2025 Horsens municipal election
18 November 2025
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All 27 seats to the Horsens municipal council 14 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2025 Horsens Municipal election was held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 27 members to sit in the regional council for the Horsens Municipal council, in the period of 2026 to 2029.[1] Peter Sørensen from the Social Democrats, would secure re-election. [2]
Background
Following the 2021 election, Peter Sørensen from Social Democrats became mayor for his third term.[3] He would run for a fourth term. [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. Horsens Municipality had 27 seats in 2025.
Electoral alliances
Source[5]
Electoral Alliance 1
| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| A | Social Democrats | Centre-left | |
| B | Social Liberals | Centre to Centre-left | |
| F | Green Left | Centre-left to Left-wing | |
| Ø | Red-Green Alliance | Left-wing to Far-Left | |
Electoral Alliance 2
| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| C | Conservatives | Centre-right | |
| D | New Right | Far-right | |
| I | Liberal Alliance | Centre-right to Right-wing | |
Electoral Alliance 3
| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| M | Moderates | Centre to Centre-right | |
| V | Venstre | Centre-right | |
| Æ | Denmark Democrats | Right-wing to Far-right | |
Results by polling station
| Division | A | B | C | D | F | I | L | M | O | T | V | Æ | Ø |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
| Sønderbro | 47.5 | 1.8 | 5.2 | 0.3 | 8.6 | 5.0 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 10.9 | 0.1 | 7.9 | 3.3 | 8.4 |
| Vesthallen | 46.0 | 2.6 | 5.8 | 0.3 | 7.6 | 5.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 10.6 | 0.2 | 9.0 | 2.8 | 9.2 |
| Midtbyen | 38.7 | 3.9 | 8.0 | 0.3 | 8.0 | 8.4 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 8.2 | 0.2 | 12.9 | 3.2 | 6.8 |
| Endelave | 59.1 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 0.9 | 6.4 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 10.9 |
| Forum | 41.7 | 3.2 | 5.7 | 0.6 | 10.2 | 6.0 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 9.6 | 0.3 | 11.1 | 2.8 | 7.6 |
| Dagnæs | 46.7 | 2.4 | 6.1 | 0.4 | 7.1 | 6.0 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 8.6 | 0.1 | 13.9 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| Torsted | 41.7 | 2.0 | 7.5 | 0.2 | 9.9 | 7.4 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 8.4 | 0.4 | 14.2 | 4.3 | 3.5 |
| Hatting | 39.7 | 2.3 | 8.0 | 0.1 | 8.3 | 9.8 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 7.0 | 0.3 | 17.1 | 4.1 | 2.4 |
| Lund | 44.6 | 2.3 | 9.6 | 0.2 | 5.4 | 7.1 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 7.0 | 0.2 | 14.8 | 3.6 | 4.1 |
| Egebjerghallen | 43.9 | 3.3 | 9.0 | 0.3 | 6.4 | 6.7 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 9.1 | 0.3 | 12.5 | 2.9 | 4.8 |
| Stensballe | 32.9 | 4.7 | 13.8 | 0.1 | 6.1 | 13.6 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 17.2 | 2.5 | 2.9 |
| Højvangen | 38.7 | 3.2 | 8.3 | 0.2 | 7.5 | 7.0 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 19.7 | 4.0 | 4.8 |
| Brædstrup | 32.7 | 1.1 | 4.8 | 0.3 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 5.5 | 0.1 | 37.9 | 6.2 | 2.9 |
| Nim | 18.6 | 6.0 | 5.8 | 0.2 | 5.8 | 5.0 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 36.8 | 7.7 | 4.1 |
| Sdr.Vissing | 24.0 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 13.0 | 4.6 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 8.1 | 0.2 | 25.6 | 7.8 | 6.0 |
