2025 Fanø municipal election

2025 Fanø municipal election
18 November 2025

All 11 seats to the Fanø municipal council
6 seats needed for a majority
Turnout2,387 (85.7%)
3.3%
  First party Second party Third party
 
B
C
V
Party Social Liberals Conservatives Venstre
Last election 4 seats, 28.9% 3 seats, 21.6% 2 seats, 18.6%
Seats won 5 3 1
Seat change 1 0 1
Popular vote 997 555 186
Percentage 42.5% 23.7% 7.9%
Swing 13.6% 2.1% 10.7%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Ø
Å
A
Party Red-Green Alliance The Alternative Social Democrats
Last election 1 seat, 8.7% 0 seats, 3.4% 1 seat, 8.3%
Seats won 1 1 0
Seat change 0 1 1
Popular vote 182 142 106
Percentage 7.8% 6.1% 4.5%
Swing 1.0% 2.6% 3.7%

Mayor before election

Frank Jensen
Social Liberals

Mayor after election

Frank Jensen
Social Liberals

The 2025 Fanø Municipal election was held on November 18, 2025, in the Danish municipality of Fanø, to elect the 11 members to sit in the regional council for the Fanø Municipal council, in the period of 2026 to 2029.[1] Frank Jensen from the Social Liberals, would secure re-election. [2]

Background

Following the 2021 election, Frank Jensen from the Social Liberals became mayor for his first 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. Fanø Municipality had 11 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
Å The Alternative Centre-left to Left-wing

Electoral Alliance 2

Party Political alignment
B Social Liberals Centre to Centre-left
L Fanø Borgerliste Local politics
Ø Red-Green Alliance Left-wing to Far-Left

Results by polling station

Division A B C F L V Ø Å
% % % % % % % %
Nordby (Fanø Hallen) 4.5 45.2 22.1 3.5 3.6 8.1 7.6 5.4
Sønderho 4.5 19.2 37.1 9.0 2.9 6.5 9.4 11.4

Results

Party Votes % +/- Seats +/-
Fanø Municipality
B Social Liberals 997 42.52 +13.57 5 +1
C Conservatives 555 23.67 +2.11 3 0
V Venstre 186 7.93 -10.67 1 -1
Ø Red-Green Alliance 182 7.76 -0.97 1 0
Å The Alternative 142 6.06 +2.62 1 +1
A Social Democrats 106 4.52 -3.74 0 -1
F Green Left 95 4.05 -2.38 0 0
L Fanø Borgerliste 82 3.50 New 0 New
Total 2,345 100 N/A 11 N/A
Invalid votes 7 0.25 -0.14
Blank votes 35 1.26 +0.15
Turnout 2,387 85.71 +3.30
Source: valg.dk

Opinion polls

Polling
firm
Fieldwork
date
Sample
size
B C V Ø A F Å L Others Lead
Fanø Skole 13 Nov 2025 233 43.8
(6)
17.2
(2)
6.9
(0)
9.9
(1)
9.4
(1/2)
4.7
(0/1)
4.3
(0)
3.9
(0)
26.6
Epinion 4 Sep - 13 Oct 2025 96 38.0 16.2 6.1 8.7 9.8 14.3 5.9 1.0 21.8
2024 european parliament election 9 Jun 2024 8.2 7.1 14.5 7.3 18.8 19.0 2.9 0.2
2022 general election 1 Nov 2022 3.4 7.8 8.7 6.7 29.6 9.3 5.2 20.3
2021 regional election 16 Nov 2021 10.4 7.3 39.9 9.0 17.1 7.7 1.6 22.8
2021 municipal election 16 Nov 2021 28.9
(4)
21.6
(3)
18.6
(2)
8.7
(1)
8.3
(1)
6.4
(0)
3.4
(0)
7.3

References

  1. ^ "Kommunalvalg". valg.im.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-26.
  2. ^ "De Radikale beholder borgmesterpost på Fanø". berlingske.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-11-21.
  3. ^ "Alternativet ryger ud på Fanø og mister eneste borgmesterpost". information.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-26.
  4. ^ "Stemmefordeling i Fanø Kommune". valg.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 7 October 2025.