2025 Kolding municipal election

2025 Kolding municipal election
18 November 2025
All 25 seats to the Kolding municipal council
13 seats needed for a majority
Turnout50,977 (68.1%)
1.0%
  First party Second party Third party
 
V
A
O
Party Venstre Social Democrats Danish People's Party
Last election 9 seats, 31.8% 5 seats, 17.7% 2 seats, 7.6%
Seats won 9 4 3
Seat change 0 1 1
Popular vote 15,324 7,831 6,308
Percentage 30.6% 15.6% 12.6%
Swing 1.2% 2.1% 5.0%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
F
I
C
Party Green Left Liberal Alliance Conservatives
Last election 4 seats, 17.3% 0 seats, 1.7% 3 seats, 10.5%
Seats won 3 2 1
Seat change 1 2 2
Popular vote 5,602 3,520 3,050
Percentage 11.2% 7.0% 6.1%
Swing 6.1% 5.4% 4.4%
  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
B
Ø
Æ
Party Social Liberals Red-Green Alliance Denmark Democrats
Last election 2 seats, 6.4% 0 seats, 2.9% Did not stand
Seats won 1 1 1
Seat change 1 1 1
Popular vote 2,895 2,229 1,952
Percentage 5.8% 4.5% 3.9%
Swing 0.6% 1.5% New
Mayor before election

Knud Erik Langhoff
Conservatives

Mayor after election

Jakob Ville
Venstre

The 2025 Kolding Municipal election was held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 25 members to sit in the regional council for the Kolding Municipal council, in the period of 2026 to 2029.[1] Jakob Ville from Venstre, would win the mayoral position. [2]

Background

Following the 2021 election, Knud Erik Langhoff from the Conservatives became mayor for his first term after a dramatic night, which resulted in parties, typically considered somewhat left of the political spectrum, supporting the centre-right candidate Erik Langhoff from the Conservatives. [3] Since then, 2 of the 3 elected Conservative council members, had left the party, one to Venstre and another to the Liberal Alliance. [4] Following this, Langhoff announced his intention to run for re-election as a council member, but also declared that he would not seek the mayoral position for another term. [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. Kolding Municipality had 25 seats in 2025.

Electoral alliances

Source[6]

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
I Liberal Alliance Centre-right to Right-wing
K Christian Democrats Centre to Centre-right
Æ Denmark Democrats Right-wing to Far-right

Electoral Alliance 3

Party Political alignment
J Borgernes Lokal Liste Local politics
M Moderates Centre to Centre-right
O Danish People's Party Right-wing to Far-right
V Venstre Centre-right

Results by polling station

Division A B C F I J K L M O V Æ Ø
% % % % % % % % % % % % %
Centrum Nord 13.0 7.6 8.0 13.4 7.8 0.2 0.1 0.3 1.3 10.9 25.1 2.7 9.5
Nordbyen 23.1 6.2 5.0 15.8 5.3 0.3 0.5 0.0 1.8 11.1 17.6 2.4 10.9
Vestbyen 22.6 4.5 6.2 14.0 4.9 0.2 0.2 0.2 1.1 13.4 22.6 3.3 6.8
Strandhuse/Nr. Bjert/ Eltang 11.6 12.0 9.8 9.0 8.0 0.2 0.1 0.1 1.5 9.0 32.6 3.5 2.5
Bramdrupdam 19.1 4.9 5.4 9.5 5.7 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.9 13.6 32.8 4.5 2.9
Alminde-Viuf/Vester Nebel 11.5 3.7 5.8 7.4 5.9 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.8 12.6 46.1 3.9 1.8
Lunderskov/Jordrup 10.0 4.9 3.8 9.2 11.7 0.9 0.3 0.2 0.8 8.7 41.8 4.8 3.0
Centrum Syd 18.2 5.9 5.0 13.0 6.4 0.4 0.5 0.3 2.2 16.5 19.4 3.0 9.2
Sydbyen 16.1 6.2 6.5 14.9 7.5 0.3 0.8 0.3 2.4 11.4 24.2 2.7 6.6
Seest 16.2 4.5 6.2 13.6 6.0 0.4 1.0 0.1 1.4 11.7 32.4 3.9 2.7
Dalby/Tved/Rebæk 11.7 5.8 7.0 9.5 7.3 0.1 0.1 0.2 4.9 9.5 39.2 2.4 2.2
S Bjert/S Stenderup/Vejstrup 15.7 6.7 6.7 17.7 6.7 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.9 11.6 24.9 4.2 4.2
Vonsild 13.7 3.2 4.5 9.3 6.8 0.5 0.5 0.1 2.0 14.2 39.5 3.6 2.2
Vamdrup/Hjarup/Ødis 22.2 2.8 4.4 6.1 8.3 3.2 0.5 0.1 0.9 9.8 33.3 6.6 1.7
Chr.Feld/Stepping/Taps/Hejls 14.1 3.5 3.9 8.0 5.3 0.8 0.7 0.2 0.8 26.7 27.3 6.3 2.5

Opinion polls

Polling
firm		 Fieldwork
date		 Sample
size		 V A F C O B Ø I K J L M Æ Others Lead
Epinion 4 Sep - 13 Oct 2025 509 26.4 18.8 13.2 3.8 12.3 1.9 2.0 12.8 – – – 1.5 7.3 0.0 7.6
2024 european parliament election 9 Jun 2024 21.7 14.4 14.2 9.2 7.1 6.0 4.0 8.8 – – – 5.5 7.3 – 7.3
2022 general election 1 Nov 2022 14.9 25.7 7.4 5.4 2.9 3.2 2.7 9.4 0.7 – – 10.2 9.5 – 10.8
2021 regional election 16 Nov 2021 41.3 20.5 8.7 7.9 5.6 5.3 3.4 1.4 1.2 – – – – – 20.8
2021 municipal election 16 Nov 2021 31.8
(9)		 17.7
(5)		 17.3
(4)		 10.5
(3)		 7.6
(2)		 6.4
(2)		 2.9
(0)		 1.7
(0)		 0.8
(0)		 – – – – – 14.1

References

  1. ^ "Kommunalvalg". valg.im.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-27.
  2. ^ "Sådan er magten fordelt i det nye byråd: Jakob Ville bliver ny borgmester". jv.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-11-21.
  3. ^ "Ny borgmester fundet i Kolding | Nyheder". jyllandsposten (in Danish). 17 November 2021. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
  4. ^ "Partihop efterlader Kolding-borgmester alene hos Konservative". altinget.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-27.
  5. ^ "Borgmester siger stop efter fire år". tvsyd.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-27.
  6. ^ "Stemmefordeling i Kolding Kommune". valg.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 7 October 2025.
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