2025 Vejen municipal election
18 November 2025
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All 27 seats to the Vejen municipal council 14 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
- ^ "Kommunalvalg". valg.im.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-27.
- ^ "Christian Lund er ny borgmester i Vejen Kommune". landbrugsavisen.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-11-21.
- ^ "Se video: Frank Schmidt-Hansen er Vejen Kommunes nye borgmester | Nyheder". jv (in Danish). 17 November 2021. Retrieved 2023-05-27.
- ^ "Frank Schmidt-Hansen er klar til 4 år mere". vejen.konservative.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-27.
- ^ "Stemmefordeling i Vejen Kommune". valg.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 7 October 2025.