2025 Fredericia municipal election

2025 Fredericia municipal election
18 November 2025
All 21 seats to the Fredericia municipal council
11 seats needed for a majority
Turnout28,350 (66.5%)
1.9%
  First party Second party Third party
 
V
A
O
Party Venstre Social Democrats Danish People's Party
Last election 5 seats, 22.0% 9 seats, 37.3% 2 seats, 7.7%
Seats won 6 5 2
Seat change 1 4 0
Popular vote 6,125 6,581 2,944
Percentage 22.1% 23.7% 10.6%
Swing 0.1% 13.6% 2.9%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
F
Ø
C
Party Green Left Red-Green Alliance Conservatives
Last election 1 seat, 4.3% 1 seat, 7.0% 2 seats, 9.7%
Seats won 2 2 2
Seat change 1 1 0
Popular vote 2,570 2,471 2,368
Percentage 9.3% 8.9% 8.5%
Swing 4.9% 1.9% 1.1%
  Seventh party Eighth party
 
I
Æ
Party Liberal Alliance Denmark Democrats
Last election 0 seats, 0.5% Did not stand
Seats won 1 1
Seat change 1 1
Popular vote 1,654 1,201
Percentage 6.0% 4.3%
Swing 5.5% New
Mayor before election

Christian Bro
Social Democrats

Mayor after election

Peder Tind
Venstre

The 2025 Fredericia Municipal election was held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 21 members to sit in the regional council for the Fredericia Municipal council, in the period of 2026 to 2029.[1] Peder Tind from Venstre, would win the mayoral position. [2]

Background

Following the 2021 election, Steen Wrist from Social Democrats became mayor for his first fully elected term. [3] However, Wrist, just like his predecessor,[4] stepped down as mayor. [5] Christian Bro, also from the Social Democrats, took over the mayoral position on April 23, 2024. [6] He would run for election. [7]

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. Fredericia Municipality had 21 seats in 2025.

Electoral alliances

Source[8]

Electoral Alliance 1

Party Political alignment
B Social Liberals Centre to Centre-left
F Green Left Centre-left to Left-wing
G Grøn Kultur Local politics
Ø Red-Green Alliance Left-wing to Far-Left

Electoral Alliance 2

Party Political alignment
C Conservatives Centre-right
M Moderates Centre to Centre-right
Å The Alternative Centre-left to Left-wing

Electoral Alliance 3

Party Political alignment
I Liberal Alliance Centre-right to Right-wing
J Borgernes Liste 7000 Local politics
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 G I J M O P V Æ Ø Å
% % % % % % % % % % % % % %
Gymnasiet 1 24.7 2.0 7.9 12.3 0.1 5.4 1.9 0.7 10.3 0.4 18.0 4.0 11.6 0.6
Bredstrup-Pjedsted 30.3 0.7 7.0 6.6 0.2 4.7 2.5 0.5 10.5 0.1 25.5 5.8 5.1 0.6
Erritsø 20.6 2.6 10.2 9.1 0.1 8.0 2.8 0.9 9.9 0.2 24.2 4.1 6.9 0.5
Herslev 16.1 1.4 3.8 4.5 0.0 5.2 10.4 0.0 14.7 0.0 28.1 11.3 4.3 0.2
Taulov 17.2 3.8 12.6 6.7 0.1 7.3 1.8 3.9 9.4 0.1 24.7 6.4 5.2 0.6
Søndermarken 29.5 1.2 6.1 8.8 0.2 4.5 2.1 0.6 11.0 0.2 21.1 3.7 10.5 0.4
Bøgeskov 25.9 1.9 8.1 7.5 0.1 4.9 3.2 0.4 9.9 0.8 24.7 4.8 7.2 0.5
Indre By 23.5 1.8 8.3 10.3 0.3 6.6 1.7 0.9 11.3 0.3 18.6 3.6 11.9 0.9
Gymnasiet 2 23.9 1.4 7.7 10.6 0.2 4.6 3.4 0.7 11.6 0.1 22.3 3.3 9.9 0.4

Results

Party Votes % +/- Seats +/-
Fredericia Municipality
A Social Democrats 6,581 23.73 -13.60 5 -4
V Venstre 6,125 22.08 +0.09 6 +1
O Danish People's Party 2,944 10.61 +2.95 2 0
F Green Left 2,570 9.27 +4.95 2 +1
Ø Red-Green Alliance 2,471 8.91 +1.88 2 +1
C Conservatives 2,368 8.54 -1.13 2 0
I Liberal Alliance 1,654 5.96 +5.49 1 +1
Æ Denmark Democrats 1,201 4.33 New 1 New
J Borgernes Liste 7000 695 2.51 New 0 New
B Social Liberals 561 2.02 -0.15 0 0
M Moderates 310 1.12 New 0 New
Å The Alternative 149 0.54 -0.63 0 0
P Liste P 64 0.23 New 0 New
G Grøn Kultur 44 0.16 New 0 New
Total 27,737 100 N/A 21 N/A
Invalid votes 68 0.16 -0.17
Blank votes 545 1.28 +0.02
Turnout 28,350 66.49 +1.89
Source: valg.dk

Opinion polls

Polling
firm		 Fieldwork
date		 Sample
size		 A V C O Ø F B Å I G J M P Æ Others Lead
Fredericia-Gymnasium 26.9
(6)		 20.6
(5)		 6.4
(1)		 8.5
(2)		 9.4
(2)		 13.5
(3)		 – – 5.1
(1)		 – – – – 3.8
(1)		 – 6.3
Epinion 4 Sep - 13 Oct 2025 464 33.2 16.7 5.1 7.7 7.2 8.8 2.7 1.5 7.2 – – 0.6 – 8.6 0.8 16.5
2024 european parliament election 9 Jun 2024 19.2 15.0 8.9 8.5 4.1 14.9 5.0 2.2 7.7 – – 6.5 – 8.0 – 4.2
2022 general election 1 Nov 2022 33.6 11.2 4.7 2.9 3.3 6.7 2.1 1.8 7.9 – – 10.1 – 9.4 – 22.4
2021 regional election 16 Nov 2021 33.2 33.4 6.5 5.3 4.5 5.2 2.5 0.6 0.8 – – – – – – 0.2
2021 municipal election 16 Nov 2021 37.3
(9)		 22.0
(5)		 9.7
(2)		 7.7
(2)		 7.0
(1)		 4.3
(1)		 2.2
(0)		 1.2
(0)		 0.5
(0)		 – – – – – – 15.3

References

  1. ^ "Kommunalvalg". valg.im.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-27.
  2. ^ "Bred opbakning: Peder Tind bliver Fredericias nye borgmester". frdb.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-11-21.
  3. ^ "Fredericias borgmester fortsætter på posten | Nyheder" (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-27.
  4. ^ "Jacob Bjerregaard stopper som borgmester | Nyheder". altinget (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-27.
  5. ^ "Borgmester i Fredericia stopper før tid". altinget.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-27.
  6. ^ "Læs eller genlæs: Sådan gik det til, at Christian Bro blev byens nye borgmester". frdb.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-27.
  7. ^ "Socialdemokratiet klar med kandidater til byrådsvalget i Fredericia". fredericiaavisen.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-27.
  8. ^ "Stemmefordeling i Fredericia Kommune". valg.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 7 October 2025.
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