2025 Hjørring municipal election
18 November 2025
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The 2025 Hjørring Municipal election was held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 31 members to sit in the regional council for the Hjørring Municipal council, in the period of 2026 to 2029.[1] The three largest parties, Social Democrats, Venstre and Conservatives all saw drop in vote share, and lost seats. However Søren Smalbro from Venstre would still manage, to win the mayoral position. [2]
Background
On the 24 November 2021, a constitution between the Social Liberals, Conservatives and Venstre was agreed upon, following the 2021 Hjørring municipal election which saw Søren Smalbro from Venstre become mayor.[3] In may 2024, Smalbro, was re-elected as the mayoral candidate from Venstre.[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. Hjørring Municipality had 31 seats in 2025
Unlike in Danish General Elections, in elections to municipal councils, electoral alliances are allowed.
Electoral alliances
Source[5]
Electoral Alliance 1
| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| B | Social Liberals | Centre to Centre-left | |
| V | Venstre | Centre-right | |
Electoral Alliance 2
| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| C | Conservatives | Centre-right | |
| I | Liberal Alliance | Centre-right to Right-wing | |
| Æ | Denmark Democrats | Right-wing to Far-right | |
Electoral Alliance 3
| 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 | E | F | I | J | L | M | O | V | Æ | Ø |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
| Horne, Stendyssehallen | 21.4 | 5.2 | 16.4 | 0.1 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 1.3 | 6.8 | 24.5 | 10.1 | 1.1 |
| Hirtshals | 24.1 | 8.7 | 18.1 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 2.8 | 0.1 | 3.5 | 0.6 | 6.2 | 21.8 | 7.8 | 1.5 |
| Hjørring - Centrum | 32.0 | 4.2 | 20.3 | 0.3 | 9.7 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 3.4 | 16.3 | 3.3 | 4.8 |
| Tornby | 16.9 | 4.3 | 9.8 | 0.0 | 6.2 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 2.7 | 0.9 | 3.1 | 46.3 | 4.9 | 2.7 |
| Bindslev | 16.1 | 1.3 | 7.8 | 0.3 | 2.9 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 4.7 | 0.2 | 4.5 | 46.2 | 11.1 | 3.0 |
| Tversted | 20.9 | 4.3 | 10.8 | 0.1 | 7.8 | 3.1 | 0.3 | 6.2 | 1.4 | 5.6 | 28.5 | 8.5 | 2.5 |
| Taars | 22.1 | 1.2 | 26.9 | 0.5 | 5.3 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 3.1 | 0.7 | 4.8 | 22.4 | 9.5 | 1.6 |
| Vrejlev-Hæstrup | 22.7 | 2.4 | 16.1 | 0.1 | 4.6 | 3.2 | 0.2 | 4.6 | 0.6 | 5.9 | 26.1 | 12.5 | 0.9 |
| Bjergby-Mygdal | 17.3 | 3.5 | 9.8 | 0.2 | 5.8 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 3.8 | 45.9 | 7.7 | 1.9 |
| Skallerup | 27.5 | 3.9 | 11.9 | 0.2 | 10.4 | 3.7 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 4.7 | 25.1 | 4.6 | 4.1 |
| Hjørring - Nord | 32.2 | 4.1 | 23.7 | 0.3 | 6.3 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 3.3 | 18.4 | 4.3 | 2.2 |
| Hjørring - Syd | 31.3 | 3.6 | 21.1 | 0.2 | 6.2 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 3.5 | 22.0 | 4.6 | 2.6 |
| Hjørring - Vest | 32.2 | 4.5 | 22.7 | 0.0 | 7.9 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 3.5 | 17.1 | 3.7 | 3.1 |
| Vrå | 35.2 | 2.7 | 12.3 | 0.0 | 7.3 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 5.6 | 18.7 | 7.5 | 4.6 |
