2025 Ringkøbing-Skjern municipal election
18 November 2025
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All 29 seats to the Ringkøbing-Skjern municipal council 15 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2025 Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipal election will be held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 29 members to sit in the regional council for the Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipal council, in the period of 2026 to 2029.[1] The election saw a significant result for the Denmark Democrats. Mads Fuglede sought the mayoral position, and looked successful, initially securing the first mayoral position for the party in history.[2] However, Green Left dropped out of the deal, and eventually the Conservatives, who won the mayoral position on a deal between Venstre, the Social Democrats, Green Left and the Conservatives.[3] This would see Lennart Qvist, the only elected politician from the Conservatives in the election, become the next mayor.[4]
Background
Following the 2021 election, Hans Østergaard from Venstre became mayor for his second term.[5] However, he announced in August 2024, that we he would not seek a third term.[6] Instead, Lone Andersen would be the mayoral candidate from Venstre.[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. Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality had 29 seats in 2025.
Electoral alliances
Source[8]
Electoral Alliance 1
| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| A | Social Democrats | Centre-left | |
| V | Venstre | Centre-right | |
Electoral Alliance 2
| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| C | Conservatives | Centre-right | |
| D | New Right | Far-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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| F | Green Left | Centre-left to Left-wing | |
| Ø | Red-Green Alliance | Left-wing to Far-Left | |
Electoral Alliance 4
| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| K | Christian Democrats | Centre to Centre-right | |
| Æ | Denmark Democrats | Right-wing to Far-right | |
Results by polling station
| Division | A | C | D | F | I | J | K | O | V | Æ | Ø |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
| Tarm | 9.7 | 2.3 | 0.2 | 16.9 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 24.5 | 3.0 | 19.0 | 17.4 | 0.7 |
| Holmsland | 8.7 | 6.9 | 0.3 | 9.4 | 5.9 | 2.9 | 11.1 | 2.4 | 26.6 | 25.1 | 0.9 |
| Ådum | 5.2 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 7.1 | 3.9 | 8.2 | 12.6 | 3.9 | 21.2 | 35.2 | 0.7 |
| Hemmet | 4.8 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 7.0 | 4.5 | 6.2 | 11.4 | 3.6 | 23.2 | 36.4 | 1.0 |
| Hvide Sande | 5.1 | 3.8 | 0.3 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 1.0 | 35.9 | 2.7 | 27.1 | 14.5 | 0.3 |
| Velling | 10.9 | 5.7 | 0.2 | 17.8 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 11.1 | 1.3 | 27.1 | 18.1 | 1.2 |
| Ringkøbing (ROFI-Centret) | 11.6 | 10.8 | 0.4 | 13.9 | 3.7 | 1.9 | 12.9 | 2.0 | 24.0 | 17.5 | 1.3 |
| Hee | 6.6 | 9.5 | 0.8 | 9.4 | 3.7 | 1.3 | 9.1 | 2.0 | 16.0 | 41.3 | 0.4 |
| Lem | 11.7 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 7.0 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 7.9 | 2.4 | 41.1 | 18.3 | 0.7 |
| Tim | 8.4 | 4.0 | 0.4 | 9.8 | 3.8 | 0.9 | 9.1 | 3.3 | 25.5 | 33.9 | 0.9 |
| Skjern | 13.4 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 8.0 | 4.8 | 2.4 | 22.4 | 1.8 | 26.4 | 17.7 | 0.6 |
| Borris | 6.3 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 5.0 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 10.1 | 1.7 | 52.3 | 16.8 | 0.3 |
