All 25 seats to the Kolding Municipal Council 13 seats needed for a majority
Turnout
50,617 (69.1%) 2.8pp
First party
Second party
Third party
V
A
F
Party
Venstre
Social Democrats
Green Left
Last election
13 seats, 46.4%
5 seats, 19.5%
2 seats, 7.1%
Seats won
9
5
4
Seat change
4
0
2
Popular vote
15,825
8,818
8,613
Percentage
31.8%
17.7%
17.3%
Swing
14.6%
1.8%
10.2%
Fourth party
Fifth party
Sixth party
C
O
B
Party
Conservatives
Danish People's Party
Danish Social Liberal Party
Last election
0 seats, 3.3%
3 seats, 11.1%
1 seat, 4.5%
Seats won
3
2
2
Seat change
3
1
1
Popular vote
5,243
3,799
3,185
Percentage
10.5%
7.6%
6.4%
Swing
7.2%
3.5%
1.9%
Seventh party
Ø
Party
Red–Green Alliance
Last election
1 seat, 3.1%
Seats won
0
Seat change
1
Popular vote
1,460
Percentage
2.9%
Swing
0.2%
Mayor before election
Jørn Pedersen
Venstre
Mayor after election
Knud Erik Langhoff
Conservatives
Since the 2007 municipal reform, Venstre had won the mayor position following all three elections in Kolding Municipality. In the 2017 Kolding municipal election, they would win 13 of the 25 seats, which equalled an absolute majority. Jørn Pedersen, who was mayor from 2010 to 2021, would announce his intention not to stand for a fourth term prior to the election.[1] Instead, in October 2020, it would be confirmed that Eva Kjer Hansen would be the mayor candidate, Venstre would put forward for this election.[2]
On the opposite side of the political spectrum, former Minister of Foreign Affairs Villy Søvndal, would be the top candidate for the Green Left.
.[3]
Villy Søvndal had led the Green Left to their best result in the party's history in 2007. Apart from that, he had led the Green Left to 6 seats in the 2017 Southern Denmark regional council election, an increase of 4 seats compared to their result in 2013.
Therefore, it was speculated that he could challenge Venstre for the mayor position.[4]
Depsite Venstre losing 4 seats, they became the biggest party and a majority between the traditional blue bloc indiciated that Eva Kjer Hansen would become the new mayor.[5] However, in a dramatic turnaround, outsider Knud Erik Langhoff from the Conservatives would end up having a majority supporting him. Untradtionally, three red bloc parties, Social Democrats, Danish Social Liberal Party
and Green Left would support centre-right Conservatives taking the mayor position.[6]
This would mark the first time since the 2007 municipal reform, that a municipality in the South Jutland constituency would have a mayor from the Conservatives. It was one of three municipalities in the constituency where the Conservatives had mayor's elected in the 2021, and it was seen as a big success for the Conservatives, who had have trouble winning mayor positions outside Greater Copenhagen and North Zealand in recent elections.[7]
^"Efter 12 år i spidsen går Jørn P. af: Her er hans sværeste dilemma som borgmester | Nyheder". ugeavisen (in Danish). 11 November 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
^"Tæt kampvalg gør Eva Kjer til borgmesterkandidat i Kolding | Nyheder". herningfolkebladet (in Danish). Retrieved 7 February 2023.
^"Villy Søvndal er ny spidskandidat i Kolding | Nyheder". altinget (in Danish). 7 April 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
^"Her er de 10 største gysere ved kommunalvalget | Nyheder". tv2.dk (in Danish). 10 November 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
^"Skuffet Eva Kjer ville ikke tale med TV 2, da valgnederlaget stod klart | Nyheder". tv2 (in Danish). 17 November 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
^"Ny borgmester fundet i Kolding | Nyheder". jyllandsposten (in Danish). 17 November 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
^"Konservative når delmål med borgmestre vest for Storebælt | Nyheder". berlingske (in Danish). 17 November 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
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