2025 Holstebro municipal election
18 November 2025
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All 27 seats to the Holstebro municipal council 14 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2025 Holstebro Municipal election will be held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 27 members to sit in the regional council for the Holstebro Municipal council, in the period of 2026 to 2029.[1] Despite a drop in vote share, and losing a seat, Venstre won the mayor position from the Social Democrats, resulting in Kenneth Tønning becoming the new mayor. [2]
Background
Following the 2021 election, H.C. Østerby from Social Democrats became mayor for his fourth consecutive term.[3] Since then, two members of the Social Democrats switched party allegiance to Danish Social Liberal Party[4] and, two additional members of the party switched to Green Left.[5] The incumbent mayor, Østerby prior to the election, did not seek a fifth term as mayor.[6] Instead, Klaus Flæng would try to become mayor for Social Democrats.[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. Holstebro Municipality had 27 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 | |
Electoral Alliance 2
| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| C | Conservatives | Centre-right | |
| M | Moderates | Centre to Centre-right | |
Electoral Alliance 3
| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| D | New Right | Far-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 | D | F | I | M | O | V | Æ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
| Musikteatret | 22.8 | 11.9 | 5.5 | 0.4 | 16.0 | 4.5 | 0.9 | 6.8 | 26.0 | 5.2 |
| Mejdal | 15.0 | 12.6 | 2.8 | 0.1 | 12.8 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 5.4 | 42.1 | 4.3 |
| Skave | 10.5 | 7.8 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 7.4 | 17.9 | 0.2 | 5.6 | 41.5 | 6.7 |
| Mejrup | 14.7 | 11.0 | 3.3 | 0.2 | 10.7 | 3.1 | 0.4 | 5.1 | 47.9 | 3.5 |
| Nørre Boulevard Skolen | 24.7 | 13.0 | 4.8 | 0.4 | 17.7 | 3.9 | 0.9 | 7.8 | 20.5 | 6.3 |
| Vinderup | 21.4 | 41.1 | 2.5 | 0.2 | 5.9 | 2.6 | 0.3 | 8.6 | 11.2 | 6.1 |
| Sevel | 12.7 | 19.2 | 21.9 | 0.5 | 5.6 | 4.3 | 0.3 | 6.7 | 18.6 | 10.2 |
| Ulfborg | 23.7 | 3.1 | 6.2 | 0.4 | 19.2 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 6.5 | 22.3 | 14.6 |
| Vemb | 15.1 | 5.3 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 10.4 | 3.6 | 0.9 | 7.8 | 27.8 | 25.9 |
| Sdr. Nissum | 18.9 | 7.5 | 4.8 | 1.0 | 17.6 | 2.6 | 0.3 | 6.7 | 26.3 | 14.3 |
Results
| Party | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holstebro Municipality | ||||||||
| V | Venstre | 9,130 | 27.52 | -3.39 | 8 | -1 | ||
| A | Social Democrats | 6,759 | 20.37 | -17.91 | 5 | -6 | ||
| B | Social Liberals | 4,719 | 14.22 | +6.84 | 4 | +2 | ||
| F | Green Left | 4,605 | 13.88 | +8.65 | 4 | +2 | ||
| O | Danish People's Party | 2,269 | 6.84 | +3.36 | 2 | +1 | ||
| Æ | Denmark Democrats | 2,258 | 6.81 | New | 2 | New | ||
| C | Conservatives | 1,621 | 4.89 | -1.67 | 1 | -1 | ||
| I | Liberal Alliance | 1,434 | 4.32 | +3.84 | 1 | +1 | ||
| M | Moderates | 257 | 0.77 | New | 0 | New | ||
| D | New Right | 126 | 0.38 | -2.48 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 33,178 | 100 | N/A | 27 | N/A | |||
| Invalid votes | 126 | 0.27 | +0.05 | |||||
| Blank votes | 486 | 1.04 | +0.45 | |||||
| Turnout | 33,790 | 72.51 | +0.59 | |||||
| Source: valg.dk | ||||||||
Opinion polls
| Polling firm |
Fieldwork date |
Sample size |
A | V | B | C | F | O | D | I | M | Æ | Others | Lead | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Epinion | 4 Sep - 13 Oct 2025 | 500 | 20.7 | 26.0 | 8.5 | 4.7 | 13.2 | 5.4 | – | 5.9 | 1.1 | 14.1 | 0.4 | 5.3 | |||||||
| 2024 european parliament election | 9 Jun 2024 | 16.5 | 21.2 | 4.4 | 8.4 | 13.0 | 7.8 | – | 8.6 | 4.5 | 11.9 | – | 4.7 | ||||||||
| 2022 general election | 1 Nov 2022 | 26.8 | 24.5 | 1.7 | 5.2 | 6.6 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 8.2 | 5.2 | 12.4 | – | 2.3 | ||||||||
| 2021 regional election | 16 Nov 2021 | 31.2 | 33.0 | 6.7 | 6.9 | 5.7 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 1.3 | – | – | – | 1.8 | ||||||||
| 2021 municipal election | 16 Nov 2021 | 38.3 (11) |
30.9 (9) |
7.4 (2) |
6.6 (2) |
5.2 (2) |
3.5 (1) |
2.9 (0) |
0.5 (0) |
– | – | – | 7.4 | ||||||||
References
- ^ "Kommunalvalg". valg.im.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-07.
- ^ "Venstre bliver størst efter socialdemokratisk bykonges exit i Holstebro". dr.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-11-21.
- ^ "Alle partier med i konstitueringsaftalen | Nyheder". ugeavisen (in Danish). 24 November 2021. Retrieved 2023-01-29.
- ^ "Socialdemokratiske byrådsmedlemmer skifter til Radikale". altinget.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-07.
- ^ "To socialdemokrater forlader parti til fordel for SF". tvmidtvest.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-07.
- ^ "Bykonge stopper – genopstiller ikke som borgmester". tvmidtvest.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-07.
- ^ "S vælger ny spids, der vil afløse Holstebros mangeårige borgmester". altinget.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-07.
- ^ "Stemmefordeling i Holstebro Kommune". valg.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 8 October 2025.