| Rækker Mølle | 4.6 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 2.5 | 25.6 | 2.6 | 30.1 | 22.5 | 0.4 |
| Stauning | 9.4 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 7.9 | 4.0 | 19.8 | 12.5 | 1.8 | 18.8 | 23.0 | 0.4 |
| Videbæk | 16.5 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 4.8 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 24.4 | 1.6 | 25.9 | 19.1 | 0.4 |
| Troldhede | 9.3 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 1.3 | 14.0 | 4.8 | 29.6 | 28.1 | 0.3 |
| Vorgod-Barde | 12.8 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 18.3 | 3.2 | 36.9 | 19.4 | 1.0 |
| Spjald | 10.0 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 6.8 | 4.0 | 1.3 | 12.6 | 2.3 | 27.4 | 32.7 | 0.6 |
Results
| Party | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality | ||||||||
| V | Venstre | 8,310 | 26.53 | -7.42 | 8 | -3 | ||
| Æ | Denmark Democrats | 6,786 | 21.67 | New | 7 | New | ||
| K | Christian Democrats | 5,598 | 17.87 | -1.58 | 5 | -1 | ||
| A | Social Democrats | 3,291 | 10.51 | -4.45 | 3 | -1 | ||
| F | Green Left | 2,874 | 9.18 | -0.49 | 3 | 0 | ||
| I | Liberal Alliance | 1,240 | 3.96 | +3.14 | 1 | +1 | ||
| C | Conservatives | 1,236 | 3.95 | -5.99 | 1 | -2 | ||
| J | Borgerlisten | 879 | 2.81 | New | 0 | New | ||
| O | Danish People's Party | 734 | 2.34 | -1.46 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ø | Red-Green Alliance | 234 | 0.75 | -0.17 | 0 | 0 | ||
| D | New Right | 136 | 0.43 | -3.44 | 0 | -1 | ||
| Total | 31,318 | 100 | N/A | 29 | N/A | |||
| Invalid votes | 84 | 0.19 | -0.11 | |||||
| Blank votes | 333 | 0.76 | +0.06 | |||||
| Turnout | 31,735 | 72.19 | +2.08 | |||||
| Source: valg.dk | ||||||||
Opinion polls
| Polling firm |
Fieldwork date |
Sample size |
V | K | A | C | F | D | O | Ø | I | J | Æ | Others | Lead | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Epinion | 4 Sep - 13 Oct 2025 | 425 | 27.0 | – | 14.0 | 4.2 | 11.7 | – | 4.3 | 1.1 | 5.8 | – | 24.2 | 7.8 | 2.8 | ||||||
| 2024 european parliament election | 9 Jun 2024 | 26.6 | – | 11.9 | 11.0 | 9.3 | – | 6.4 | 1.4 | 7.2 | – | 17.9 | – | 8.7 | |||||||
| 2022 general election | 1 Nov 2022 | 25.0 | 4.2 | 20.8 | 6.3 | 4.6 | 3.5 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 7.1 | – | 16.7 | – | 4.2 | |||||||
| 2021 regional election | 16 Nov 2021 | 35.4 | 17.9 | 19.2 | 7.8 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 1.8 | 1.2 | – | – | – | 16.2 | |||||||
| 2021 municipal election | 16 Nov 2021 | 34.0 (11) |
19.5 (6) |
15.0 (4) |
9.9 (3) |
9.7 (3) |
3.9 (1) |
3.8 (1) |
0.9 (0) |
0.8 (0) |
– | – | – | 14.5 | |||||||
References
- ^ "Kommunalvalg". valg.im.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-07.
- ^ "Mads Fuglede bliver Danmarksdemokraternes første borgmester: Han har fået lov af Inger". dbrs.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-11-21.
- ^ "Et nyt flertal har fundet sammen: Fugledes borgmesterdrøm er bristet - Qvist bliver borgmester". dbrs.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-11-21.
- ^ "Konservativ kupper danmarksdemokrat i Ringkøbing-Skjern". tv2.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-11-21.
- ^ "Det nye byråd har konstitueret sig | Nyheder". rksl (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-05-07.
- ^ "Borgmester i Ringkøbing-Skjern trækker stikket ved næste valg". altinget.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-07.
- ^ "Efter kampvalg: Venstre udpeger ny borgmesterkandidat i Ringkøbing-Skjern". altinget.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-07.
- ^ "Stemmefordeling i Ringkøbing-Skjern Kommune". valg.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 7 October 2025.