2025 Aabenraa municipal election
18 November 2025
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The 2025 Aabenraa Municipal election was held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 31 members to sit in the regional council for the Aabenraa Municipal council, in the period of 2026 to 2029.[1] Jan Riber Jakobsen from the Conservatives, would secure re-election. [2]
Background
Following the 2021 election, Jan Riber Jakobsen from the Conservatives became mayor for his first term. He would run for a second term. [3]
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. Aabenraa Municipality had 31 seats in 2025.
Electoral alliances
Source[4]
Electoral Alliance 1
| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| A | Social Democrats | Centre-left | |
| F | Green Left | Centre-left to Left-wing | |
Electoral Alliance 2
| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| B | Social Liberals | Centre to Centre-left | |
| K | Christian Democrats | Centre to Centre-right | |
| M | Moderates | Centre to Centre-right | |
| S | Schleswig Party | Centre (Regionalism) | |
Electoral Alliance 3
| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| E | Smilla og Borgernes Liste | Local politics | |
| J | borgernes lokalliste | Local politics | |
Electoral Alliance 4
| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| I | Liberal Alliance | Centre-right to Right-wing | |
| O | Danish People's Party | Right-wing to Far-right | |
| Æ | Denmark Democrats | Right-wing to Far-right | |
Results by polling station
| Division | A | B | C | E | F | I | J | K | M | O | S | V | Æ | Ø |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
| Hovslund | 14.9 | 1.0 | 12.7 | 0.2 | 3.6 | 5.0 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 18.5 | 2.6 | 24.5 | 12.5 | 2.2 |
| Hellevad | 13.8 | 0.8 | 10.4 | 0.4 | 3.8 | 6.1 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 14.8 | 3.4 | 35.0 | 7.8 | 1.3 |
| Rødekro | 20.9 | 1.4 | 20.4 | 0.5 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 12.5 | 2.2 | 22.7 | 7.0 | 0.7 |
| Løjt | 16.7 | 2.8 | 17.7 | 0.1 | 9.9 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 8.8 | 3.9 | 22.0 | 7.1 | 1.3 |
| Hjordkær | 14.7 | 1.3 | 24.5 | 0.6 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 26.7 | 0.8 | 12.5 | 8.3 | 0.9 |
| Ravsted | 6.3 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 0.2 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 10.7 | 12.5 | 37.3 | 15.8 | 0.2 |
| Bolderslev | 13.8 | 0.6 | 12.9 | 0.6 | 2.5 | 4.0 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 13.2 | 8.4 | 25.1 | 16.2 | 1.0 |
| Ensted | 16.0 | 3.0 | 18.0 | 0.5 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 10.4 | 2.2 | 23.7 | 7.3 | 1.1 |
| Felsted | 11.5 | 1.7 | 14.9 | 0.2 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 12.6 | 1.9 | 36.2 | 6.9 | 1.3 |
| Varnæs | 14.6 | 1.6 | 27.2 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 3.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 10.9 | 2.5 | 25.3 | 5.1 | 0.8 |
| Bylderup | 8.1 | 0.2 | 12.6 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 9.3 | 28.8 | 23.0 | 8.1 | 0.6 |
| Tinglev | 12.6 | 0.5 | 16.7 | 0.2 | 5.1 | 3.5 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 12.4 | 14.8 | 23.7 | 7.8 | 0.8 |
