2025 Vejen municipal election

2025 Vejen municipal election
18 November 2025

All 27 seats to the Vejen municipal council
14 seats needed for a majority
Turnout22,721 (67.9%)
0.4%
  First party Second party Third party
 
V
C
A
Party Venstre Conservatives Social Democrats
Last election 9 seats, 30.8% 6 seats, 23.3% 8 seats, 28.1%
Seats won 10 5 5
Seat change 1 1 3
Popular vote 7,923 4,176 4,172
Percentage 35.5% 18.7% 18.7%
Swing 4.8% 4.6% 9.4%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
O
F
Æ
Party Danish People's Party Green Left Denmark Democrats
Last election 1 seat, 3.3% 1 seat, 3.4% Did not stand
Seats won 2 2 2
Seat change 1 1 2
Popular vote 1,551 1,474 1,446
Percentage 7.0% 6.6% 6.5%
Swing 3.7% 3.2% New

  Seventh party
 
I
Party Liberal Alliance
Last election 0 seats, 0.3%
Seats won 1
Seat change 1
Popular vote 706
Percentage 3.2%
Swing 2.8%

Mayor before election

Frank Schmidt-Hansen
Conservatives

Mayor after election

Christian Lund
Venstre

The 2025 Vejen Municipal election was held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 27 members to sit in the regional council for the Vejen Municipal council, in the period of 2026 to 2029.[1] Christian Lund from Venstre, would win the mayoral position. [2]

Background

Following the 2021 election, Frank Schmidt-Hansen from the Conservatives became mayor for his first term. [3] Schmidt Jensen wwould to be re-elected 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. Vejen Municipality had 27 seats in 2025.

Electoral alliances

Source[5]

Electoral Alliance 1

Party Political alignment
A Social Democrats Centre-left
F Green Left Centre-left to Left-wing
M Moderates Centre to Centre-right
Å The Alternative Centre-left to Left-wing

Electoral Alliance 2

Party Political alignment
B Social Liberals Centre to Centre-left
O Danish People's Party Right-wing to Far-right
V Venstre Centre-right

Electoral Alliance 3

Party Political alignment
C Conservatives Centre-right
I Liberal Alliance Centre-right to Right-wing
Æ Denmark Democrats Right-wing to Far-right

Results by polling station

Division A B C F I M O V Æ Å
% % % % % % % % % %
Brørup 27.0 1.0 18.0 5.5 3.1 1.8 6.4 29.6 7.5 0.2
Lindknud 10.9 0.2 12.5 6.7 4.2 2.8 5.6 46.1 9.5 1.6
Holsted 21.7 4.6 18.7 4.4 3.7 3.1 6.8 27.2 8.5 1.2
Føvling 20.4 0.7 9.9 3.7 4.2 15.0 9.3 26.1 10.1 0.5
Glejbjerg 8.7 0.6 7.3 4.3 3.3 2.0 6.5 55.8 10.5 0.9
Hovborg 14.6 1.4 16.9 10.8 3.1 4.1 7.8 34.6 6.1 0.7
Rødding Centret 9.1 0.7 44.9 6.2 1.7 1.2 6.6 25.3 4.0 0.3
Sdr. Hygum 9.8 0.2 21.6 7.1 1.2 0.2 6.3 48.4 4.9 0.2
Jels 23.7 0.6 12.4 3.9 2.5 1.7 5.3 45.5 4.2 0.3
Lintrup 7.3 0.0 37.8 2.2 2.4 1.4 7.8 33.0 7.8 0.3
Skodborg 17.5 0.1 11.1 4.0 3.0 1.3 6.1 53.3 3.4 0.1
Københoved 6.7 0.4 18.0 7.0 2.1 0.7 6.3 51.8 7.0 0.0
Øster Lindet 12.5 0.0 24.0 6.8 4.4 0.8 8.6 36.6 6.0 0.3
Vejen Idrætscenter 22.0 1.5 15.7 9.6 2.7 1.6 7.1 32.9 6.2 0.6
Læborg 11.4 0.3 15.8 6.7 4.9 2.6 10.6 42.1 5.2 0.5
Askov-Malt 17.1 0.7 22.1 7.6 3.2 1.8 4.7 39.1 3.2 0.5
Andst 11.7 0.3 17.9 9.5 4.2 1.1 12.1 34.3 8.3 0.8
Gesten 16.5 0.5 7.4 8.5 4.0 2.8 9.0 40.3 9.9 1.1
Bække 22.7 0.9 12.3 3.9 6.5 1.1 9.2 32.4 10.4 0.5

Results

Party Votes % +/- Seats +/-
Vejen Municipality
V Venstre 7,923 35.54 +4.79 10 +1
C Conservatives 4,176 18.73 -4.61 5 -1
A Social Democrats 4,172 18.71 -9.37 5 -3
O Danish People's Party 1,551 6.96 +3.65 2 +1
F Green Left 1,474 6.61 +3.16 2 +1
Æ Denmark Democrats 1,446 6.49 New 2 New
I Liberal Alliance 706 3.17 +2.83 1 +1
M Moderates 471 2.11 New 0 New
B Social Liberals 252 1.13 -0.62 0 0
Å The Alternative 124 0.56 New 0 New
Total 22,295 100 N/A 27 N/A
Invalid votes 85 0.25 -0.08
Blank votes 341 1.02 +0.14
Turnout 22,721 67.85 -0.44
Source: valg.dk

Opinion polls

Polling
firm
Fieldwork
date
Sample
size
V A C F O B I M Å Æ Lead
Epinion 4 Sep - 13 Oct 2025 506 28.8 22.3 13.5 8.5 5.0 1.3 4.7 1.9 0.6 13.3 6.5
2024 european parliament election 9 Jun 2024 28.0 14.3 8.2 9.5 8.3 3.4 7.8 4.2 1.3 12.8 13.7
2022 general election 1 Nov 2022 19.7 25.2 4.9 4.8 3.1 1.6 7.7 8.3 1.0 13.1 5.5
2021 regional election 16 Nov 2021 47.7 20.7 9.7 4.2 4.1 1.9 0.7 0.2 27.0
2021 municipal election 16 Nov 2021 30.8
(9)
28.1
(8)
23.3
(6)
3.4
(1)
3.3
(1)
1.8
(0)
0.3
(0)
2.7

References

  1. ^ "Kommunalvalg". valg.im.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-27.
  2. ^ "Christian Lund er ny borgmester i Vejen Kommune". landbrugsavisen.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-11-21.
  3. ^ "Se video: Frank Schmidt-Hansen er Vejen Kommunes nye borgmester | Nyheder". jv (in Danish). 17 November 2021. Retrieved 2023-05-27.
  4. ^ "Frank Schmidt-Hansen er klar til 4 år mere". vejen.konservative.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-27.
  5. ^ "Stemmefordeling i Vejen Kommune". valg.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 7 October 2025.