| Østbirk | 36.3 | 2.3 | 4.5 | 1.1 | 6.4 | 4.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 6.7 | 0.2 | 28.3 | 5.7 | 3.6 |
| Gedved | 42.5 | 2.3 | 7.4 | 0.5 | 7.5 | 4.1 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 6.2 | 0.0 | 19.5 | 3.5 | 5.7 |
| Hovedgård | 44.8 | 1.7 | 5.4 | 0.9 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 7.7 | 0.1 | 13.6 | 4.5 | 8.2 |
| Søvind | 30.6 | 3.5 | 7.5 | 0.6 | 9.7 | 5.8 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 7.5 | 0.1 | 18.9 | 7.9 | 6.2 |
| Tønning-Træden | 26.7 | 2.6 | 6.8 | 0.2 | 13.3 | 4.0 | 0.2 | 8.0 | 4.0 | 0.2 | 23.2 | 5.4 | 5.4 |
| Sundparken | 50.9 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 0.2 | 6.9 | 3.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 8.1 | 0.6 | 6.2 | 1.8 | 15.2 |
| Sejet | 31.2 | 2.8 | 11.2 | 0.7 | 5.6 | 8.1 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 16.8 | 0.4 | 10.5 | 7.0 | 3.9 |
Results
| Party | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horsens Municipality | ||||||||
| A | Social Democrats | 19,638 | 40.30 | +1.76 | 12 | 0 | ||
| V | Venstre | 8,043 | 16.50 | -7.54 | 5 | -2 | ||
| O | Danish People's Party | 3,818 | 7.83 | +2.86 | 2 | +1 | ||
| F | Green Left | 3,618 | 7.42 | +1.90 | 2 | +1 | ||
| C | Conservatives | 3,557 | 7.30 | -2.79 | 2 | -1 | ||
| I | Liberal Alliance | 3,321 | 6.81 | +3.74 | 2 | +2 | ||
| Ø | Red-Green Alliance | 2,619 | 5.37 | -0.30 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Æ | Denmark Democrats | 1,933 | 3.97 | New | 1 | New | ||
| B | Social Liberals | 1,386 | 2.84 | -0.71 | 0 | -1 | ||
| M | Moderates | 356 | 0.73 | New | 0 | New | ||
| L | Miljølisten Horsens | 192 | 0.39 | New | 0 | New | ||
| D | New Right | 171 | 0.35 | -2.86 | 0 | -1 | ||
| T | Søren Astrup | 82 | 0.17 | New | 0 | New | ||
| Total | 48,734 | 100 | N/A | 27 | N/A | |||
| Invalid votes | 141 | 0.18 | -0.14 | |||||
| Blank votes | 755 | 0.98 | +0.32 | |||||
| Turnout | 49,630 | 64.61 | +0.78 | |||||
| Source: valg.dk | ||||||||
Opinion polls
| Polling firm |
Fieldwork date |
Sample size |
A | V | C | Ø | F | O | B | D | I | L | M | T | Æ | Others | Lead | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Epinion | 4 Sep - 13 Oct 2025 | 449 | 38.7 | 14.5 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 9.7 | 8.4 | 3.0 | – | 6.7 | – | 1.3 | – | 6.4 | 0.8 | 24.2 | ||||
| 2024 european parliament election | 9 Jun 2024 | 17.2 | 15.0 | 10.2 | 4.9 | 14.4 | 7.9 | 5.9 | – | 7.7 | – | 6.4 | – | 8.0 | – | 2.2 | |||||
| 2022 general election | 1 Nov 2022 | 30.8 | 13.3 | 4.9 | 3.5 | 6.5 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 4.3 | 10.0 | – | 9.2 | – | 9.0 | – | 17.5 | |||||
| 2021 regional election | 16 Nov 2021 | 37.2 | 22.0 | 10.6 | 5.9 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 2.1 | – | – | – | – | – | 15.2 | |||||
| 2021 municipal election | 16 Nov 2021 | 38.5 (12) |
24.0 (7) |
10.1 (3) |
5.7 (1) |
5.5 (1) |
5.0 (1) |
3.6 (1) |
3.2 (1) |
3.1 (0) |
– | – | – | – | – | 14.5 | |||||
References
- ^ "Kommunalvalg". valg.im.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-26.
- ^ "Alle partier i det nye Horsens Byråd står bag konstitueringsaftale". horsens.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-11-21.
- ^ "Peter Sørensen fortsætter som borgmester i Horsens | Nyheder". berlingske (in Danish). 17 November 2021. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
- ^ "S har sat holdet til valget: Lokale kendisser fra hele kommunen - over halvdelen er debutanter". hsfo.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-26.
- ^ "Stemmefordeling i Horsens Kommune". valg.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 7 October 2025.