| Kliplev | 10.8 | 1.4 | 10.6 | 0.3 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 9.5 | 3.4 | 47.2 | 5.5 | 0.9 |
| Kruså | 12.9 | 1.8 | 22.2 | 0.1 | 8.2 | 4.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 11.9 | 6.3 | 23.4 | 6.8 | 0.8 |
| Padborg | 16.0 | 1.3 | 32.8 | 0.1 | 5.2 | 2.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 11.4 | 5.8 | 16.2 | 5.8 | 1.8 |
| Aabenraa Midt | 21.4 | 3.4 | 18.8 | 0.4 | 8.6 | 6.1 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 9.3 | 4.8 | 18.8 | 3.8 | 1.9 |
| Aabenraa Syd | 23.3 | 3.5 | 18.0 | 0.2 | 8.6 | 4.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 9.3 | 3.1 | 20.8 | 4.3 | 2.1 |
| Aabenraa Nord | 29.6 | 2.0 | 15.0 | 0.4 | 9.0 | 4.9 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 9.6 | 2.4 | 14.6 | 7.2 | 2.6 |
Results
| Party | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aabenraa Municipality | ||||||||
| V | Venstre | 6,965 | 22.75 | -10.68 | 7 | -4 | ||
| C | Conservatives | 5,782 | 18.89 | +7.33 | 6 | +2 | ||
| A | Social Democrats | 5,326 | 17.40 | -10.91 | 6 | -3 | ||
| O | Danish People's Party | 3,473 | 11.35 | +5.49 | 4 | +2 | ||
| Æ | Denmark Democrats | 2,062 | 6.74 | New | 2 | New | ||
| F | Green Left | 2,018 | 6.59 | +3.34 | 2 | +1 | ||
| S | Schleswig Party | 1,699 | 5.55 | -1.81 | 2 | 0 | ||
| I | Liberal Alliance | 1,413 | 4.62 | +4.05 | 1 | +1 | ||
| B | Social Liberals | 612 | 2.00 | New | 1 | New | ||
| Ø | Red-Green Alliance | 410 | 1.34 | -0.37 | 0 | 0 | ||
| M | Moderates | 370 | 1.21 | New | 0 | New | ||
| J | borgernes lokalliste | 232 | 0.76 | New | 0 | New | ||
| K | Christian Democrats | 143 | 0.47 | -0.29 | 0 | 0 | ||
| E | Smilla og Borgernes Liste | 105 | 0.34 | New | 0 | New | ||
| Total | 30,610 | 100 | N/A | 31 | N/A | |||
| Invalid votes | 96 | 0.20 | -0.09 | |||||
| Blank votes | 443 | 0.94 | +0.13 | |||||
| Turnout | 31,149 | 66.44 | -0.10 | |||||
| Source: valg.dk | ||||||||
Opinion polls
| Polling firm |
Fieldwork date |
Sample size |
V | A | C | S | O | F | Ø | K | I | B | E | J | M | Æ | Others | Lead | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Epinion | 4 Sep - 13 Oct 2025 | 430 | 19.2 | 17.9 | 12.4 | 6.7 | 10.3 | 6.2 | 3.1 | – | 4.2 | 0.7 | – | – | 3.0 | 16.0 | 0.1 | 1.3 | |||
| 2024 european parliament election | 9 Jun 2024 | 22.7 | 17.6 | 7.6 | – | 9.7 | 9.6 | 2.6 | – | 7.1 | 3.6 | – | – | 4.9 | 13.4 | – | 5.1 | ||||
| 2022 general election | 1 Nov 2022 | 15.9 | 28.8 | 4.6 | – | 3.4 | 4.3 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 6.6 | 2.0 | – | – | 8.1 | 14.2 | – | 12.9 | ||||
| 2021 regional election | 16 Nov 2021 | 46.0 | 23.8 | 6.2 | – | 4.7 | 4.2 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 1.9 | – | – | – | – | – | 22.2 | ||||
| 2021 municipal election | 16 Nov 2021 | 33.4 (11) |
28.3 (9) |
11.6 (4) |
7.4 (2) |
5.9 (2) |
3.3 (1) |
1.7 (0) |
0.8 (0) |
0.6 (0) |
– | – | – | – | – | – | 5.1 | ||||
References
- ^ "Kommunalvalg". valg.im.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-26.
- ^ "Se video: Jan Riber bliver borgmester med alle bag sig". jv.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-11-21.
- ^ "Jan Riber Jakobsen genopstiller i 2025". graastenavis.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-26.
- ^ "Stemmefordeling i Aabenraa Kommune". valg.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 7 October 2025.