2025 Favrskov municipal election

2025 Favrskov municipal election
18 November 2025

All 25 seats to the Favrskov municipal council
13 seats needed for a majority
Turnout28,555 (75.7%)
2.6%
  First party Second party Third party
 
C
A
V
Party Conservatives Social Democrats Venstre
Last election 6 seats, 21.2% 9 seats, 35.6% 5 seats, 21.6%
Seats won 8 5 4
Seat change 2 4 1
Popular vote 8,289 6,158 3,897
Percentage 29.5% 21.9% 13.9%
Swing 8.3% 13.7% 7.8%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
F
Æ
I
Party Green Left Denmark Democrats Liberal Alliance
Last election 1 seat, 3.9% Did not stand 0 seats, 0.9%
Seats won 2 2 1
Seat change 1 2 1
Popular vote 2,038 1,980 1,845
Percentage 7.3% 7.0% 6.6%
Swing 3.3% New 5.7%

  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
O
Ø
B
Party Danish People's Party Red-Green Alliance Social Liberals
Last election 1 seat, 3.5% 1 seat, 4.7% 1 seat, 3.8%
Seats won 1 1 1
Seat change 0 0 0
Popular vote 1,337 1,288 1,133
Percentage 4.8% 4.6% 4.0%
Swing 1.2% 0.1% 0.2%

Mayor before election

Lars Storgaard
Conservatives

Mayor after election

Lars Storgaard
Conservatives

The 2025 Favrskov Municipal election was held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 25 members to sit in the regional council for the Favrskov Municipal council, in the period of 2026 to 2029.[1] Lars Storgaard from Conservatives, would secure re-election. [2]


Background

Following the 2021 election, Lars Storgaard from Conservatives became mayor for his first term. [3] Denmark Democrats, who stood for the first time at local elections, declared their support for him having a second term, prior the election. [4]

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. Favrskov Municipality had 25 seats in 2025.

Electoral alliances

Source[5]

Electoral Alliance 1

Party Political alignment
B Social Liberals Centre to Centre-left
F Green Left Centre-left to Left-wing
Ø Red-Green Alliance Left-wing to Far-Left
Å The Alternative Centre-left to Left-wing

Electoral Alliance 2

Party Political alignment
C Conservatives Centre-right
I Liberal Alliance Centre-right to Right-wing
O Danish People's Party Right-wing to Far-right
V Venstre Centre-right
Æ Denmark Democrats Right-wing to Far-right

Results by polling station

Division A B C F I O V Æ Ø Å
% % % % % % % % % %
Hadsten Nord 24.7 3.7 32.1 7.7 7.8 4.5 9.3 5.4 4.2 0.6
Hadsten Syd 24.3 4.4 33.2 6.9 7.3 3.9 9.2 5.9 4.3 0.5
Hadbjerg 25.2 2.5 25.2 5.5 18.2 4.4 7.7 7.0 3.4 0.9
Hammel Nord 24.5 2.1 27.6 6.0 3.2 4.9 21.2 5.7 4.6 0.3
Hammel Syd 22.5 3.7 22.1 7.6 5.8 8.5 13.2 9.6 6.1 0.9
Haldum-Hinnerup/Vitten 25.0 6.1 17.0 11.0 8.7 3.7 14.5 7.2 6.0 0.7
Rønbæk/Grundfør 24.8 5.6 21.0 9.7 6.6 4.3 12.3 9.8 5.5 0.5
Foldby 20.3 13.8 19.9 7.8 6.7 6.9 11.2 8.2 4.6 0.6
Ulstrup 10.7 1.1 58.6 3.7 3.3 3.5 9.4 6.4 3.0 0.4
Thorsø/Haurum/Sall 14.5 1.5 43.7 5.2 4.7 5.6 14.3 7.8 2.6 0.2
Laurbjerg/Houlbjerg 15.8 2.1 25.1 6.2 8.9 5.9 15.2 10.8 9.5 0.6
Søften 21.2 5.3 33.2 8.7 4.1 3.8 16.6 4.6 2.1 0.4
Voldum 22.3 1.8 12.6 4.5 10.6 7.4 28.8 9.2 2.6 0.0
Lading 22.3 7.4 18.5 7.2 5.4 6.2 12.3 10.2 9.5 1.0

Results

Party Votes % +/- Seats +/-
Favrskov Municipality
C Conservatives 8,289 29.49 +8.26 8 +2
A Social Democrats 6,158 21.91 -13.68 5 -4
V Venstre 3,897 13.87 -7.75 4 -1
F Green Left 2,038 7.25 +3.32 2 +1
Æ Denmark Democrats 1,980 7.05 New 2 New
I Liberal Alliance 1,845 6.56 +5.67 1 +1
O Danish People's Party 1,337 4.76 +1.25 1 0
Ø Red-Green Alliance 1,288 4.58 -0.13 1 0
B Social Liberals 1,133 4.03 +0.25 1 0
Å The Alternative 140 0.50 New 0 New
Total 28,105 100 N/A 25 N/A
Invalid votes 76 0.20 +0.06
Blank votes 374 0.99 +0.17
Turnout 28,555 75.69 +2.58
Source: valg.dk

Opinion polls

Polling
firm
Fieldwork
date
Sample
size
A V C Ø F B O I Å Æ Lead
Epinion 4 Sep - 13 Oct 2025 510 25.3 15.2 24.5 5.2 8.6 2.2 4.9 5.5 0.5 8.1 0.8
2024 european parliament election 9 Jun 2024 16.3 15.8 10.0 3.7 15.2 7.0 6.5 7.5 2.1 9.9 0.5
2022 general election 1 Nov 2022 28.6 15.0 6.2 3.1 7.4 3.5 2.3 8.1 2.1 9.8 13.6
2021 regional election 16 Nov 2021 34.3 26.0 12.7 4.9 4.8 3.9 3.7 1.3 0.5 8.3
2021 municipal election 16 Nov 2021 35.6
(9)
21.6
(5)
21.2
(6)
4.7
(1)
3.9
(1)
3.8
(1)
3.5
(1)
0.9
(0)
14.0

References

  1. ^ "Kommunalvalg". valg.im.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-26.
  2. ^ "Borgmester rørt til tårer: Mistede sin kone efter sidste valg". tv2ostjylland.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-11-21.
  3. ^ "Samtlige partier bakker op om ny borgmester | Nyheder". tv2ostjylland.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-05-26.
  4. ^ "Danmarksdemokraterne i Favrskov peger på Lars Storgaard (C) som borgmesterkandidat". pingvinnyt.dk/ (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-26.
  5. ^ "Stemmefordeling i Favrskov Kommune". valg.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 7 October 2025.