2025 Lemvig municipal election
18 November 2025
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All 19 seats to the Lemvig municipal council 10 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2025 Lemvig Municipal election was held on November 18, 2025, in the Danish town of Lemvig to elect the 21 members to sit in the regional council for the Lemvig Municipal council, in the period of 2026 to 2029.[1] Despite, losing 5 of the 11 seats won in 2021, the new mayoral candidate from Venstre, Chris Olesen, would initially secure the mayoral position.[2] However, it was revealed that the partys broke out an Jens Lønborg would instead become the new mayor.[3]
Background
Following the 2021 election, Erik Flyvholm from Venstre would continue for a fourth term as mayor.[4] However, Flyvholm announced in August 2024, his decision to stop following this election.[5] Chris Olesen is instead set to become the mayoral candidate of Venstre.[6] The municipal council also reduced it's number from 21 to 19 for this election.[7]
2021 Election Results and notional results with 19 seats contested
| Parties | Vote | Seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Actual Seats | Notional Seats | + / - | |||
| Venstre | 5,222 | 45.5 | 11 | 10 | -1 | ||
| Social Democrats | 2,282 | 19.9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Conservatives | 1,549 | 13.5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Green Left | 1,133 | 5.8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Social Liberals | 398 | 3.5 | 1 | 0 | -1 | ||
| Total | 11,485 | 100.0 | 21 | 19 | -2 | ||
| Source[8] | |||||||
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. Lemvig Municipality had 21 seats in 2025.
Unlike in Danish General Elections, in elections to municipal councils, electoral alliances are allowed.
Electoral alliances
Source[9]
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 | |
Electoral Alliance 2
| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| C | Conservatives | Centre-right | |
| L | Land- og Bylisten | Local politics | |
| O | Danish People's Party | Right-wing to Far-right | |
| Æ | Denmark Democrats | Right-wing to Far-right | |
Results by polling station
| Division | A | B | C | F | L | O | V | Æ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
| Lemvig Idræts- og Kulturcenter | 24.4 | 5.2 | 13.6 | 7.8 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 32.0 | 13.8 |
| Nørre Nissum | 18.0 | 10.6 | 13.9 | 10.7 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 18.5 | 24.4 |
| Klinkby | 19.7 | 4.1 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 1.7 | 3.7 | 23.6 | 29.1 |
| Ramme | 24.8 | 5.5 | 7.5 | 9.0 | 5.4 | 4.5 | 14.7 | 28.5 |
| Bøvling | 8.3 | 2.2 | 6.2 | 5.9 | 22.2 | 1.6 | 20.1 | 33.5 |
| Tangsø | 5.4 | 1.1 | 7.8 | 6.0 | 28.5 | 2.5 | 19.4 | 29.3 |
| Thyborøn | 7.6 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 4.1 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 58.5 | 27.0 |
| Harboøre | 14.6 | 1.0 | 2.7 | 4.9 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 53.1 | 21.0 |
Results
| Party | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lemvig Municipality | ||||||||
| V | Venstre | 3,527 | 30.45 | -15.02 | 6 | -5 | ||
| Æ | Denmark Democrats | 2,586 | 22.33 | New | 4 | New | ||
| A | Social Democrats | 2,137 | 18.45 | -1.42 | 4 | 0 | ||
| C | Conservatives | 1,107 | 9.56 | -3.93 | 2 | -1 | ||
| F | Green Left | 876 | 7.56 | -2.30 | 1 | -1 | ||
| L | Land- og Bylisten | 559 | 4.83 | New | 1 | New | ||
| B | Social Liberals | 517 | 4.46 | +1.00 | 1 | 0 | ||
| O | Danish People's Party | 273 | 2.36 | -0.67 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 11,582 | 100 | N/A | 19 | N/A | |||
| Invalid votes | 27 | 0.18 | -0.10 | |||||
| Blank votes | 86 | 0.56 | 0.0 | |||||
| Turnout | 11,695 | 76.57 | +3.48 | |||||
| Source: valg.dk | ||||||||
Opinion polls
| Polling firm |
Fieldwork date |
Sample size |
V | A | C | F | B | O | L | Æ | Others | Lead | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Epinion | 4 Sep - 13 Oct 2025 | 414 | 32.9 | 21.9 | 5.8 | 8.4 | 3.3 | 4.7 | – | 19.6 | 3.5 | 11.0 | |||||||||
| 2024 european parliament election | 9 Jun 2024 | 26.1 | 13.3 | 7.2 | 13.5 | 3.2 | 7.6 | – | 15.4 | – | 10.7 | ||||||||||
| 2022 general election | 1 Nov 2022 | 25.3 | 24.4 | 5.7 | 5.4 | 2.0 | 2.3 | – | 16.7 | – | 0.9 | ||||||||||
| 2021 regional election | 16 Nov 2021 | 47.3 | 14.4 | 4.0 | 15.7 | 4.3 | 2.7 | – | – | – | 31.6 | ||||||||||
| 2021 municipal election | 16 Nov 2021 | 45.5 (11) |
19.9 (4) |
13.5 (3) |
9.9 (2) |
3.5 (1) |
3.0 (0) |
– | – | – | 25.6 | ||||||||||
References
- ^ "Kommunalvalg". valg.im.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-07.
- ^ "Lemvig: Venstre beholder borgmesterpost trods tilbagegang". dknyt.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-11-21.
- ^ "Lemvig: Venstre beholder borgmesterpost trods tilbagegang". folkebladetlemvig.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-11-21.
- ^ "Konstitueringsaftale | Nyheder". lemvig (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-01-29.
- ^ "Erik Flyvholm stopper efter næste valg: - Jeg synes, jeg har været der". folkebladetlemvig.dk (in Danish). 27 August 2024. Retrieved 2025-05-07.
- ^ "Fiskeridirektør bliver borgmesterkandidat i Lemvig". fiskeritidende.dk (in Danish). 24 October 2024. Retrieved 2025-05-07.
- ^ "Kandidatlister til Kommunalvalget 2025". lemvig.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-09-02.
- ^ "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd den 16. november 2021" (PDF). dst.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-06-06.
- ^ "Stemmefordeling i Lemvig Kommune". valg.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 7 October 2025.