The Danish local elections of 2021 were held in 2021 for Denmark's 98 municipal councils and five regional councils. All 2,436 seats were contested for the 2022–2025

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, together with 205 seats in five regional councils.

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had increased their number of councillors from 25 to 29.

Opinion polls

Results

Results of regional elections

The regions are not municipalities but are financed only through

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Number of councillors and political parties in the regional councils

Old and new chairs of the regional councils

In four of the five regions, the incumbent chairman kept the position. However, in the

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, an agreement was made between Venstre, the Danish People's Party, New Right and the Conservative People's Party to give the chairmanship to Mads Duedahl of Venstre. This was the first time since the region's establishment in 2007 that the Social Democrats did not win the region's chairmanship.

Results of municipal elections

Seats for the 98

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councils were up for vote.

Number of councillors and political parties in the municipal councils

The Conservative People's Party had their best local election results since

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Mayors in the municipalities

The mayors (Danish: ; plural: ) of the 98 municipalities head the council meetings and are the chair of the finance committee in each of their respective municipalities. Only in

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, this mayor – the head of the finance committee and council meetings – is called the lord mayor (Danish: ).

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 2022 until 31 December 2025. The correct name for the municipality on the somewhat remote island of

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is ''Regional'' Municipality, because the municipality also handles several tasks not carried out by the other Danish municipalities but by the

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Notes

References

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November 2021 events in Denmark