2021 Hjørring municipal election

Since its creation in the 2007 municipal reform, Hjørring had only had mayors from the Social Democrats. However the Social Democrats ended up losing 5 seats. This might have been a consequence of the 2020 Danish mink cull, and Hjørring being a municipality with a high number of mink farming.[1] Only Danish Social Liberal Party from the traditional red bloc in Denmark, gained a seat, and the bloc had only won 13 of the 16 seats needed for a majority. Centre-right Venstre and Conservatives, both gained 2 and 4 seats respectively, and had a majority of seats together. On 24 November 2021, a constitution between Danish Social Liberal Party, Conservatives and Venstre was agreed upon, which saw Søren Smalbro from Venstre become mayor, with Per Møller from Conservatives, becoming deputy mayor. [2]

2021 Hjørring municipal election

16 November 2021
All 31 seats to the Hjørring Municipal Council 16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	33,065 (68.1%) 3.4pp
First party Second party Third party   A V C Party Social Democrats Venstre Conservatives Last election 15 seats, 44.2% 7 seats, 20.5% 3 seats, 9.4% Seats won 10 9 7 Seat change 5 2 4 Popular vote 11,207 9,302 7,243 Percentage 31.7% 26.3% 20.5% Swing 12.5% 5.8% 11.1%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   O F D Party Danish People's Party Green Left The New Right Last election 2 seats, 6.8% 1 seat, 3.6% 0 seats, 1.5% Seats won 1 1 1 Seat change 1 0 1 Popular vote 1,405 1,362 1,337 Percentage 4.0% 3.8% 3.8% Swing 2.8% 0.2% 2.3%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   B Ø T Party Danish Social Liberal Party Red–Green Alliance Lokalisten Last election 0 seats, 1.2% 1 seat, 2.6% 2 seats, 6.0% Seats won 1 1 0 Seat change 1 0 2 Popular vote 1,072 891 1,019 Percentage 3.0% 2.5% 2.9 Swing 1.8% 0.1% 3.1%
Mayor before election Arne Boelt Social Democrats Mayor after election Søren Smalbro Venstre