2021 Vordingborg municipal election

Prior to this election, and in the three elections since the 2007 municipal reform, no mayor had won re-election.

2021 Vordingborg municipal election

16 November 2021
All 29 seats to the Vordingborg Municipal Council 15 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	25,589 (68.1%) 5.8pp
First party Second party Third party   A V C Party Social Democrats Venstre Conservatives Last election 13 seats, 37.8% 8 seats, 26.7% 1 seat, 3.8% Seats won 11 7 3 Seat change 2 1 2 Popular vote 8,921 5,695 2,790 Percentage 35.6% 22.7% 11.1% Swing 2.2% 4% 7.3%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   F Ø D Party Green Left Red–Green Alliance New Right Last election 1 seat, 5.5% 1 seat, 5.1% 0 seats, 2.1% Seats won 2 2 1 Seat change 1 1 1 Popular vote 1,962 1,828 1,064 Percentage 7.8% 7.3% 4.2% Swing 2.3% 2.2% 2.1%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   O B Æ Party Danish People's Party Danish Social Liberal Party Fælleslisten Last election 3 seats, 10.6% 1 seat, 2.9% Did Not Stand Seats won 1 1 1 Seat change 2 0 1 Popular vote 1,062 806 719 Percentage 4.2% 3.2% 2.9% Swing 6.4% 0.3% New
Mayor before election Mikael Smed Social Democrats Mayor after election Mikael Smed Social Democrats

In the 2017 election, Mikael Smed, from the Social Democrats, won the mayor's position.[1] The red bloc parties had won 17 of the 29 seats, so if the blue bloc wanted to take over the mayor's position, it required a net gain of 3 seats.

In the result, the Social Democrats would keep the posiiton as the largest party, but would lose 2 seats. Fellow red bloc parties of the Green Left and Red–Green Alliance would however both gain a seat, and although The Alternative lost a seat, a total of 16 red seats was won. Therefore, it looked as though Mikael Smed was on his way to become the first re-elected in the municipality's history.[lower-alpha 1] [2] It would eventually be confirmed that he would have a second term.[3]