2025 Aabenraa municipal election

2025 Aabenraa municipal election

←  2021 18 November 2025 2029  →
All 31 seats to the Aabenraa municipal council 16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	31,149 (66.4%) 0.1%
First party Second party Third party   V C A Party Venstre Conservatives Social Democrats Last election 11 seats, 33.4% 4 seats, 11.6% 9 seats, 28.3% Seats won 7 6 6 Seat change 4 2 3 Popular vote 6,965 5,782 5,326 Percentage 22.8% 18.9% 17.4% Swing 10.7% 7.3% 10.9%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   O Æ F Party Danish People's Party Denmark Democrats Green Left Last election 2 seats, 5.9% Did not stand 1 seat, 3.3% Seats won 4 2 2 Seat change 2 2 1 Popular vote 3,473 2,062 2,018 Percentage 11.3% 6.7% 6.6% Swing 5.5% New 3.3%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   S I B Party Schleswig Party Liberal Alliance Social Liberals Last election 2 seats, 7.4% 0 seats, 0.6% Did not stand Seats won 2 1 1 Seat change 0 1 1 Popular vote 1,699 1,413 612 Percentage 5.6% 4.6% 2.0% Swing 1.8% 4.1% New
Mayor before election Jan Riber Jakobsen Conservatives Mayor after election Jan Riber Jakobsen Conservatives

The 2025 Aabenraa Municipal election was held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 31 members to sit in the regional council for the Aabenraa Municipal council, in the period of 2026 to 2029. ^[1] Jan Riber Jakobsen from the Conservatives, would secure re-election. ^[2]

Background

Following the 2021 election, Jan Riber Jakobsen from the Conservatives became mayor for his first term. He would run for a second term. ^[3]

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. Aabenraa Municipality had 31 seats in 2025.

Electoral alliances

Source ^[4]

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
	B	Social Liberals	Centre to Centre-left
	K	Christian Democrats	Centre to Centre-right
	M	Moderates	Centre to Centre-right
	S	Schleswig Party	Centre (Regionalism)

Electoral Alliance 3

Party			Political alignment
	E	Smilla og Borgernes Liste	Local politics
	J	borgernes lokalliste	Local politics

Electoral Alliance 4

Party			Political alignment
	I	Liberal Alliance	Centre-right to Right-wing
	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	E	F	I	J	K	M	O	S	V	Æ	Ø
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Hovslund	14.9	1.0	12.7	0.2	3.6	5.0	1.2	0.7	0.2	18.5	2.6	24.5	12.5	2.2
Hellevad	13.8	0.8	10.4	0.4	3.8	6.1	0.8	0.6	0.8	14.8	3.4	35.0	7.8	1.3
Rødekro	20.9	1.4	20.4	0.5	4.6	4.8	0.6	0.4	1.3	12.5	2.2	22.7	7.0	0.7
Løjt	16.7	2.8	17.7	0.1	9.9	4.2	3.0	0.5	2.0	8.8	3.9	22.0	7.1	1.3
Hjordkær	14.7	1.3	24.5	0.6	4.4	3.8	0.5	0.4	0.7	26.7	0.8	12.5	8.3	0.9
Ravsted	6.3	0.0	8.0	0.2	3.1	4.2	0.7	0.7	0.2	10.7	12.5	37.3	15.8	0.2
Bolderslev	13.8	0.6	12.9	0.6	2.5	4.0	0.5	0.4	0.8	13.2	8.4	25.1	16.2	1.0
Ensted	16.0	3.0	18.0	0.5	7.9	7.6	0.3	0.4	1.4	10.4	2.2	23.7	7.3	1.1
Felsted	11.5	1.7	14.9	0.2	5.2	4.8	0.8	0.6	1.4	12.6	1.9	36.2	6.9	1.3
Varnæs	14.6	1.6	27.2	0.0	7.0	3.3	0.3	0.6	0.8	10.9	2.5	25.3	5.1	0.8
Bylderup	8.1	0.2	12.6	1.0	2.2	2.6	0.2	2.4	0.9	9.3	28.8	23.0	8.1	0.6
Tinglev	12.6	0.5	16.7	0.2	5.1	3.5	0.4	0.8	0.8	12.4	14.8	23.7	7.8	0.8
Kliplev	10.8	1.4	10.6	0.3	4.9	4.0	0.5	0.2	0.7	9.5	3.4	47.2	5.5	0.9
Kruså	12.9	1.8	22.2	0.1	8.2	4.6	0.1	0.1	0.9	11.9	6.3	23.4	6.8	0.8
Padborg	16.0	1.3	32.8	0.1	5.2	2.8	0.5	0.0	0.4	11.4	5.8	16.2	5.8	1.8
Aabenraa Midt	21.4	3.4	18.8	0.4	8.6	6.1	0.8	0.3	1.7	9.3	4.8	18.8	3.8	1.9
Aabenraa Syd	23.3	3.5	18.0	0.2	8.6	4.5	0.3	0.2	1.8	9.3	3.1	20.8	4.3	2.1
Aabenraa Nord	29.6	2.0	15.0	0.4	9.0	4.9	0.9	0.6	1.2	9.6	2.4	14.6	7.2	2.6

