2025 Herning municipal election
18 November 2025
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All 31 seats to the Herning municipal council 16 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2025 Herning Municipal election was held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 31 members to sit in the regional council for the Herning Municipal council, in the period of 2026 to 2029.[1] Venstre would lose 2 seats, and their absolute majority. [2] However, Dorte West from the party, would still secure re-election. [3]
Background
Following the 2021 election, Dorte West from Venstre became mayor for her first term. [4] She sought re-election in 2025. [5]
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. Herning Municipality had 31 seats in 2025.
Electoral alliances
Source[6]
Electoral Alliance 1
| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| A | Social Democrats | Centre-left | |
| L | Borgerlisten | Local politics | |
Electoral Alliance 2
| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| B | Social Liberals | Centre to Centre-left | |
| M | Moderates | Centre to Centre-right | |
| V | Venstre | Centre-right | |
Electoral Alliance 3
| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| C | Conservatives | Centre-right | |
| D | New Right | Far-right | |
| I | Liberal Alliance | Centre-right to Right-wing | |
| K | Christian Democrats | Centre to Centre-right | |
| O | Danish People's Party | Right-wing to Far-right | |
| Æ | Denmark Democrats | Right-wing to Far-right | |
Electoral Alliance 4
| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| F | Green Left | Centre-left to Left-wing | |
| Ø | Red-Green Alliance | Left-wing to Far-Left | |
Results by polling station
| Division | A | B | C | D | F | I | K | L | M | O | V | Æ | Ø |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
| Herning (Kongrescentret) | 12.9 | 8.4 | 5.0 | 0.2 | 10.9 | 4.8 | 2.1 | 3.7 | 0.7 | 4.5 | 40.1 | 4.9 | 1.9 |
| Arnborg | 10.4 | 3.7 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 4.9 | 2.9 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 61.2 | 9.6 | 1.0 |
| Kibæk | 19.0 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 5.6 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 4.8 | 45.7 | 10.8 | 0.5 |
| Kølkær | 22.1 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 10.4 | 4.7 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 4.5 | 33.8 | 13.8 | 1.1 |
| Lind | 9.6 | 8.4 | 3.3 | 0.2 | 8.9 | 4.2 | 1.5 | 3.1 | 0.3 | 3.2 | 51.8 | 4.9 | 0.6 |
| Sdr. Felding | 6.7 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 7.6 | 1.2 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 59.4 | 10.6 | 0.5 |
| Skarrild | 3.7 | 3.7 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 3.5 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 68.4 | 8.6 | 1.1 |
| Studsgård | 21.1 | 6.7 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 6.9 | 4.5 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 3.3 | 35.2 | 14.4 | 1.0 |
| Aulum | 14.7 | 2.3 | 4.8 | 0.3 | 5.0 | 5.6 | 4.1 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 3.6 | 49.5 | 8.3 | 0.5 |
| Feldborg | 6.9 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 3.1 | 2.1 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 74.2 | 7.8 | 0.7 |
| Gullestrup | 14.4 | 5.5 | 4.1 | 0.3 | 13.9 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 0.4 | 5.4 | 36.4 | 6.1 | 3.4 |
| Haderup | 6.2 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 4.4 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 4.0 | 64.1 | 11.2 | 0.6 |
| Hammerum | 8.8 | 17.0 | 8.3 | 0.3 | 8.6 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 4.5 | 0.6 | 4.3 | 35.5 | 4.8 | 0.9 |
| Hodsager | 4.4 | 3.1 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 5.4 | 4.1 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 62.1 | 12.8 | 0.3 |
| Ilskov | 7.9 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 0.2 | 7.5 | 2.7 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 3.5 | 53.6 | 14.8 | 1.0 |
| Simmelkær | 5.1 | 4.6 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 5.1 | 1.0 | 4.6 | 0.5 | 7.6 | 43.1 | 20.3 | 1.0 |
