[3] In the previous election, there were 2,444 seats in the municipal councils.The Danish ministry of economy and interior informed that voter turnout was 70.6%.

The Danish ministry of economy and interior informed that voter turnout was 70.8%.

The total countrywide number of seats in the municipal councils can be seen here and on the pages of the previous elections.

[4] The mayors (Danish: Borgmester; plural: Borgmestre) of the 98 municipalities heads the council meetings and is the chairman of the finance committee in each of their respective municipalities.

The final decision on who would be mayor had to be made by the municipal councils no later than Friday, 15 December 2017.