2025 Vesthimmerland municipal election (Denmark)
18 November 2025
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The 2025 Vesthimmerland Municipal election was held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 27 members to sit in the regional council for the Vesthimmerland Municipal council, in the period of 2026 to 2029.[1] Per Bach Laursen would win the mayoral position again. [2]
Background
Following the 2021 election, Per Bach Laursen from Venstre, became mayor for his second consecutive term. [3][4] In March 2025, it was revealed that Bach Laursen would be the mayoral candidate from Venstre again in 2025. [5]
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. Vesthimmerland Municipality had 27 seats in 2025.
Unlike in Danish General Elections, in elections to municipal councils, electoral alliances are allowed.
Electoral alliances
Source[6]
Electoral Alliance 1
| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| A | Social Democrats | Centre-left | |
| F | Green Left | Centre-left to Left-wing | |
Electoral Alliance 2
| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| C | Conservatives | Centre-right | |
| I | Liberal Alliance | Centre-right to Right-wing | |
| K | Christian Democrats | Centre to Centre-right | |
| V | Venstre | Centre-right | |
| Æ | Denmark Democrats | Right-wing to Far-right | |
Results by polling station
| Division | A | B | C | F | I | K | L | O | V | Æ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
| Aalestrup | 14.3 | 0.8 | 29.2 | 4.8 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 30.6 | 15.5 |
| Farsø | 18.1 | 2.5 | 24.7 | 5.2 | 3.2 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 30.2 | 13.1 |
| Strandbyhallen | 18.3 | 6.4 | 16.9 | 7.1 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 26.7 | 18.7 |
| Aars | 17.9 | 1.1 | 34.4 | 6.6 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 28.2 | 7.1 |
| Hvalpsund | 15.5 | 4.8 | 12.7 | 5.3 | 4.3 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 2.8 | 41.2 | 12.3 |
| Gislum-Vognsild | 25.7 | 0.9 | 16.4 | 4.6 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 3.6 | 30.1 | 14.4 |
| Gedsted | 10.5 | 0.9 | 7.2 | 6.4 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 3.8 | 54.5 | 13.7 |
| Hornum-Ulstrup | 12.0 | 1.5 | 42.3 | 5.2 | 3.6 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 2.4 | 16.8 | 15.3 |
| Vester Hornum | 15.7 | 6.0 | 24.1 | 5.9 | 4.6 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 19.7 | 19.2 |
| Løgstør | 16.4 | 1.3 | 17.3 | 9.1 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 39.8 | 11.7 |
| Ranum | 14.6 | 2.7 | 9.3 | 29.2 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 17.2 | 17.7 |
| Salling | 12.0 | 0.2 | 12.3 | 9.2 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 3.6 | 35.0 | 22.7 |
| Overlade | 8.9 | 0.8 | 7.5 | 8.3 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 2.3 | 51.2 | 16.6 |
| Skivum-Giver | 35.6 | 2.3 | 17.7 | 4.3 | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 19.3 | 15.2 |
Results
| Party | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vesthimmerland Municipality | ||||||||
| V | Venstre | 6,141 | 31.64 | -0.13 | 10 | +1 | ||
| C | Conservatives | 4,687 | 24.15 | +0.29 | 7 | 0 | ||
| A | Social Democrats | 3,221 | 16.60 | -1.30 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Æ | Denmark Democrats | 2,438 | 12.56 | New | 3 | New | ||
| F | Green Left | 1,433 | 7.38 | -4.52 | 2 | -1 | ||
| I | Liberal Alliance | 456 | 2.35 | New | 0 | New | ||
| O | Danish People's Party | 450 | 2.32 | -1.14 | 0 | -1 | ||
| B | Social Liberals | 342 | 1.76 | -0.26 | 0 | 0 | ||
| K | Christian Democrats | 125 | 0.64 | +0.07 | 0 | 0 | ||
| L | Borgerlisten | 116 | 0.60 | New | 0 | New | ||
| Total | 19,409 | 100 | N/A | 27 | N/A | |||
| Invalid votes | 63 | 0.22 | +0.09 | |||||
| Blank votes | 216 | 0.75 | +0.13 | |||||
| Turnout | 19,688 | 68.73 | +1.66 | |||||
| Source: valg.dk | ||||||||
Opinion polls
| Polling firm |
Fieldwork date |
Sample size |
V | C | A | F | O | B | K | I | L | Æ | Others | Lead | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Epinion | 4 Sep - 13 Oct 2025 | 479 | 27.0 | 13.7 | 24.0 | 10.4 | 5.5 | 0.4 | – | 4.4 | – | 13.4 | 1.1 | 3.0 | |||||||
| 2024 european parliament election | 9 Jun 2024 | 28.3 | 6.1 | 14.2 | 9.5 | 7.0 | 3.0 | – | 4.9 | – | 20.2 | – | 8.1 | ||||||||
| 2022 general election | 1 Nov 2022 | 17.6 | 5.4 | 27.9 | 7.7 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 5.0 | – | 21.0 | – | 6.9 | ||||||||
| 2021 regional election | 16 Nov 2021 | 25.0 | 28.0 | 22.8 | 5.5 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 1.2 | 0.5 | – | – | – | 3.0 | ||||||||
| 2021 municipal election | 16 Nov 2021 | 31.8 (9) |
23.9 (7) |
17.9 (5) |
11.9 (3) |
3.5 (1) |
2.0 (0) |
0.6 (0) |
– | – | – | – | 7.9 | ||||||||
References
- ^ "Kommunalvalg". valg.im.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-07.
- ^ "Per Bach Laursen fortsætter som borgmester i Vesthimmerland". vesthimmerland.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-11-21.
- ^ "Sådan faldt konstitueringen ud | Nyheder". nordjyske (in Danish). 17 November 2021. Retrieved 2025-05-07.
- ^ "Enigt byråd vælger Per Bach Laursen som borgmeste | Nyheder". vesthimmerland (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-05-07.
- ^ "Venstre klar med kandidater til kommunalvalget". farsoeavis.dk (in Danish). 4 March 2025. Retrieved 2025-05-07.
- ^ "Stemmefordeling i Vesthimmerlands Kommune". valg.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 7 October 2025.