2025 Stevns municipal election

2025 Stevns municipal election
18 November 2025

All 19 seats to the Stevns municipal council
10 seats needed for a majority
Turnout13,734 (71.0%)
2.1%
  First party Second party Third party
 
A
V
C
Party Social Democrats Venstre Conservatives
Last election 5 seats, 24.5% 5 seats, 23.8% 3 seats, 13.6%
Seats won 5 4 3
Seat change 0 1 0
Popular vote 3,469 2,673 2,010
Percentage 25.6% 19.7% 14.8%
Swing 1.1% 4.1% 1.3%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
O
F
Æ
Party Danish People's Party Green Left Denmark Democrats
Last election 1 seat, 6.9% 1 seat, 5.3% Did not stand
Seats won 2 2 1
Seat change 1 1 1
Popular vote 1,183 1,127 793
Percentage 8.7% 8.3% 5.9%
Swing 1.8% 3.0% New

  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
I
B
Ø
Party Liberal Alliance Social Liberals Red-Green Alliance
Last election 0 seats, 0.9% 1 seat, 5.6% 1 seat, 6.5%
Seats won 1 1 0
Seat change 1 0 1
Popular vote 709 435 434
Percentage 5.2% 3.2% 3.2%
Swing 4.4% 2.4% 3.3%

Mayor before election

Henning Urban Dam Nielsen
Social Democrats

Mayor after election

Anette Mortensen
Venstre

The 2025 Stevns Municipal election was held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 19 members to sit in the regional council for the Stevns Municipal council, in the period of 2026 to 2029.[1] Anette Mortensen from Venstre, would win the mayoral position. [2]

Background

Following the 2021 election, Henning Urban Dam Nielsen from Social Democrats became mayor for his first term. [3] He would run for a second term. [4]

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. Stevns Municipality had 19 seats in 2025.

Electoral alliances

Source[5]

Electoral Alliance 1

Party Political alignment
B Social Liberals Centre to Centre-left
F Green Left Centre-left to Left-wing
Ø Red-Green Alliance Left-wing to Far-Left
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
M Moderates Centre to Centre-right
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 I M O V Æ Ø Å
% % % % % % % % % % %
Hårlevhallen 25.4 2.9 15.0 7.6 4.8 4.7 9.4 18.8 7.2 3.3 1.0
Strøby Idrætscenter 20.7 3.0 14.2 10.1 5.4 4.2 8.0 26.5 4.0 2.7 1.2
Stevnshallen 28.7 3.0 16.2 7.2 5.6 2.8 10.3 14.5 6.9 4.1 0.8
Sydstevnshallen 31.1 4.5 13.8 7.4 5.1 5.6 6.9 15.7 6.1 2.7 1.0

Results

Party Votes % +/- Seats +/-
Stevns Municipality
A Social Democrats 3,469 25.62 +1.10 5 0
V Venstre 2,673 19.74 -4.10 4 -1
C Conservatives 2,010 14.85 +1.26 3 0
O Danish People's Party 1,183 8.74 +1.82 2 +1
F Green Left 1,127 8.32 +3.00 2 +1
Æ Denmark Democrats 793 5.86 New 1 New
I Liberal Alliance 709 5.24 +4.35 1 +1
M Moderates 569 4.20 New 0 New
B Social Liberals 435 3.21 -2.41 1 0
Ø Red-Green Alliance 434 3.21 -3.34 0 -1
Å The Alternative 136 1.00 New 0 New
Total 13,538 100 N/A 19 N/A
Invalid votes 41 0.21 -0.15
Blank votes 155 0.80 -0.13
Turnout 13,734 71.04 +2.13
Source: valg.dk

Opinion polls

Polling
firm
Fieldwork
date
Sample
size
A V C O Ø B F I M Å Æ Lead
Epinion 4 Sep - 13 Oct 2025 452 28.9 16.9 9.2 7.2 5.2 2.7 10.8 4.0 5.1 0.6 9.0 12.0
2024 european parliament election 9 Jun 2024 16.7 14.8 7.7 9.5 5.1 4.9 15.7 6.5 7.4 1.9 9.6 1.0
2022 general election 1 Nov 2022 27.0 12.5 5.6 4.2 3.0 2.4 10.0 6.2 11.1 1.9 10.3 14.5
2021 regional election 16 Nov 2021 29.4 23.5 14.5 7.2 6.3 3.7 7.1 1.2 0.3 5.9
2021 municipal election 16 Nov 2021 24.5
(5)
23.8
(5)
13.6
(3)
6.9
(1)
6.5
(1)
5.6
(1)
5.3
(1)
0.9
(0)
0.7

References

  1. ^ "Kommunalvalg". valg.im.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-29.
  2. ^ "Her er borgmestrene på plads". dknyt.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-11-21.
  3. ^ "Henning Urban Dam snupper borgmesterkæden på Stevns | Nyheder". tv2øst (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-29.
  4. ^ "Tre S-spidser genvalgt, heraf to borgmestre". dknyt.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-29.
  5. ^ "Stemmefordeling i Stevns Kommune". valg.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 7 October 2025.