2017 Danish local elections

Local elections were held on 21 November 2017 for Denmark's 98 municipal councils and five regional councils. All 2,432 seats were contested for the 2018–21 term of office, together with 205 seats (a fixed number of 41 seats in each council) in five regional councils. In the previous election, there were 2,444 seats in the municipal councils.

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21 November 2017

98 municipal councils
5 regional councils

Party	Leader	%	Seats	+/–
Social Democrats	Mette Frederiksen	32.5%	842	+69
Venstre	Lars Løkke Rasmussen	23.1%	688	−79
Conservatives	Søren Pape Poulsen	8.8%	225	+20
DPP	Kristian Thulesen Dahl	8.8%	221	−34
SF	Pia Olsen Dyhr	5.7%	126	+10
Red–Green	Pernille Skipper	6.0%	102	−17
Social Liberals	Morten Østergaard	4.6%	80	+18
Liberal Alliance	Anders Samuelsen	2.6%	28	−5
The Alternative	Uffe Elbæk	3.0%	20	New
Schleswig Party	Carsten Leth Schmidt	0.3%	10	+1
Chr. Democrats	Stig Grenov	0.5%	9	+3
New Right	Pernille Vermund	0.9%	1	New
Other		3.2%	78	−21

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

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