2021 Vejen municipal election

Ever since the 2007 municipal reform, Egon Fræhr from Venstre had been mayor of Vejen Municiaplity. He announced in 2020 that he would not stand for re-election.[1]

2021 Vejen municipal election

16 November 2021
All 27 seats to the Vejen Municipal Council 14 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	22,809 (68.3%) 3.6pp
First party Second party Third party   V A C Party Venstre Social Democrats Conservatives Last election 10 seats, 35.5% 8 seats, 28.3% 4 seats, 13.8% Seats won 9 8 6 Seat change 1 0 2 Popular vote 6,888 6,290 5,229 Percentage 30.8% 28.1% 23.3% Swing 4.7% 0.2% 9.5%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   D F O Party The New Right Green Left Danish People's Party Last election 0 seats, 1.4% 1 seat, 2.9% 2 seats, 9.6% Seats won 1 1 1 Seat change 1 0 1 Popular vote 1,019 772 740 Percentage 4.6% 3.4% 3.3% Swing 3.2% 0.5% 6.3%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   L Ø I Party Liberal Borgerliste Red–Green Alliance Liberal Alliance Last election 0 seats, 0% 1 seat, 4.1% 1 seat, 3.2% Seats won 1 0 0 Seat change 1 1 1 Popular vote 588 407 75 Percentage 2.6% 1.8% 0.3% Swing 2.6% 2.3% 2.9%
Mayor before election Egon Fræhr Venstre Mayor after election Frank Schmidt-Hansen Conservatives

Instead Morten Thorøe would be the candidate from Venstre for this election.[2]

Venstre would lose a seat in this election, although still remaining the largest party. However following election night, an utraditional agreement between the Social Democrats and the Conservatives, would see Frank Schmidt-Hansen from the Conservatives become mayor. [3][4]

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.[5]