2025 Ringsted municipal election
18 November 2025
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All 21 seats to the Ringsted municipal council 11 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2025 Ringsted Municipal election was held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 21 members to sit in the regional council for the Ringsted Municipal council, in the period of 2026 to 2029.[1] Andres Karlsen from the Conservatives, would win the mayoral position. [2]
Background
Following the 2021 election, Henrik Hvidesten from Venstre became mayor for his third term.[3] However Hvidesten stepped down as mayor on January 28, 2024, following accusations of inappropriate behavior towards female councillors. [4] Klaus Hansen, also from Venstre, replaced him [5] He is set to run to be elected. [6] On August 18, 2024, 7 right-wing parties, agreed an electoral alliance, wanting to replace Hansen as mayor, with the Conservatives mayoral candidate Andreas Karlsen, which would have broken nearly 20 years of Venstre-rule in the municipality if successful. [7] Moderates had orginially intended to contest the election, but Ringsted Moderates disbanded themselves in August 2025. [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. Ringsted Municipality had 21 seats in 2025.
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 | |
| 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 | |
| K | Christian Democrats | Centre to Centre-right | |
| L | Landsbylisten | Local politics | |
| O | Danish People's Party | Right-wing to Far-right | |
| Æ | Denmark Democrats | Right-wing to Far-right | |
Electoral Alliance 3
| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| N | Det Nære Parti | Local politics | |
| V | Venstre | Centre-right | |
Results by polling station
| Division | A | B | C | D | F | I | K | L | N | O | V | Æ | Ø |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
| Ringsted Nørretorv | 17.3 | 2.5 | 43.2 | 1.2 | 8.0 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 3.8 | 15.7 | 1.8 | 4.1 |
| Bringstrup | 9.9 | 1.3 | 30.3 | 2.3 | 7.8 | 6.9 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 4.8 | 21.9 | 5.7 | 6.3 |
| Gyrstinge | 8.1 | 1.3 | 50.2 | 2.1 | 6.5 | 2.3 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 13.3 | 4.4 | 5.2 |
| Benløse | 17.7 | 2.0 | 44.0 | 1.4 | 4.3 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 3.8 | 18.4 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
| Haraldsted | 11.7 | 3.1 | 30.2 | 1.8 | 12.9 | 4.1 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 5.9 | 16.6 | 3.9 | 6.6 |
| Ringsted Dagmarskolen | 18.9 | 2.4 | 37.8 | 1.3 | 9.3 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 4.1 | 13.6 | 2.4 | 7.6 |
| Jystrup | 13.3 | 3.1 | 31.2 | 0.6 | 14.5 | 3.2 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 3.4 | 9.0 | 3.1 | 16.4 |
| Kværkeby | 10.1 | 0.8 | 53.5 | 1.3 | 5.7 | 1.6 | 9.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 3.0 | 7.5 | 3.8 | 3.1 |
| Vetterslev | 24.8 | 1.2 | 35.9 | 1.6 | 6.1 | 3.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 5.6 | 13.6 | 4.2 | 3.1 |
| Sneslev | 11.7 | 1.8 | 28.8 | 1.6 | 8.1 | 5.5 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 7.8 | 21.6 | 5.5 | 4.7 |
| Nordrup | 9.0 | 1.5 | 48.4 | 3.3 | 5.8 | 2.9 | 0.9 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 4.1 | 13.7 | 2.9 | 4.4 |
| Vigersted | 12.5 | 1.7 | 32.1 | 1.6 | 11.1 | 2.6 | 0.3 | 6.9 | 0.0 | 5.4 | 15.0 | 5.2 | 5.7 |
| Ørslev Kulturhus | 13.6 | 1.4 | 34.3 | 3.1 | 6.8 | 3.3 | 0.2 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 9.6 | 11.0 | 7.7 | 5.6 |
Results
| Party | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ringsted Municipality | ||||||||
| C | Conservatives | 7,746 | 40.53 | +15.51 | 10 | +4 | ||
| A | Social Democrats | 3,089 | 16.16 | -4.81 | 4 | 0 | ||
| V | Venstre | 2,893 | 15.14 | -10.78 | 3 | -3 | ||
| F | Green Left | 1,513 | 7.92 | +0.28 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ø | Red-Green Alliance | 1,002 | 5.24 | -0.43 | 1 | 0 | ||
| O | Danish People's Party | 820 | 4.29 | +0.53 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Æ | Denmark Democrats | 557 | 2.91 | New | 0 | New | ||
| I | Liberal Alliance | 452 | 2.37 | +1.56 | 0 | 0 | ||
| B | Social Liberals | 414 | 2.17 | -0.96 | 0 | 0 | ||
| D | New Right | 282 | 1.48 | -2.82 | 0 | -1 | ||
| K | Christian Democrats | 165 | 0.86 | -1.57 | 0 | 0 | ||
| L | Landsbylisten | 144 | 0.75 | New | 0 | New | ||
| N | Det Nære Parti | 35 | 0.18 | New | 0 | New | ||
| Total | 19,112 | 100 | N/A | 21 | N/A | |||
| Invalid votes | 42 | 0.15 | -0.17 | |||||
| Blank votes | 283 | 0.99 | +0.15 | |||||
| Turnout | 19,437 | 67.97 | +2.16 | |||||
| Source: valg.dk | ||||||||
Opinion polls
| Polling firm |
Fieldwork date |
Sample size |
V | C | A | F | Ø | D | O | B | K | I | L | N | Æ | Others | Lead | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Epinion | 4 Sep - 13 Oct 2025 | 463 | 15.1 | 32.7 | 17.1 | 10.1 | 5.1 | – | 6.2 | 1.9 | – | 3.0 | – | – | 6.6 | 2.0 | 15.6 | ||||
| 2024 european parliament election | 9 Jun 2024 | 15.4 | 12.2 | 15.3 | 16.1 | 5.1 | – | 7.9 | 4.9 | – | 6.8 | – | – | 7.8 | – | 0.7 | |||||
| 2022 general election | 1 Nov 2022 | 12.7 | 8.4 | 27.4 | 9.5 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 6.2 | – | – | 7.9 | – | 14.7 | |||||
| 2021 regional election | 16 Nov 2021 | 20.2 | 20.2 | 28.8 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 1.3 | – | – | – | – | 8.6 | |||||
| 2021 municipal election | 16 Nov 2021 | 25.9 (6) |
25.0 (6) |
21.0 (4) |
7.6 (2) |
5.7 (1) |
4.3 (1) |
3.8 (1) |
3.1 (0) |
2.4 (0) |
0.8 (0) |
– | – | – | – | 0.9 | |||||
References
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- ^ "Her er borgmestrene på plads". dknyt.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-11-21.
- ^ "Henrik Hvidesten bliver valgaftenens første borgmester | Nyheder". tv2øst (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-29.
- ^ "Ringsted-borgmester trækker sig efter anklager om upassende adfærd". dr.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-29.
- ^ "Ringsted Kommune har fået ny borgmester" (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-29.
- ^ "Spidskandidater til kommunal- og regionsvalget". venstre.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-29.
- ^ "Syv borgerlige partier vil vælte borgerlig borgmester". tv2east.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-29.
- ^ "Moderaterne i Ringsted Kommune nedlægger sig selv før kommunalvalg". politiken.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-08-28.
- ^ "Stemmefordeling i Ringsted Kommune". valg.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 7 October 2025.