Local elections were held on 19 November 2013 in

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's 98 municipal councils, contesting 2,444 seats ( previous election: 2,468 seats) for the 2014–2017 term of office, and in five regional councils, contesting 205 seats for the 2014–2017 term. Advance voting began on 20 August 2013 in national registration offices in Denmark, hospitals, prisons, etc.Local Elections
, Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Interior, accessed 2013-10-05 Twelve women held the highest political office of mayor in the municipalities in the 2014–2017 term of office.

Results

Results of regional elections

The Ministry of Economy and Interior stated that voter turnout was 71.7%. The regions are not municipalities, and are not allowed to levy any taxes, but are financed only through block grants from the central government and the municipalities within each region.

Number of councillors and political parties in the regional councils

Old and new chairs of the regional councils

On 22 June 2015, Stephanie Lose became chairman of the Region of Southern Denmark. She is from Venstre. Carl Holst became a minister in the

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Results of municipal elections

The Ministry of Economy and Interior stated that voter turnout was 71.9%. 2,444 councillors were elected.

Number of councillors and political parties in the municipal councils

Mayors in the municipalities

The mayors (Danish: ; plural: ) of the 98 municipalities head the council meetings and are the chairmen of the finance committee in each of their respective municipalities. Only in

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, this mayor – the head of the finance committee and council meetings – is called the

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(Danish: ). Mette Touborg is the mayor of

Lejre Municipality Lejre Municipality () is a '' kommune'' in the Region Zealand of Denmark. The current municipality was established on 1 January 2007 as a result of ''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), merging the former Lejre Municipality wi ...

since 1 January 2010. She is the only one at present from the Socialist People's Party to hold the highest political post in a municipality. Rebild Municipality has a new mayor since 1 January 2014, Leon Sebbelin from the

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. Tobias Birch Johansen, the mayor of Læsø Municipality, is a member of the agrarian liberal Venstre, but he is elected on the local list Læsø Listen.

Old and new mayors in the municipalities

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, namely 1 January 2014 until 31 December 2017. The correct name for the municipality on the somewhat remote island of

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is ''regional'' municipality because the municipality also handles tasks not carried out by the other Danish municipalities but by the

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. As just one example, as the only one of the 46 municipalities in eastern Denmark it is a 100% owner of its own public mass transit agency called

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, formerly Bornholms Amts Trafikselskab. The public traffic agency of the other 45 municipalities in eastern Denmark is Movia, owned by the

Capital Region of Denmark The Capital Region of Denmark (, ) is the easternmost administrative region of Denmark, and contains Copenhagen, the national capital. The Capital Region has 29 municipalities and a regional council consisting of 41 elected members. As of 1 ...

Region Zealand Region Zealand () is an Regions of Denmark, administrative region of Denmark. It is one of the five classified Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics, NUTS-2 statistical NUTS statistical regions of Denmark, regions of Denmark. It was es ...

and the 45 municipalities.

Notes

References

External links

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Election results by Municipality

Three out of five of 2444 municipal council members reelected
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