The Danish local elections of 2013 were held on 19 November 2013 in

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's 98 municipal councils, contesting 2,444 seats ( previous election: 2,468 seats) for the 2014–2017 term of office, and in five regional councils, contesting 205 seats for the 2014–2017 term. Advance voting began on 20 August 2013 in national registration offices in Denmark, hospitals, prisons, etc.Local Elections
, Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Interior, accessed 2013-10-05 Twelve women held the highest political office of mayor in the municipalities in the 2014–2017 term of office.

Results

Results of regional elections

The Ministry of Economy and Interior stated that voter turnout was 71.7%. The regions are not municipalities, and are not allowed to levy any taxes, but are financed only through block grants from the central government and the municipalities within each region.

Number of councillors and political parties in the regional councils

Old and new chairs of the regional councils

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Results of municipal elections

The Ministry of Economy and Interior stated that voter turnout was 71.9%. 2,444 councillors were elected.

Number of councillors and political parties in the municipal councils

Mayors in the municipalities

The mayors (Danish: ; plural: ) of the 98 municipalities head the council meetings and are the chairmen 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: ). Mette Touborg is the mayor of

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since 1 January 2010. She is the only one at present from the Socialist People's Party to hold the highest political post in a municipality.

Rebild Municipality Rebild municipality is a municipality (Danish, '' kommune'') in North Jutland Region in Denmark. It covers an area of 628 km² and a total population of 28,753 (2008). On 1 January 2007 Rebild municipality was created as the result of ''Kom ...

has a new mayor since 1 January 2014, Leon Sebbelin from the

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. Tobias Birch Johansen, the mayor of Læsø Municipality, is a member of the agrarian liberal Venstre, but he is elected on the local list Læsø Listen.

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 2014 until 31 December 2017. The correct name for the municipality on the somewhat remote island of Bornholm is ''regional'' municipality because the municipality also handles tasks not carried out by the other Danish municipalities but by the

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. As just one example, as the only one of the 46 municipalities in eastern Denmark it is a 100% owner of its own public mass transit agency called

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, formerly Bornholms Amts Trafikselskab. The public traffic agency of the other 45 municipalities in eastern Denmark is Movia, owned by the Capital Region of Denmark,

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and the 45 municipalities.

Notes

References

External links

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Election results by Municipality

Three out of five of 2444 municipal council members reelected
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