| Sinding | 5.9 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 6.3 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 6.7 | 61.4 | 8.7 | 0.6 |
| Skibbild/Nøvling | 10.5 | 2.6 | 8.4 | 0.5 | 9.8 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 0.4 | 5.8 | 38.9 | 10.4 | 1.2 |
| Snejbjerg | 8.5 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 0.2 | 8.9 | 3.8 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 3.5 | 53.8 | 8.7 | 0.6 |
| Sunds | 7.2 | 5.5 | 4.5 | 0.5 | 9.8 | 4.5 | 0.9 | 7.3 | 0.8 | 5.0 | 44.6 | 8.6 | 0.8 |
| Timring | 5.9 | 2.2 | 7.3 | 0.4 | 4.7 | 2.6 | 6.0 | 4.5 | 0.4 | 5.2 | 47.9 | 12.4 | 0.4 |
| Tjørring | 9.6 | 6.2 | 8.7 | 0.2 | 11.1 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 0.6 | 3.4 | 43.3 | 5.3 | 0.7 |
| Vildbjerg | 7.3 | 3.1 | 9.5 | 0.2 | 5.3 | 2.6 | 4.6 | 6.7 | 0.5 | 3.9 | 46.6 | 9.0 | 0.8 |
| Vind | 10.3 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 6.4 | 5.0 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 3.9 | 55.3 | 9.6 | 2.1 |
| Vinding | 6.0 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 5.0 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 0.3 | 2.9 | 63.6 | 8.0 | 0.7 |
| Ørnhøj | 8.0 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 4.1 | 7.3 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 3.9 | 47.4 | 19.8 | 0.8 |
Results
| Party | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herning Municipality | ||||||||
| V | Venstre | 22,272 | 45.90 | -4.63 | 15 | -2 | ||
| A | Social Democrats | 5,124 | 10.56 | -4.02 | 3 | -1 | ||
| F | Green Left | 4,206 | 8.67 | +3.99 | 3 | +1 | ||
| Æ | Denmark Democrats | 3,516 | 7.25 | New | 2 | New | ||
| B | Social Liberals | 3,224 | 6.64 | +0.68 | 2 | 0 | ||
| C | Conservatives | 2,434 | 5.02 | +0.48 | 2 | 0 | ||
| O | Danish People's Party | 1,985 | 4.09 | +1.06 | 1 | 0 | ||
| I | Liberal Alliance | 1,926 | 3.97 | +2.68 | 1 | +1 | ||
| L | Borgerlisten | 1,694 | 3.49 | -3.12 | 1 | -1 | ||
| K | Christian Democrats | 1,241 | 2.56 | -1.97 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ø | Red-Green Alliance | 531 | 1.09 | -0.60 | 0 | 0 | ||
| M | Moderates | 241 | 0.50 | New | 0 | New | ||
| D | New Right | 130 | 0.27 | -2.05 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 48,524 | 100 | N/A | 31 | N/A | |||
| Invalid votes | 150 | 0.21 | +0.03 | |||||
| Blank votes | 630 | 0.89 | +0.25 | |||||
| Turnout | 49,304 | 69.47 | +0.65 | |||||
| Source: valg.dk | ||||||||
Opinion polls
| Polling firm |
Fieldwork date |
Sample size |
V | A | L | B | F | C | K | O | D | Ø | I | M | Æ | Others | Lead | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Epinion | 4 Sep - 13 Oct 2025 | 490 | 42.4 | 13.7 | – | 1.9 | 8.8 | 3.2 | – | 4.0 | – | 1.1 | 6.6 | 0.9 | 12.3 | 5.2 | 28.7 | ||||
| 2024 european parliament election | 9 Jun 2024 | 23.8 | 12.8 | – | 4.5 | 10.1 | 10.4 | – | 6.5 | – | 2.3 | 8.7 | 5.8 | 13.6 | – | 10.2 | |||||
| 2022 general election | 1 Nov 2022 | 21.6 | 22.5 | – | 1.8 | 5.3 | 6.6 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 1.9 | 9.5 | 7.8 | 14.0 | – | 0.9 | |||||
| 2021 regional election | 16 Nov 2021 | 39.8 | 24.3 | – | 3.1 | 4.5 | 9.2 | 5.9 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 2.4 | 1.7 | – | – | – | 15.5 | |||||
| 2021 municipal election | 16 Nov 2021 | 50.5 (17) |
14.6 (4) |
6.6 (2) |
6.0 (2) |
4.7 (2) |
4.5 (2) |
4.5 (1) |
3.0 (1) |
2.3 (0) |
1.7 (0) |
1.3 (0) |
– | – | – | 35.9 | |||||
References
- ^ "Kommunalvalg". valg.im.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-07.
- ^ "Venstre mister sit absolutte flertal i Herning". dknyt.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-11-21.
- ^ "Herning Kommunes borgmester fortsætter". herning.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-11-21.
- ^ "Enigt byråd bag konstituering i Herning Kommune | Nyheder". voresbyherning (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-01-29.
- ^ "Spidskandidater til kommunal- og regionrådsvalg 2025". venstre.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-07.
- ^ "Stemmefordeling i Herning Kommune". valg.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 7 October 2025.