Editing Sydlangeland Municipality (section)

==Politics==
===Municipal council===
Below are the municipal council elected since the municipality's creation in 1970 and until 2001, which was the last election before the municipality was dissolved.
{| class="wikitable" 
! rowspan=2| Election
! colspan=7| Party
! rowspan=2| Total<br />seats
! rowspan=2| Elected<br />mayor
|-
|style="background:#B5211D;"|'''[[Social Democrats (Denmark)|{{font color|white|A}}]]'''
|style="background:#843A93;"|'''[[Danish Social Liberal Party|{{font color|white|B}}]]'''
|style="background:#89A920;"|'''[[Conservative People's Party (Denmark)|{{font color|white|C}}]]'''
|style="background:#C9096C;"|'''[[Socialist People's Party (Denmark)|{{font color|white|F}}]]'''
|style="background:#254C85;"|'''[[Venstre (Denmark)|{{font color|white|V}}]]'''
|style="background:#E3CF57;"|'''[[Progress Party (Denmark)|{{font color|white|Z}}]]'''
|style="background:#8B8989;"|'''{{tooltip|2=Other|{{font color|white|...}}}}'''
|-
|[[1970 Danish local elections|1970]]
|4
|5
|style="background:#CDC9C9;"|
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan=4|
|6
|style="background:#CDC9C9;"|
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan=6|
|rowspan=5|15
|rowspan=5|Arne Larsen (V)
|-
|[[1974 Danish local elections|1974]]
|4
|3
|1
|6
|1
|-
|[[1978 Danish local elections|1978]]
|5
|3
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan=2|
|6
|1
|-
|[[1981 Danish local elections|1981]]
|4
|2
|8
|1
|-
|[[1985 Danish local elections|1985]]
|4
|2
|1
|1
|7
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan=5|
|-
|[[1989 Danish local elections|1989]]
|3
|2
|style="background:#CDC9C9;"|
|1
|7
|rowspan=4|13
|Helge Larsen (V)
|-
|[[1993 Danish local elections|1993]]
|2
|1
|1
|1
|4
|4
|rowspan=3|[[Knud Gether]] (...)
|-
|[[1997 Danish local elections|1997]]
|3
|1
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="2"|
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="2"|
|3
|6
|-
|[[2001 Danish local elections|2001]]
|1
|1
|3
|8
|-
|colspan=14|Data from [https://www.statistikbanken.dk/ Statistikbanken.dk] and editions of ''Kommunal Aarbog''
|}

===Mayors===
Since the creation of the municipality in 1970 and until it was dissolved in 2007, the mayors of Sydlangeland Municipality were:
{| class="wikitable"
! #
!Mayor
!Party
!Term
|-
|1 || Arne Larsen ||{{color box|#254C85}} [[Venstre (Denmark)|Venstre]]||1970-1990
|-
|2 || Helge Larsen ||{{color box|#254C85}} Venstre||1990-1994
|-
|3 || [[Knud Gether]] ||{{color box|#8B8989}} ''Local party''||1994-2007
|}