Elections to municipal and regional councils
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Elections to municipal and regional councils are held every four years, on the third Tuesday in November. Results from the elections are published in the StatBank three to four months after the election.
Statistical presentation
The statistics of the election to the municipalities and regions publishes around two months after the date of the deadline for complaints (media January the following year). The statistics publish for each municipality. The candidate is broken down on parties, sex, and whether they are elected/nominated. The distribution on votes is broken down on party, postal votes, invalid votes. The statistics is based on extract from the IT election system of KOMBIT/Netcompany from which Statistics Denmark receive data from.
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Statistical processing
Data for these statistics are provided as an extraction from the election software system (managed by KOMBIT/Netcompany) after the deadline has expired for complaints/objections.
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Relevance
The statistics are relevant for municipalities, regions, ministries, other government organizations, political party organizations, researchers and citizens as a basis for planning and surveys. The data basis of the statistics (micro-data) is used by researchers to whom data is made available via Statistics Denmark's Research Services.
Accuracy and reliability
The statistics are based on data extractions from the election software system (managed by KOMBIT/Netcompany) to which the results of the municipal and regional elections are reported. As the data basis is used for calculating the composition of the local and regional councils, it is demanded that the statistics are recorded accurately and, as a result, are of very high quality.
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Timeliness and punctuality
The election is held every four years on the third Tuesday of November. The results are usually published four months later, i.e. mid-March.
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Comparability
In connection with the municipal reform of 2007, the number of municipalities in which to hold elections was reduced from 271 to 98. For the majority of municipalities, it meant that the geographical scope of the municipality increased considerably, and that a new local council had to be elected for the new increased geographical area which had previously been covered by two or more municipalities and a corresponding number of local councils.
Accessibility and clarity
In the Statbank, these statistics can be found under Elections to municipality councils. In a separate article prepared for the Ministry for Interior and Health, you can see the distribution of candidates and votes for each party and each municipality. The article is available on page concerning municipal elections (only in Danish). Selected information about the elected candidates is published in a Danish press release.