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Municipal elections

What is the voter turnout at municipal elections in Denmark? How many are eligible to vote? In Denmark, municipal elections are held every four years in November to elect municipal and regional councillors.

Selected statistics on Municipal elections

This page shows selected popular statistics on the subject of Municipal elections. In Statbank Denmark, you can find more data and compile your own statistics.

Development in voter turnout

Here you can see the development in the proportion of the population who have voted in municipal elections.
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Last update
10.5.2023
Source data

The source of these statistics is the election software system managed by KMD. The counting takes place in the individual polling stations, which register the results in the election software system managed by KMD.

Development in number of voters

Here you can see the development in the number of people eligible to vote in municipal elections.
More about the figure
Last update
10.5.2023
Source data

The source of these statistics is the election software system managed by KMD. The counting takes place in the individual polling stations, which register the results in the election software system managed by KMD.

Development in percentage of invalid votes

Here you can see how big a proportion of the votes cast in municipal elections that were invalid votes.
More about the figure
Last update
10.5.2023
Source data

The source of these statistics is the election software system managed by KMD. The counting takes place in the individual polling stations, which register the results in the election software system managed by KMD.

On the statistics – documentation, sources and method

Gain an overview of the purpose, contents and quality of the statistics. Learn about the data sources of the statistics, the contents of the statistics and how often they are published.

See the documentation of statistics to learn more:

Elections to municipality councils

Elections to municipality councils are held every four years, on the third Tuesday in November. Since the municipal reform, elections to municipality councils have taken place in 2009, 2013 and 2017. Results from the elections are published in the StatBank the following year.

Need more data on Municipal elections?

You can go on searching on your own in Statbank Denmark. Find detailed figures, e.g. number of votes disaggregated on parties and geographic areas.

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