Socialdemocrats win in Frederikshavn

Socialdemocrats suffer setback in Frederikshavn

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Socialdemocrats receive cold slap from Frederikshavn voters

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The Social Democrats had a shining victory in Frederikshavn in 2021, but this year looks different.

The Social Democrat candidate for mayor, Anders Brandt Sørensen, will focus on moving forward. (Photo: © Bo Amstrup, Ritzau Scanpix) 51 minutes ago

The Social Democrats have received a cold slap in the head from Frederikshavn voters. It is clear, after the votes have been counted in the North Jutland municipality, where the governing party is losing 31.3 percentage points and losing ten seats.

The biggest vote-winner is Venstre, which is gaining 9.2 percentage points and is set to gain nine seats.

Therefore, the majority is in doubt, as the current mayor of Frederikshavn, Socialdemocrat, has eight seats.

In Venstre, they are pleased with the result. However, there is also a sense of North Jutland humiliation to be found among Venstre's top candidate, Jon Andersen.

- I think it's important to emphasize that if we don't keep our nose to the grindstone, it could be wasted. So we're not in the goal, he says and emphasizes that there are many combination possibilities.

Although it is far from decided who will sit at the head of the table at the town hall in Frederikshavn in the future, the Social Democrat mayoral candidate acknowledges that it does not look like all voters have been equally satisfied with the last four years.

- It went as it went, and there's not really anything to do about it, says Anders Brandt Sørensen (S).

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Marked decline

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Today's result looks different from the previous election.

The biggest vote-winner in the 2021 municipal election was the former Social Democrat mayor Birgit S. Hansen. At that time, she received 42 percent of all votes in the municipality.

However, after holding the mayor's post for 11 years, she stepped down in October last year and took up a position as a representative for the Green Three-Party for the Municipalities' Association instead.

She did so, among other things, due to the harsh tone on social media and in the wake of threats and harassment from citizens.

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