Danish Local Elections November 16th 2021

[Leading Political Consultant Ma Anand Sheela]

Thank you very much for this thread, very informative indeed.

[Leading Political Consultant Ma Anand Sheela]

Frederiksberg
Yet another candidate for Mayor.
Jan E. Jørgensen, long time (and sole) cllr and MP for Venstre has announced that he is candidate for Mayor, bringing the number of potentiale mayor candidates to four (Konservative, Socialdemokratiet, Radikale and Venstre).
Has he a chance? Perhaps. If Socialdemokratiet and Radikale fail to agree on who should take over the Mayoralty, if the Right loses its majority, Radikale might support Jørgensen, but he is an outsider and it will take som serious chenanigans if Jørgensen should become mayor.

Fun fact. Jan E. Jørgensen is married to Jane Jørgensen :-D
https://politiken.dk/indland/politik/art8234048/S%C3%A5dan-kan-denne-mand-kuppe-de-konservative-og-blive-Frederiksbergs-nye-borgmester

Would he have to give up his Folketing seat if elected mayor?

[Leading Political Consultant Ma Anand Sheela]

New poll in Copenhagen. Enhedslisten (Ø) largest party!

A - Socialdemokratiet: 20,6 % 11 mandates (-4)
B - Radikale: 10,4 % 6 mandates (+1)
C - Konservative: 10,1 % 6 mandates (+3)
D - Nye Borgerlige: 3,7 % 2 mandates (+2)
F - SF: 13,3 % 8 mandates (+3)
G - Veganerpartiet: 0,5 % 0 mandates
I - Liberal Alliance: 2,8 % 1 mandate (-1)
K - Kristendemokraterne: 0,8 % 0 mandates
O - Dansk Folkeparti: 2,3 % 1 mandate (-2)
V - Venstre: 9,0 % 6 mandates (+1)
Ø - Enhedslisten: 22,3 % 13 mandates (+2)
Å - Alternativet: 2,3 % 1 mandates (-5)
Others: 2,0 %

There polls are famously inaccurate, so take them for what they are...

Yes, I remember Enhedslisten were predicted to come first in Copenhagen last time too...

[Leading Political Consultant Ma Anand Sheela]

I'm sorry, 'Elevator List'?

[Leading Political Consultant Ma Anand Sheela]

I'm sorry, 'Elevator List'?

It is a one-man party by Steinar Sørensen, who some years ago had a short term as a SPP councillor. He is apparently an engineer who, after his wife slipped and fell in 2018, has taken a big interest in the local roads and paths. He is and has been complaining about the local municipality to the relevant authorities a number of times, and seem to have won some of them. It mostly seem to be complaints about the lack of municipal repairs, or cases where the municipality deem certain roads and paths to be private (so houseowners around it have to pay repairs) instead of municipal. Some of which bizarrely seems to be due to one of the smaller municipalities, who was merged into Hedested, knowingly adminstrered illegally by registrering certain roads as simultaneously private (so houseowners had to pay repairs) and municipal (so they could enforce municipal rules regarding the looks and use).

Regarding the name:

"My first thought was the the party should be called Tillidslisten (Trust List). Then I noticed the party letter E was available, so I decided to start by picking that. It was the highest up the list available" He then thought it made most sense to have his party starting with that letter. "So I chose the name Elevatorlisten. The name has an aha-effect; it makes people wonder. To me it's a metaphor. An elevator raises people up. I want to raise the quality of the casework. I want to raise the trust in the local municipality".

https://hsfo.dk/artikel/steinars-kone-faldt-p%C3%A5-fortov-og-en-terrier-blev-f%C3%B8dt-derfor-vil-han-s%C3%B8rge-for-bid-i-byr%C3%A5det

Thank you for this content, I'm kissing my fingers