| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 2017 Central Denmark Regional council election |
| Previous Year: | 2017 |
| Next Election: | 2025 Central Denmark Regional council election |
| Next Year: | 2025 |
| Seats For Election: | All 41 seats to the Central Denmark Regional Council |
| Majority Seats: | 21 |
| Turnout: | 734,036 (67.8%) 3.6pp |
| Election Date: | 16 November 2021 |
| Image1: | A |
| Party1: | Social Democrats |
| Last Election1: | 15 seats, 33.8% |
| Seats1: | 13 |
| Seat Change1: | 2 |
| Popular Vote1: | 205,961 |
| Percentage1: | 29.3% |
| Swing1: | 4.5% |
| Party2: | Venstre |
| Last Election2: | 13 seats, 29.5% |
| Seats2: | 11 |
| Seat Change2: | 2 |
| Popular Vote2: | 173,353 |
| Percentage2: | 24.7% |
| Swing2: | 4.8% |
| Image3: | C |
| Party3: | Conservatives |
| Last Election3: | 1 seat, 3.4% |
| Seats3: | 6 |
| Seat Change3: | 5 |
| Popular Vote3: | 84,847 |
| Percentage3: | 12.1% |
| Swing3: | 8.7% |
| Image4: | F |
| Party4: | Green Left |
| Last Election4: | 2 seats, 5.4% |
| Seats4: | 3 |
| Seat Change4: | 1 |
| Popular Vote4: | 50,693 |
| Percentage4: | 7.2% |
| Swing4: | 1.8% |
| Image5: | Ø |
| Party5: | Red–Green Alliance |
| Last Election5: | 2 seats, 4.6% |
| Seats5: | 2 |
| Seat Change5: | 0 |
| Popular Vote5: | 42,904 |
| Percentage5: | 6.1% |
| Swing5: | 1.5% |
| Image6: | B |
| Party6: | Danish Social Liberal Party |
| Last Election6: | 1 seat, 4.1% |
| Seats6: | 2 |
| Seat Change6: | 1 |
| Popular Vote6: | 35,422 |
| Percentage6: | 5.0% |
| Swing6: | 0.9% |
| Image7: | O |
| Party7: | Danish People's Party |
| Last Election7: | 3 seats, 8.0% |
| Seats7: | 1 |
| Seat Change7: | 2 |
| Popular Vote7: | 27,785 |
| Percentage7: | 4.0% |
| Swing7: | 4.0% |
| Image8: | D |
| Party8: | New Right |
| Last Election8: | 0 seats, 0.8% |
| Seats8: | 1 |
| Seat Change8: | 1 |
| Popular Vote8: | 25,778 |
| Percentage8: | 3.7% |
| Swing8: | 2.9% |
| Image9: | K |
| Party9: | Christian Democrats |
| Last Election9: | 1 seat, 1.8% |
| Seats9: | 1 |
| Seat Change9: | 0 |
| Popular Vote9: | 19,019 |
| Percentage9: | 2.7% |
| Swing9: | 0.9% |
| Chairperson | |
| Posttitle: | Chairperson after election |
| Before Election: | Anders Kühnau |
| Before Party: | Social Democrats |
| After Election: | Anders Kühnau |
| After Party: | Social Democrats |
The 2021 Central Denmark Regional election was held on November 16, 2021, to elect the 41 members to sit in the regional council for the Central Denmark Region, in the period of 2022 to 2025.
Ever since the creation of the 5 Danish regions in the 2007 Municipal reform, the Social Democrats has been the largest party and held the chairperson's seat for Central Denmark. Following the 2017 election, Anders Kühnau had won his first term as the new chairperson, taking over from Bent Hansen who had been the chairperson in the first three terms of the region. [1]
The election result saw both the traditional blocs with 20 seats. The single-issue party Psychiatry List could therefore become the possible kingmakers. However it was announced the next morning that multiple parties had given support for a second term for Anders Kühnau, the parties were the Social Democrats, Danish Social Liberal Party, the Conservatives, Green Left, Christian Democrats, Psychiatry List and Red–Green Alliance. [2] [3]
Electoral Alliance 1
| Party | Political Position | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | Social Democrats | Centre-left | ||
| B | Danish Social Liberal Party | Centre to Centre-left | ||
| F | Green Left | Centre-left to Left-wing | ||
| Ø | Red–Green Alliance | Left-wing to Far-left | ||
Electoral Alliance 2
| Party | Political Position | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | Conservatives | Centre-right | ||
| I | Liberal Alliance | Centre-right to Right-wing | ||
| K | Christian Democrats | Centre to Centre-right | ||
Electoral Alliance 3
| Party | Political Position | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | New Right | Right-wing | ||
| O | Danish People's Party | Right-wing | ||
| V | Venstre | Centre-right | ||
| Z | Progress Party | Far-right | ||
Electoral Alliance 4
| Party | Political Position | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | Vegan Party | Centre-left to Left-wing | ||
| P | Psychiatry List | Local Politics | ||
| Å | The Alternative | Centre-left to Left-wing | ||