2025 Nyborg municipal election

2025 Nyborg municipal election
18 November 2025

All 25 seats to the Nyborg municipal council
13 seats needed for a majority
Turnout19,442 (73.9%)
0.0%
  First party Second party Third party
 
V
A
F
Party Venstre Social Democrats Green Left
Last election 14 seats, 52.0% 8 seats, 27.4% 2 seats, 7.0%
Seats won 10 6 5
Seat change 4 2 3
Popular vote 6,638 4,580 3,299
Percentage 34.8% 24.0% 17.3%
Swing 17.2% 3.5% 10.3%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
O
I
C
Party Danish People's Party Liberal Alliance Conservatives
Last election 0 seats, 2.0% 0 seats, 0.4% 1 seat, 3.3%
Seats won 1 1 1
Seat change 1 1 0
Popular vote 1,073 785 700
Percentage 5.6% 4.1% 3.7%
Swing 3.6% 3.7% 0.3%

  Seventh party
 
B
Party Social Liberals
Last election 0 seats, 1.8%
Seats won 1
Seat change 1
Popular vote 582
Percentage 3.0%
Swing 1.3%

Mayor before election

Kenneth Muhs
Venstre

Mayor after election

Kenneth Muhs
Venstre

The 2025 Nyborg Municipal election was beheld on November 18, 2025, to elect the 25 members to sit in the regional council for the Nyborg Municipal council, in the period of 2026 to 2029.[1] Kenneth Muhs from Venstre, would secure re-election. [2]

Background

Following the 2021 election, Kenneth Muhs from Venstre became mayor for a third term, on an absolute majority, with his party winning 14 of the 25 seats in the council. [3] Since then, Rameesh Thirugnanasambanther, left the Social Democrats, and joined Venstre, giving them their 15th seat. [4] Muhs would run for a fourth 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. Nyborg Municipality had 25 seats in 2025.

Electoral alliances

Source[6]

Electoral Alliance 1

Party Political alignment
B Social Liberals Centre to Centre-left
F Green Left Centre-left to Left-wing
N Bedre By Nyborg Local politics
Å The Alternative Centre-left to Left-wing

Electoral Alliance 2

Party Political alignment
C Conservatives Centre-right
I Liberal Alliance Centre-right to Right-wing
O Danish People's Party Right-wing to Far-right

Electoral Alliance 3

Party Political alignment
L Vi Lokale Demokrater Local politics
V Venstre Centre-right
Æ Denmark Democrats Right-wing to Far-right

Results by polling station

Division A B C F I L N O Q V Æ Ø Å
% % % % % % % % % % % % %
Aunslevhallen 18.6 1.9 4.9 14.7 4.1 0.9 0.2 7.9 0.6 36.3 5.5 2.4 1.8
Nyborghallen 28.3 3.7 3.4 18.9 3.5 0.3 0.6 4.7 0.2 31.0 1.8 2.1 1.6
Bastionen 23.4 4.3 4.0 23.5 4.4 0.3 0.9 3.4 0.0 32.0 1.5 1.6 0.9
Vindinge Forsamlingshus 22.6 3.0 3.3 19.4 4.4 0.5 0.5 5.2 0.1 35.0 2.8 1.6 1.6
Langå, Svindinge Og Øksendrup 14.3 1.7 4.6 15.5 4.4 1.0 0.2 9.2 0.3 36.2 6.3 4.4 1.9
Ullerslev 33.6 1.9 4.1 11.3 4.4 0.5 0.1 7.2 0.3 29.0 4.5 1.8 1.2
Ellinge 17.6 2.2 3.3 8.1 4.0 1.1 0.7 9.2 0.0 43.8 7.4 2.2 0.4
Skellerup 26.3 2.2 2.2 10.2 4.4 2.2 0.0 13.0 0.0 30.8 7.0 0.6 1.0
Langtved 18.1 1.6 2.8 15.5 4.2 0.2 0.2 7.2 0.2 39.4 7.0 2.0 1.6
Ørbæk 14.7 1.4 2.2 8.9 4.9 0.7 0.2 6.1 0.0 55.8 3.7 1.0 0.5
Frørup Og Tårup 21.6 1.9 4.4 15.6 3.0 0.6 0.5 8.2 0.0 35.3 5.0 2.3 1.4
Ellested Og Herrested 13.5 2.2 2.9 12.8 4.4 0.1 0.1 5.9 0.0 49.5 5.4 1.5 1.5
Kullerup Og Refsvindinge 21.1 2.3 5.0 9.3 5.5 0.3 0.1 7.6 0.0 39.4 6.6 1.0 1.7

Results

Party Votes % +/- Seats +/-
Nyborg Municipality
V Venstre 6,638 34.76 -17.25 10 -4
A Social Democrats 4,580 23.98 -3.45 6 -2
F Green Left 3,299 17.28 +10.27 5 +3
O Danish People's Party 1,073 5.62 +3.60 1 +1
I Liberal Alliance 785 4.11 +3.67 1 +1
C Conservatives 700 3.67 +0.33 1 0
Æ Denmark Democrats 620 3.25 New 0 New
B Social Liberals 582 3.05 +1.27 1 +1
Ø Red-Green Alliance 356 1.86 -1.35 0 0
Å The Alternative 254 1.33 New 0 New
N Bedre By Nyborg 95 0.50 New 0 New
L Vi Lokale Demokrater 87 0.46 -0.26 0 0
Q Holger S. Jørgensen 27 0.14 New 0 New
Total 19,096 100 N/A 25 N/A
Invalid votes 70 0.27 -0.10
Blank votes 276 1.05 +0.37
Turnout 19,442 73.91 +0.03
Source: valg.dk

Opinion polls

Polling
firm
Fieldwork
date
Sample
size
V A F C Ø O B I L N Q Å Æ Others Lead
Epinion 4 Sep - 13 Oct 2025 551 36.7 26.9 13.5 5.0 2.4 3.2 2.1 2.0 1.6 5.9 0.7 9.8
2024 european parliament election 9 Jun 2024 15.8 20.7 16.8 6.6 4.5 7.4 4.9 5.7 1.7 9.3 3.9
2022 general election 1 Nov 2022 13.2 35.1 7.6 4.0 3.5 3.0 2.2 5.8 1.8 10.0 21.9
2021 regional election 16 Nov 2021 42.7 27.6 7.3 4.5 4.4 3.6 3.3 0.8 0.3 15.1
2021 municipal election 16 Nov 2021 52.0
(14)
27.4
(8)
7.0
(2)
3.3
(1)
3.2
(0)
2.0
(0)
1.8
(0)
0.4
(0)
24.6

References

  1. ^ "Kommunalvalg". valg.im.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-27.
  2. ^ "Her er borgmestrene på plads". dknyt.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-11-21.
  3. ^ "Vælgerne på Østfyn har talt: Her er valgets vindere og tabere | Nyheder". ugeavisen (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-07.
  4. ^ "Medlemmer af byrådet". nyborg.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-27.
  5. ^ "Spidskandidater til kommunal- og regionsvalget". venstre.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-27.
  6. ^ "Stemmefordeling i Nyborg Kommune". valg.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 7 October 2025.