2025 Ærø municipal election
18 November 2025
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All 15 seats to the Ærø municipal council 8 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 3,948 (80.0%) 2.2% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2025 Ærø Municipal election was held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 15 members to sit in the regional council for the Ærø Municipal council, in the period of 2026 to 2029.[1] Peter Hansted from the Social Democrats, would secure re-election. [2]
Background
Following the 2021 election, Peter Hansted from Social Democrats became mayor for his first term.[3] He would run for re-election,[4] If successful, he would become the first politician to be mayor for consecutive terms in the municipality, since its creation in 2006.
Electoral system
For elections to Danish municipalities, a number varying from 9 to 31 are chosen to be elected to the municipal council. The seats are then allocated using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation. Ærø Municipality had 15 seats in 2025.
Electoral alliances
Source[5]
Electoral Alliance 1
| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| A | Social Democrats | Centre-left | |
| E | Ærø i Centrum | Local politics | |
| F | Green Left | Centre-left to Left-wing | |
Electoral Alliance 2
| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| B | Social Liberals | Centre to Centre-left | |
| C | Conservatives | Centre-right | |
Electoral Alliance 3
| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| I | Liberal Alliance | Centre-right to Right-wing | |
| O | Danish People's Party | Right-wing to Far-right | |
Electoral Alliance 4
| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| V | Venstre | Centre-right | |
| Æ | Denmark Democrats | Right-wing to Far-right | |
Results by polling station
| Division | A | B | C | E | F | I | L | O | T | V | Æ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
| Marstal | 18.6 | 5.3 | 33.9 | 4.8 | 7.6 | 4.0 | 1.7 | 6.3 | 11.8 | 1.3 | 4.7 |
| Ærøskøbing | 43.3 | 1.7 | 6.5 | 1.6 | 8.9 | 1.8 | 5.6 | 0.8 | 4.1 | 11.0 | 14.7 |
| Søby | 31.4 | 1.5 | 8.8 | 4.7 | 9.8 | 2.0 | 10.7 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 11.9 | 14.6 |
Results
| Party | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ærø Municipality | ||||||||
| A | Social Democrats | 1,169 | 29.97 | +8.55 | 6 | +2 | ||
| C | Conservatives | 751 | 19.26 | +5.44 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Æ | Denmark Democrats | 397 | 10.18 | New | 2 | New | ||
| F | Green Left | 331 | 8.49 | +2.36 | 1 | 0 | ||
| T | Tværpolitisk Liste | 285 | 7.31 | New | 1 | New | ||
| V | Venstre | 265 | 6.79 | -2.70 | 1 | 0 | ||
| L | Lokallisten Ærø | 186 | 4.77 | New | 0 | New | ||
| E | Ærø i Centrum | 142 | 3.64 | -3.37 | 0 | -1 | ||
| O | Danish People's Party | 136 | 3.49 | -3.75 | 1 | 0 | ||
| B | Social Liberals | 128 | 3.28 | +0.32 | 0 | 0 | ||
| I | Liberal Alliance | 110 | 2.82 | New | 0 | New | ||
| Total | 3,900 | 100 | N/A | 15 | N/A | |||
| Invalid votes | 16 | 0.32 | -0.08 | |||||
| Blank votes | 32 | 0.65 | -0.05 | |||||
| Turnout | 3,948 | 80.00 | +2.21 | |||||
| Source: valg.dk | ||||||||
Opinion polls
| Polling firm |
Fieldwork date |
Sample size |
A | C | V | O | E | F | B | I | L | T | Æ | Others | Lead | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Epinion | 4 Sep - 13 Oct 2025 | 106 | 36.8 | 12.5 | 10.5 | 1.1 | – | 7.5 | 0.4 | 2.3 | – | – | 20.0 | 9.0 | 16.8 | ||||||
| 2024 european parliament election | 9 Jun 2024 | 15.4 | 7.9 | 11.1 | 5.6 | – | 15.6 | 3.4 | 2.6 | – | – | 23.1 | – | 7.5 | |||||||
| 2022 general election | 1 Nov 2022 | 29.8 | 6.7 | 9.6 | 2.6 | – | 6.0 | 1.6 | 3.6 | – | – | 18.1 | – | 11.7 | |||||||
| 2021 regional election | 16 Nov 2021 | 13.0 | 14.1 | 46.6 | 3.1 | – | 6.2 | 4.8 | 0.3 | – | – | – | – | 32.5 | |||||||
| 2021 municipal election | 16 Nov 2021 | 21.4 (4) |
13.8 (3) |
9.5 (1) |
7.2 (1) |
7.0 (1) |
6.1 (1) |
3.0 (0) |
– | – | – | – | – | 7.6 | |||||||
References
- ^ "Kommunalvalg". valg.im.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-27.
- ^ "Her er borgmestrene på plads". dknyt.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-11-21.
- ^ "Hansted ny borgmester og Venstre-leder glider ud - her er de 15 medlemmer | Nyheder". aerodagblad (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-02-12.
- ^ "Ærøs borgmester genopstiller: Klar til at tage fire år mere på posten". faa.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-29.
- ^ "Stemmefordeling i Ærø Kommune". valg.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 7 October 2025.