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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Local elections were held inDenmark on 17 November 2009. Councils were elected inDenmark's 98municipalities and thefive regions. 2468 seats were contested in the municipal elections (previous election: 2522 seats). 205 seats were contested in the regional elections.
The electoral details are laid down in the municipal and regional electoral act.[1] The elections are overseen by the Ministry of the Interior.[2]
The Ministry of the Interior reported a voter turnout of 65.7%, the lowest participation in Danish local and regional elections since the1974 Danish local elections, when turnout was 62.9%.[3] The regions are not municipalities and have no independent power to levy taxes; they are financed instead through block grants from the central government and from the municipalities within each region.
The results of the regional elections were as follows:[4]
| Party | Seats | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | Social Democrats(Socialdemokraterne) | 68 |  9 |
| V | Venstre(Venstre) | 54 | 6 |
| F | Socialist People's Party(Socialistisk Folkeparti) | 32 |  20 |
| C | Conservative People's Party(Konservative Folkeparti) | 20 |  0 |
| O | Danish People's Party(Dansk Folkeparti) | 19 | 5 |
| B | Danish Social Liberal Party(Radikale Venstre) | 7 | 4 |
| Ø | Red-Green Alliance(Enhedslisten) | 2 | 4 |
| Others | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 205 | ||
The Ministry of the Interior stated that voter turnout was 65.8%.The results of the municipal elections:[5]
| Sum of 98 local elections | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Share of vote | Seats | |||
| Percent | Change | Number | Change | ||
| A | Social Democrats(Socialdemokraterne) | 30.3 % | -3.6 % | 801 | 99 |
| V | Venstre(Venstre) | 24.5 % | -2.7 % | 699 | 105 |
| F | Socialist People's Party(Socialistisk Folkeparti) | 14.3 % | +7.0 % | 340 | 178 |
| C | Conservative People's Party(Konservative Folkeparti) | 10.9 % | +0.8 % | 262 | 5 |
| O | Danish People's Party(Dansk Folkeparti) | 8.0 % | +2.2 % | 186 | 61 |
| B | Danish Social Liberal Party(Radikale Venstre) | 3.7 % | -1.4 % | 50 | 36 |
| Ø | Red-Green Alliance(Enhedslisten) | 2.3 % | -0.4 % | 14 | 10 |
| K | Christian Democrats(Kristendemokraterne) | 0.4 % | -0.6 % | 6 | 9 |
| S | Schleswig Party(Slesvigsk Parti) | 0.2% | +0.1 % | 6 | 2 |
| I | Liberal Alliance(Liberal Alliance) | 0.3 % | New | 1 | New |
| Others | 4.0 % | -2.6 % | 103 | 42 | |
| Total | 2,468 | 54 | |||
The mayors (Danish:borgmester; plural:borgmestre) of the 98 municipalities heads the council meetings and is the chairman of the finance committee in each of their respective municipalities. Only inCopenhagen, this mayor – the head of the finance committee and council meetings – is called thelord mayor (Danish:overborgmester).
| Mayors after the election | |||
| Party | Number | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democrats | 49 | 4 | |
| Venstre | 31 | 6 | |
| Conservative People's Party | 12 | 2 | |
| Local parties | 4 | 1 | |
| Socialist People's Party | 2 | 2 | |
| Danish Social Liberal Party | 0 | 1 | |
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. The correct name for the municipality on the somewhat remote island ofBornholm isregional municipality, because the municipality also handles several tasks not carried out by the other Danish municipalities but by theregions.
