Tønder Municipality	6		1		1	1		3	2	15	1		1	31
Tårnby Municipality	8	1	2		1			3		3	1			19
Vallensbæk Municipality	5		8					2						15
Varde Municipality	6	1	1			1			2	12			2	25
Vejen Municipality	8		4		1	1		2		10	1			27
Vejle Municipality	11	1	2		3	1		3		10				31
Vesthimmerland Municipality	7		7		2			2		8			1	27
Viborg Municipality	9		7		2			2		10	1			31
Vordingborg Municipality	13	1	1		1			3		8	1	1		29
Ærø Municipality	4		3		1			2		3			2	15

Mayors in the municipalities

The mayors (Danish: Borgmester; plural: Borgmestre) of the 98 municipalities heads the council meetings and is the chairman of the finance committee in each of their respective municipalities. Only in Copenhagen, this mayor – the head of the finance committee and council meetings – is called the Lord Mayor (Danish: Overborgmester). The final decision on who would be mayor had to be made by the municipal councils no later than Friday, 15 December 2017.

Mayors after the election
Party		Number	Change
	Social Democrats	47	14
	Venstre	37	11
	Conservative People's Party	8	5
	Local parties	2
	Danish Social Liberal Party	1
	Socialist People's Party	1
	Danish People's Party	1	1
	The Alternative	1	New

Old and new mayors in the municipalities

The term of office for the mayors elected by the majority of councillors among its members in each municipal council is the same as for the councils elected, namely 1 January 2018 until 31 December 2021. The municipality on the somewhat remote island of Bornholm is called a Regional Municipality, because the municipality also handles several tasks not carried out by the other Danish municipalities but by the regions.

