2025 Vesthimmerland municipal election (Denmark)

2025 Vesthimmerland municipal election (Denmark)
18 November 2025

All 27 seats to the Vesthimmerland municipal council
14 seats needed for a majority
Turnout19,688 (68.7%)
1.7%
  First party Second party Third party
 
V
C
A
Party Venstre Conservatives Social Democrats
Last election 9 seats, 31.8% 7 seats, 23.9% 5 seats, 17.9%
Seats won 10 7 5
Seat change 1 0 0
Popular vote 6,141 4,687 3,221
Percentage 31.6% 24.1% 16.6%
Swing 0.1% 0.3% 1.3%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Æ
F
O
Party Denmark Democrats Green Left Danish People's Party
Last election Did not stand 3 seats, 11.9% 1 seat, 3.5%
Seats won 3 2 0
Seat change 3 1 1
Popular vote 2,438 1,433 450
Percentage 12.6% 7.4% 2.3%
Swing New 4.5% 1.1%

Mayor before election

Per Bach Laursen
Venstre

Mayor after election

Per Bach Laursen
Venstre

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

  1. ^ "Kommunalvalg". valg.im.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-07.
  2. ^ "Per Bach Laursen fortsætter som borgmester i Vesthimmerland". vesthimmerland.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-11-21.
  3. ^ "Sådan faldt konstitueringen ud | Nyheder". nordjyske (in Danish). 17 November 2021. Retrieved 2025-05-07.
  4. ^ "Enigt byråd vælger Per Bach Laursen som borgmeste | Nyheder". vesthimmerland (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-05-07.
  5. ^ "Venstre klar med kandidater til kommunalvalget". farsoeavis.dk (in Danish). 4 March 2025. Retrieved 2025-05-07.
  6. ^ "Stemmefordeling i Vesthimmerlands Kommune". valg.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 7 October 2025.