2013 Danish local elections
The Danish local elections of 2013 were held on 19 November 2013 in Denmark's 98 municipal councils, contesting 2,444 seats for the 2014-17 term of office, and in five regional councils, contesting 205 seats for the 2014-17 term. Advance voting began on 20 August 2013 in national registration offices in Denmark, hospitals, prisons etc. Twelve women hold the highest political office of mayor in the municipalities in the 2014-17 term of office.
Results
Results of regional elections
The ministry of economy and interior informed that voter turnout was 71.7%.Number of councillors and political parties in the Regional Councils
| Party | Seats |
| Social Democrats | 67 |
| Venstre | 62 |
| Danish People's Party | 23 |
| Conservative People's Party | 15 |
| Red-Green Alliance | 15 |
| Socialist People's Party | 10 |
| Danish Social Liberal Party | 8 |
| Liberal Alliance | 5 |
| Total | 205 |
Old and new Chairmen of the Regional Councils
Number denotes that the chairman is a woman. On 22 June 2015, Stephanie Lose became chairman of the Region of Southern Denmark. She is from Venstre. Carl Holst became a minister in the government of Denmark.Results of municipal elections
The Ministry of economy and interior informed that voter turnout was 71.9%. 2,444 councillors were elected.Number of councillors and political parties in the Municipal Councils
Mayors in the municipalities
The mayors of the 98 municipalities heads the council meetings and is the chairman of the finance committee in each of their respective municipalities. Only in Copenhagen, this mayor - the head of the finance committee and council meetings - is called the Lord Mayor. Mette Touborg is the mayor of Lejre Municipality since 1 January 2010. She is the only one at present from the Socialist People's Party to hold the highest political post in a municipality. Rebild Municipality has a new mayor since 1 January 2014. His name is Leon Sebbelin from the Danish Social Liberal Party. Tobias Birch Johansen, the mayor of Læsø Municipality, is a member of the agrarian liberal Venstre, but he is elected on the local list Læsø Listen.Old and new mayors in the municipalities
The term of office for the mayors elected by the majority of councillors among its members in each municipal council is the same as for the councils elected, namely 1 January 2014 until 31 December 2017. The correct name for the municipality on the somewhat remote island of Bornholm is Regional Municipality, because the municipality also handles tasks not carried out by the other Danish municipalities but by the regions. As just one example, as the only one of the 46 municipalities in eastern Denmark it is a 100% owner of its own public mass transit agency called BAT, formerly Bornholms Amts Trafikselskab. The public traffic agency of the other 45 municipalities in eastern Denmark is Movia, owned by the Capital Region of Denmark, Region Zealand and the 45 municipalities.Numbers denote that the mayor is a woman.