Mayors outgoing and incoming
Municipality	Incumbent mayor		Elected mayor
Albertslund Municipality	Steen Christiansen			Steen Christiansen
Allerød Municipality	Jørgen Johansen			Karsten Längerich
Assens Municipality	Søren Steen Andersen			Søren Steen Andersen
Ballerup Municipality	Jesper Würtzen			Jesper Würtzen
Billund Municipality	Ib Kristensen			Ib Kristensen
Bornholm Regional Municipality	Winni Grosbøll			Winni Grosbøll
Brøndby Municipality	Kent Max Magelund			Kent Max Magelund
Brønderslev Municipality	Mikael Klitgaard			Mikael Klitgaard
Copenhagen Municipality	Frank Jensen			Frank Jensen
Dragør Municipality	Eik Dahl Bidstrup			Eik Dahl Bidstrup
Egedal Municipality	Karsten Søndergaard			Karsten Søndergaard
Esbjerg Municipality	Johnny Søtrup			Jesper Frost
Fanø Municipality	Erik Nørreby			Sofie Valbjørn
Favrskov Municipality	Nils Borring			Nils Borring
Faxe Municipality	Knud Erik Hansen			Ole Vive
Fredensborg Municipality	Thomas Lykke Pedersen			Thomas Lykke Pedersen
Fredericia Municipality	Jacob Bjerregaard			Jacob Bjerregaard
Frederiksberg Municipality	Jørgen Glenthøj			Jørgen Glenthøj
Frederikshavn Municipality	Birgit Stenbak Hansen			Birgit Stenbak Hansen
Frederikssund Municipality	John Schmidt Andersen			John Schmidt Andersen
Furesø Municipality	Ole Bondo Christensen			Ole Bondo Christensen
Faaborg-Midtfyn Municipality	Christian Thygesen			Hans Stavnsager
Gentofte Municipality	Hans Toft			Hans Toft
Gladsaxe Municipality	Trine Græse			Trine Græse
Glostrup Municipality	John Engelhardt			John Engelhardt
Greve Municipality	Pernille Beckmann			Pernille Beckmann
Gribskov Municipality	Kim Valentin			Anders Gerner Frost
Guldborgsund Municipality	John Brædder			John Brædder
Haderslev Municipality	H.P. Geil			H.P. Geil
Halsnæs Municipality	Steen Hasselriis			Steffen Jensen
Hedensted Municipality	Kirsten Terkilsen			Kasper Glyngø
Helsingør Municipality	Benedikte Kiær			Benedikte Kiær
Herlev Municipality	Thomas Gyldal Petersen			Thomas Gyldal Petersen
Herning Municipality	Lars Krarup			Lars Krarup
Hillerød Municipality	Dorte Meldgaard			Kirsten Jensen
Hjørring Municipality	Arne Boelt			Arne Boelt
Holbæk Municipality	Søren Kjærsgaard			Christina Krzyrosiak Hansen
Holstebro Municipality	H.C. Østerby			H.C. Østerby
Horsens Municipality	Peter Sørensen			Peter Sørensen
Hvidovre Municipality	Helle Moesgaard Adelborg			Helle Moesgaard Adelborg
Høje-Taastrup Municipality	Michael Ziegler			Michael Ziegler
Hørsholm Municipality	Morten Slotved			Morten Slotved
Ikast-Brande Municipality	Carsten Kissmeyer			Ib Boye Lauritsen
Ishøj Municipality	Ole Bjørstorp			Ole Bjørstorp
Jammerbugt Municipality	Mogens Gade			Mogens Gade
Kalundborg Municipality	Martin Damm			Martin Damm
Kerteminde Municipality	Hans Luunbjerg			Kasper Olesen
Kolding Municipality	Jørn Pedersen			Jørn Pedersen
Køge Municipality	Flemming Christensen			Marie Stærke
Langeland Municipality	Bjarne Nielsen			Tonni Hansen
Lejre Municipality	Carsten Rasmussen			Carsten Rasmussen
Lemvig Municipality	Erik Flyvholm			Erik Flyvholm
Lolland Municipality	Holger Schou Rasmussen			Holger Schou Rasmussen
Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality	Sofia Osmani			Sofia Osmani
Læsø Municipality	Tobias Birch Johansen			Karsten Nielsen
Mariagerfjord Municipality	Mogens Jespersen			Mogens Jespersen
Middelfart Municipality	Johannes Lundsfryd Jensen			Johannes Lundsfryd Jensen
Morsø Municipality	Hans Ejner Bertelsen			Hans Ejner Bertelsen
Norddjurs Municipality	Jan Petersen			Jan Petersen
Nordfyn Municipality	Morten Andersen			Morten Andersen
Nyborg Municipality	Kenneth Muhs			Kenneth Muhs
Næstved Municipality	Carsten Rasmussen			Carsten Rasmussen
Odder Municipality	Uffe Jensen			Uffe Jensen
Odense Municipality	Peter Rahbæk Juel			Peter Rahbæk Juel
Odsherred Municipality	Thomas Adelskov			Thomas Adelskov
Randers Municipality	Claus Omann Jensen			Torben Hansen
Rebild Municipality	Leon Sebbelin			Leon Sebbelin
Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality	Iver Enevoldsen			Hans Østergaard
Ringsted Municipality	Henrik Hvidesten			Henrik Hvidesten
Roskilde Municipality	Joy Mogensen			Joy Mogensen
Rudersdal Municipality	Jens Ive			Jens Ive
Rødovre Municipality	Erik Nielsen			Erik Nielsen
Samsø Municipality	Marcel Meijer			Marcel Meijer
Silkeborg Municipality	Steen Vindum			Steen Vindum
Skanderborg Municipality	Jørgen Gaarde			Jørgen Gaarde
Skive Municipality	Peder Chr. Kirkegaard			Peder Chr. Kirkegaard
Slagelse Municipality	Sten Knuth			John Dyrby Paulsen
Solrød Municipality	Niels Emil Hörup			Niels Emil Hörup
Sorø Municipality	Gert Jørgensen			Gert Jørgensen
Stevns Municipality	Mogens Haugaard Nielsen			Anette Mortensen
Struer Municipality	Mads Jakobsen			Niels Viggo Lynghøj
Svendborg Municipality	Lars Erik Hornemann			Bo Hansen
Syddjurs Municipality	Claus Wistoft			Ole Bollesen
Sønderborg Municipality	Erik Lauritzen			Erik Lauritzen
Thisted Municipality	Lene Kjelgaard Jensen			Ulla Vestergaard
Tønder Municipality	Henrik Frandsen			Henrik Frandsen
Tårnby Municipality	Henrik Zimino			Allan Andersen
Vallensbæk Municipality	Henrik Rasmussen			Henrik Rasmussen
Varde Municipality	Erik Buhl			Erik Buhl
Vejen Municipality	Egon Fræhr			Egon Fræhr
Vejle Municipality	Jens Ejner Christensen			Jens Ejner Christensen
Vesthimmerland Municipality	Knud Vældgaard Kristensen			Per Bach Laursen
Viborg Municipality	Torsten Nielsen			Ulrik Wilbek[5]
Vordingborg Municipality	Michael Seiding Larsen			Mikael Smed
Ærø Municipality	Jørgen Otto Jørgensen			Ole Wej Petersen
Aabenraa Municipality	Thomas Andresen			Thomas Andresen
Aalborg Municipality	Thomas Kastrup Larsen			Thomas Kastrup Larsen
Aarhus Municipality	Jacob Bundsgaard			Jacob Bundsgaard

Notes

1. political spokesperson