Results

Party			Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-
Aabenraa Municipality
	V	Venstre	6,965	22.75	-10.68	7	-4
	C	Conservatives	5,782	18.89	+7.33	6	+2
	A	Social Democrats	5,326	17.40	-10.91	6	-3
	O	Danish People's Party	3,473	11.35	+5.49	4	+2
	Æ	Denmark Democrats	2,062	6.74	New	2	New
	F	Green Left	2,018	6.59	+3.34	2	+1
	S	Schleswig Party	1,699	5.55	-1.81	2	0
	I	Liberal Alliance	1,413	4.62	+4.05	1	+1
	B	Social Liberals	612	2.00	New	1	New
	Ø	Red-Green Alliance	410	1.34	-0.37	0	0
	M	Moderates	370	1.21	New	0	New
	J	borgernes lokalliste	232	0.76	New	0	New
	K	Christian Democrats	143	0.47	-0.29	0	0
	E	Smilla og Borgernes Liste	105	0.34	New	0	New
Total			30,610	100	N/A	31	N/A
Invalid votes			96	0.20	-0.09
Blank votes			443	0.94	+0.13
Turnout			31,149	66.44	-0.10
Source: valg.dk

Opinion polls

Polling firm	Fieldwork date	Sample size	V	A	C	S	O	F	Ø	K	I	B	E	J	M	Æ	Others	Lead
Epinion	4 Sep - 13 Oct 2025	430	19.2	17.9	12.4	6.7	10.3	6.2	3.1	–	4.2	0.7	–	–	3.0	16.0	0.1	1.3
2024 european parliament election	9 Jun 2024		22.7	17.6	7.6	–	9.7	9.6	2.6	–	7.1	3.6	–	–	4.9	13.4	–	5.1
2022 general election	1 Nov 2022		15.9	28.8	4.6	–	3.4	4.3	1.8	0.7	6.6	2.0	–	–	8.1	14.2	–	12.9
2021 regional election	16 Nov 2021		46.0	23.8	6.2	–	4.7	4.2	2.5	1.4	0.8	1.9	–	–	–	–	–	22.2
2021 municipal election	16 Nov 2021		33.4 (11)	28.3 (9)	11.6 (4)	7.4 (2)	5.9 (2)	3.3 (1)	1.7 (0)	0.8 (0)	0.6 (0)	–	–	–	–	–	–	5.1

References

1. "Kommunalvalg". valg.im.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-26.
2. "Se video: Jan Riber bliver borgmester med alle bag sig". jv.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-11-21.
3. "Jan Riber Jakobsen genopstiller i 2025". graastenavis.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-26.
4. "Stemmefordeling i Aabenraa Kommune". valg.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 7 October 2025.