EU Elections: Low Voter Turnout in Certain Areas
At Strandgårdskolen in Ishøj, only 27.4 percent of voters exercised their right to participate in the EU parliamentary elections. While voter turnout in Denmark overall was the third-highest ever in an EU election, there were also areas in the country where many voters chose not to vote. One of these places is Strandgårdskolen in Ishøj, where the voter turnout only reached 27.4 percent. This is the lowest voter turnout in the entire country in this election, repeating the feat from 2019 when it also had the lowest voter turnout. Back then, the voter turnout was 42.2 percent. The second-lowest voter turnout in Sunday’s election was recorded in the Brønshøj district and polling station 7. Nord in the residential area of Tingbjerg, where 33.6 percent of eligible voters cast their votes. In third place, we find Sundparken in Horsens, where only 34.6 percent of voters went to the polls. Common to these three areas is a high proportion of people on transfer income and a significant proportion of people with non-Danish ethnic backgrounds. Strandgårdskolen’s district includes the residential area Vejleåparken, which, like Sundparken in Horsens, is on the current government’s list of parallel societies in Denmark. One criterion for being placed on this list is that the proportion of immigrants and descendants from non-Western countries exceeds 50 percent. Nationwide, voter turnout was 58.2 percent, the third-highest ever for an EU parliamentary election.