2025 Central Denmark regional election

2025 Central Denmark regional election
18 November 2025
All 31 seats to the Central Denmark regional council
16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout778,738 (73.3%)
4.2%
  First party Second party Third party
 
A
V
F
Party Social Democrats Venstre Green Left
Last election 13 seats, 29.3% 11 seats, 24.7% 3 seats, 7.2%
Seats won 8 6 4
Seat change 5 5 1
Popular vote 177,773 142,413 79,980
Percentage 23.9% 19.1% 10.7%
Swing 5.4% 5.5% 3.5%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
C
Æ
I
Party Conservatives Denmark Democrats Liberal Alliance
Last election 6 seats, 12.1% Did not stand 0 seats, 1.7%
Seats won 3 2 2
Seat change 3 2 2
Popular vote 67,884 58,639 48,418
Percentage 9.1% 7.9% 6.5%
Swing 3.0% New 4.8%
  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
O
B
Ø
Party Danish People's Party Social Liberals Red-Green Alliance
Last election 1 seat, 4.0% 2 seats, 5.0% 2 seats, 6.1%
Seats won 2 2 1
Seat change 1 0 1
Popular vote 43,289 35,599 38,323
Percentage 5.8% 4.8% 5.1%
Swing 1.9% 0.3% 1.0%
Chairperson before election

Andres Künhau
Social Democrats

Chairperson after election

Anders G. Christensen
Venstre

The 2025 Central Denmark Regional election was held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 31 members to sit in the regional council for the Central Denmark Regional council, in the period of 2026 to 2029.[1] Anders G. Christensen from Venstre, would take the chairperson. [2]

Since their establishment in 2007, Denmark’s five regions have been subject to ongoing political debate. In June 2024, the government's Health Structure Commission proposed three models for reorganizing the healthcare system, two of which involved abolishing the existing regions. [3] In the end, the regions were retained, however with a reformartion of, among other things, the regional councils. Each of the five regional councils, had 41 seats, from their first election in 2005 to the 2021 election. [4] The reform resulted in three regions, including the North Denmark Region, retaining their existing boundaries and continuing unchanged, while the two other regions were merged to form a new entity. [5] As part of the reform, this region will elect only 31 council members. [6]

Notional results 2021

2021 Election Results and notional results with 31 Seats Contested

Parties Vote Seats
Votes % Actual Seats Notional Seats + / -
Social Democrats 205,961 29.3 13 11 -2
Venstre 173,353 24.7 11 8 -3
Conservatives 84,847 12.1 6 4 -2
Green Left 50,693 7.2 3 2 -1
Red–Green Alliance 42,904 6.1 2 2 0
Social Liberals 35,422 5.0 2 1 -1
Danish People's Party 27,785 4.0 1 1 0
New Right 25.778 3.8 1 1 0
Christian Democrats 25.778 2.7 1 1 0
Psychiatry List 13,196 1.9 1 0 -1
Total 702,387 100.0 41 31 -10
Source[7]

Background

Following the 2021 election, Anders Künhau from Social Democrats became chairperson for his second term. [8] [9]

Electoral system

For elections to Danish regional councils, a number varying from 25 to 47 are chosen to be elected to the Regional council. The seats are then allocated using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation. The Central Denmark Region had 31 seats in 2025.

Electoral alliances

Source[10]

Electoral Alliance 1

Party Political alignment
A Social Democrats Centre-left
F Green Left Centre-left to Left-wing
Ø Red-Green Alliance Left-wing to Far-Left

Electoral Alliance 2

Party Political alignment
B Social Liberals Centre to Centre-left
C Conservatives Centre-right
I Liberal Alliance Centre-right to Right-wing
M Moderates Centre to Centre-right

Electoral Alliance 3

Party Political alignment
D New Right Far-right
O Danish People's Party Right-wing to Far-right
V Venstre Centre-right
Y Velfærdsdemokraterne Local politics
Æ Denmark Democrats Right-wing to Far-right

Electoral Alliance 4

Party Political alignment
K Christian Democrats Centre to Centre-right
P Psychiatry List Single-issue
Å The Alternative Centre-left to Left-wing

Results by constituency and municipality

Results by constituency

Division A B C D F I K M O P R V Y Æ Ø Å
% % % % % % % % % % % % % % % %
West Jutland 20.3 3.5 9.3 0.4 7.9 6.5 3.1 0.7 6.3 1.2 0.2 25.8 0.4 11.0 2.7 0.8
East Jutland 26.1 5.6 9.0 0.3 12.5 6.5 0.9 1.5 5.5 2.5 0.2 14.9 0.2 5.9 6.7 1.7