| Hundelev | 21.9 | 1.3 | 21.3 | 0.5 | 6.4 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 4.8 | 22.9 | 8.0 | 2.9 |
| Løkken | 35.9 | 1.4 | 18.7 | 0.1 | 7.7 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 3.8 | 19.4 | 7.3 | 1.6 |
| Sindal | 31.8 | 2.2 | 18.0 | 0.1 | 5.0 | 2.1 | 0.1 | 3.7 | 0.5 | 4.4 | 22.0 | 8.5 | 1.6 |
| Astrup | 21.4 | 2.2 | 13.3 | 0.0 | 5.6 | 4.7 | 0.3 | 4.2 | 0.8 | 4.8 | 32.9 | 7.5 | 2.3 |
| Tolne | 17.9 | 2.5 | 11.6 | 0.6 | 6.3 | 3.8 | 0.2 | 8.9 | 0.3 | 8.2 | 24.2 | 11.7 | 3.6 |
| Ugilt | 22.8 | 0.7 | 12.2 | 0.2 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 0.5 | 3.2 | 1.2 | 6.7 | 30.7 | 12.5 | 1.4 |
| Lendum | 17.3 | 1.2 | 27.4 | 0.3 | 4.2 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 5.4 | 20.5 | 14.9 | 2.2 |
Results
| Party | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hjørring Municipality | ||||||||
| A | Social Democrats | 9,787 | 27.99 | -3.71 | 9 | -1 | ||
| V | Venstre | 8,035 | 22.98 | -3.33 | 7 | -2 | ||
| C | Conservatives | 6,507 | 18.61 | -1.88 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Æ | Denmark Democrats | 2,328 | 6.66 | New | 2 | New | ||
| F | Green Left | 2,296 | 6.57 | +2.71 | 2 | +1 | ||
| O | Danish People's Party | 1,544 | 4.42 | +0.44 | 1 | 0 | ||
| B | Social Liberals | 1,273 | 3.64 | +0.61 | 1 | 0 | ||
| L | Vendelbo-Listen | 1,057 | 3.02 | New | 1 | New | ||
| Ø | Red-Green Alliance | 932 | 2.67 | +0.15 | 1 | 0 | ||
| I | Liberal Alliance | 792 | 2.27 | New | 0 | New | ||
| M | Moderates | 304 | 0.87 | New | 0 | New | ||
| E | Stabilt Demokrati | 60 | 0.17 | New | 0 | New | ||
| J | Hjørring for alle | 49 | 0.14 | -0.17 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 34,964 | 100 | N/A | 31 | N/A | |||
| Invalid votes | 101 | 0.20 | -0.04 | |||||
| Blank votes | 455 | 0.89 | +0.15 | |||||
| Turnout | 35,520 | 69.53 | -0.11 | |||||
| Source: valg.dk | ||||||||
Opinion polls
| Polling firm |
Fieldwork date |
Sample size |
A | V | C | O | F | B | Ø | J | E | I | L | M | Æ | Others | Lead | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Epinion | 4 Sep - 13 Oct 2025 | 496 | 34.9 | 19.6 | 10.9 | 5.0 | 6.4 | 1.5 | 2.5 | – | – | 7.0 | – | 0.3 | 10.6 | 1.4 | 15.3 | ||||
| 2024 european parliament election | 9 Jun 2024 | 19.4 | 19.6 | 7.6 | 6.7 | 11.5 | 3.7 | 3.7 | – | – | 5.4 | – | 4.9 | 16.3 | – | 0.2 | |||||
| 2022 general election | 1 Nov 2022 | 35.2 | 13.6 | 5.3 | 2.0 | 4.8 | 1.5 | 2.5 | – | – | 5.8 | – | 6.3 | 16.7 | – | 18.5 | |||||
| 2021 regional election | 16 Nov 2021 | 32.7 | 21.2 | 24.2 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.2 | – | – | 0.5 | – | – | – | – | 8.5 | |||||
| 2021 municipal election | 16 Nov 2021 | 31.7 (10) |
26.3 (9) |
20.5 (7) |
4.0 (1) |
3.9 (1) |
3.0 (1) |
2.5 (1) |
0.3 (0) |
– | – | – | – | – | – | 5.4 | |||||
References
- ^ "Kommunalvalg". valg.im.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-05.
- ^ "Søren Smalbro er genvalgt som borgmester". ligher.nu (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-11-21.
- ^ "Konstitueringsaftale på plads for Hjørring Byråd 2022-2025 | Nyheder". ritzau (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-05.
- ^ "Smalbro genvalgt som borgmesterkandidat til KV25". nordsoeposten.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-05.
- ^ "Stemmefordeling i Hjørring Kommune". valg.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 7 October 2025.