Results by municipality

Division A B C D F I K M O P R V Y Æ Ø Å
% % % % % % % % % % % % % % % %
Lemvig 12.1 4.0 2.2 0.3 11.0 1.7 1.6 0.3 3.5 0.6 0.1 43.9 0.1 17.2 1.1 0.3
Struer 29.9 2.6 4.0 0.3 6.3 7.5 0.8 0.4 5.3 0.8 0.2 31.3 0.1 8.9 1.5 0.2
Skive 23.4 1.4 3.0 0.5 7.4 4.2 0.4 0.5 5.4 0.9 0.1 34.4 0.1 15.1 2.7 0.4
Viborg 23.1 2.1 16.6 0.3 7.2 6.7 0.6 0.9 6.5 1.3 0.1 16.8 1.7 10.7 3.2 2.3
Silkeborg 19.1 4.0 10.4 0.2 11.1 8.9 0.9 0.8 5.3 1.5 0.2 25.3 0.1 6.4 5.0 0.7
Ikast-Brande 19.8 1.7 19.6 0.4 4.6 6.1 1.4 0.6 11.3 1.2 0.2 19.8 0.1 11.3 1.5 0.4
Herning 17.9 4.6 8.4 0.5 8.1 6.2 3.4 0.6 5.5 1.1 0.2 31.0 0.2 10.3 1.6 0.4
Holstebro 24.2 8.4 4.6 0.5 8.1 6.0 1.4 0.6 10.1 1.0 0.1 24.7 0.1 7.8 1.9 0.3
Ringkøbing-Skjern 14.2 1.7 3.3 0.7 5.2 5.9 17.6 0.6 3.7 1.1 0.1 24.3 0.1 19.7 1.4 0.2
Aarhus 23.3 7.9 10.1 0.1 15.4 6.7 0.6 1.8 3.8 3.2 0.3 11.4 0.1 3.6 9.2 2.5
Syddjurs 27.2 3.9 8.6 0.3 10.9 4.8 0.4 0.8 5.0 2.2 0.3 17.4 0.1 9.5 6.4 2.3
Norddjurs 33.8 1.3 4.8 0.4 9.1 6.3 0.4 0.9 8.4 1.2 0.3 18.7 0.1 10.1 3.6 0.6
Randers 28.5 2.6 5.8 0.4 11.3 5.7 1.0 1.2 8.9 2.0 0.2 17.5 0.6 9.9 3.9 0.6
Favrskov 32.0 4.2 10.8 0.3 7.7 6.4 0.6 0.7 5.4 1.8 0.1 18.0 0.1 7.2 3.9 0.7
Skanderborg 27.8 6.3 11.0 0.2 12.3 7.5 0.5 1.5 4.5 2.3 0.2 14.8 0.1 5.4 4.4 1.1
Odder 28.2 4.2 11.1 0.4 11.9 5.0 0.4 1.1 5.0 2.0 0.2 17.0 0.2 3.9 8.4 1.1
Samsø 16.5 2.5 22.6 0.3 13.9 1.7 0.1 0.5 3.0 2.0 0.3 21.0 0.0 2.7 10.4 2.6
Horsens 31.1 3.7 8.0 0.5 9.4 7.4 0.6 1.3 8.1 1.7 0.2 16.2 0.1 6.0 5.0 0.7
Hedensted 20.4 1.8 5.2 0.4 6.7 6.9 5.8 1.8 8.7 1.0 0.1 26.8 0.1 11.2 2.5 0.6

Results

Party Votes % +/- Seats +/-
Central Denmark Region
A Social Democrats 177,773 23.89 -5.43 8 -5
V Venstre 142,413 19.14 -5.54 6 -5
F Green Left 79,980 10.75 +3.53 4 +1
C Conservatives 67,884 9.12 -2.96 3 -3
Æ Denmark Democrats 58,639 7.88 New 2 New
I Liberal Alliance 48,418 6.51 +4.78 2 +2
O Danish People's Party 43,289 5.82 +1.86 2 +1
Ø Red-Green Alliance 38,323 5.15 -0.96 1 -1
B Social Liberals 35,599 4.78 -0.26 2 0
P Psychiatry List 14,614 1.96 +0.09 1 0
K Christian Democrats 12,955 1.74 -0.97 0 -1
Å The Alternative 9,815 1.32 +0.52 0 0
M Moderates 8,733 1.17 New 0 New
D New Right 2,284 0.31 -3.36 0 -1
Y Velfærdsdemokraterne 1,919 0.26 New 0 New
R Folkelisten for fred og velfærd 1,523 0.20 New 0 New
Total 744,161 100 N/A 31 N/A
Invalid votes 2,203 0.20 -0.07
Blank votes 32,374 2.96 +0.42
Turnout 778,738 71.10 +4.21
Source: valg.dk

Opinion polls

Polling
firm		 Fieldwork
date		 Sample
size		 A V C F Ø B O D K P I Å M R Y Æ Others Lead
Epinion 4 Sep - 13 Oct 2025 521 22.7 18.3 7.4 12.3 6.7 2.3 4.3 – – – 9.2 0.8 2.2 – – 12.6 1.1 4.4
2024 european parliament election 9 Jun 2024 14.9 16.3 9.2 16.8 5.4 6.7 6.0 – – – 7.4 2.6 5.7 – – 9.2 – 0.5
2022 general election 1 Nov 2022 26.2 15.6 6.0 8.0 4.4 3.6 2.0 3.4 0.9 – 9.0 2.9 7.9 – – 9.6 – 10.6
2021 municipal elections 16 Nov 2021 28.4 25.6 13.0 8.2 5.4 5.3 3.6 3.4 2.0 – 1.5 0.8 – – – – – 2.8
2021 regional election 16 Nov 2021 29.3
(13)		 24.7
(11)		 12.1
(6)		 7.2
(3)		 6.1
(2)		 5.0
(2)		 4.0
(1)		 3.7
(1)		 2.7
(1)		 1.9
(1)		 1.7
(0)		 0.8
(0)		 – – – – – 4.6

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