2025 Assens municipal election

2025 Assens municipal election

←  2021 18 November 2025 2029  →
All 29 seats to the Assens municipal council 15 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	23,537 (72.4%) 2.3%
First party Second party Third party   V A F Party Venstre Social Democrats Green Left Last election 13 seats, 41.7% 8 seats, 27.3% 2 seats, 6.5% Seats won 12 5 3 Seat change 1 3 1 Popular vote 9,173 4,372 2,335 Percentage 39.8% 19.0% 10.1% Swing 1.9% 8.4% 3.6%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   I O Æ Party Liberal Alliance Danish People's Party Denmark Democrats Last election Did not stand 1 seat, 5.2% Did not stand Seats won 2 2 2 Seat change 2 1 2 Popular vote 1,402 1,293 1,270 Percentage 6.1% 5.6% 5.5% Swing New 0.4% New   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   C Ø B Party Conservatives Red-Green Alliance Social Liberals Last election 3 seats, 7.9% 1 seat, 3.4% 0 seats, 2.5% Seats won 1 1 1 Seat change 2 0 1 Popular vote 1,263 942 709 Percentage 5.5% 4.1% 3.1% Swing 2.5% 0.7% 0.6%
Mayor before election Søren Steen Andersen Venstre Mayor after election Søren Steen Andersen Venstre

The 2025 Assens Municipal election was held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 29 members to sit in the regional council for the Assens Municipal council, in the period of 2026 to 2029. Anstina Krogh from the Social Democrats, would win the mayoral position. ^[1]

Background

Following the 2021 election, Søren Steen Andersen from Venstre became mayor for his third term. ^[2] He would run a fourth 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. Assens Municipality had 29 seats in 2025.

Electoral alliances

Source ^[4]

Electoral Alliance 1

Party			Political alignment
	B	Social Liberals	Centre to Centre-left
	F	Green Left	Centre-left to Left-wing
	Ø	Red-Green Alliance	Left-wing to Far-Left
	Å	The Alternative	Centre-left to Left-wing

Electoral Alliance 2

Party			Political alignment
	C	Conservatives	Centre-right
	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

Electoral Alliance 3

Party			Political alignment
	L	Vi Lokale Demokrater	Local politics
	V	Venstre	Centre-right

Results by polling station

Division	A	B	C	D	F	I	L	O	V	Æ	Ø	Å
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
ARENA ASSENS	22.4	2.5	7.5	0.5	9.0	4.8	0.1	5.3	38.2	5.1	4.2	0.4
Ebberup/Helnæs	18.2	1.3	4.5	0.3	9.1	8.1	0.3	5.3	44.1	5.3	3.2	0.5
Turup	15.8	4.0	4.2	0.2	7.1	7.6	0.2	5.6	39.6	10.0	4.0	1.6
Salbrovad	10.4	2.3	22.4	1.1	6.3	10.7	0.0	4.8	29.7	8.2	3.9	0.2
Aarup/Kerte	17.8	6.1	4.2	0.5	9.9	5.8	0.1	4.8	40.0	6.5	3.8	0.4
Rørup	9.4	23.4	3.6	1.3	4.6	4.6	0.3	10.2	29.2	10.9	2.5	0.3
Orte/Ørsted	14.0	3.4	5.9	1.1	13.6	6.8	0.0	4.4	38.9	6.1	5.0	0.8
Glamsbjerg/Søllested	27.4	2.1	3.5	0.4	9.5	7.7	0.0	10.3	28.0	5.3	4.0	1.7
Flemløse	17.9	0.8	6.3	1.9	8.2	11.8	0.2	8.0	32.7	7.8	3.2	1.3
Køng	19.7	3.6	4.7	0.5	9.9	11.1	0.0	6.8	33.9	5.4	3.8	0.5
Vissenbjerg	17.7	3.1	3.7	0.6	7.6	5.7	0.6	4.7	43.6	5.8	6.3	0.6
Dreslette	21.8	1.6	6.4	0.6	10.0	6.2	0.2	6.8	35.1	6.0	4.6	0.6
Haarby	20.2	1.2	7.4	0.2	7.3	7.5	0.1	6.0	42.3	5.2	2.3	0.4
Jordløse	19.9	4.4	6.2	1.8	7.8	7.5	0.0	7.8	29.7	6.7	7.0	1.3
Brylle	19.0	0.7	6.2	0.2	7.5	3.1	0.2	3.7	54.2	2.4	2.5	0.3
Tommerup	11.3	2.5	4.6	0.6	15.6	4.0	0.1	4.1	48.3	4.6	3.6	0.7
Tommerup St	18.4	2.5	3.0	0.4	24.5	3.4	0.0	4.3	35.5	3.0	4.5	0.5
Verninge/Nårup	15.5	2.2	4.4	1.0	10.1	5.8	0.0	4.6	48.7	5.2	2.4	0.2

Results

Party			Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-
Assens Municipality
	V	Venstre	9,173	39.76	-1.90	12	-1
	A	Social Democrats	4,372	18.95	-8.38	5	-3
	F	Green Left	2,335	10.12	+3.64	3	+1
	I	Liberal Alliance	1,402	6.08	New	2	New
	O	Danish People's Party	1,293	5.60	+0.44	2	+1
	Æ	Denmark Democrats	1,270	5.50	New	2	New
	C	Conservatives	1,263	5.47	-2.47	1	-2
	Ø	Red-Green Alliance	942	4.08	+0.69	1	0
	B	Social Liberals	709	3.07	+0.62	1	+1
	Å	The Alternative	141	0.61	-0.09	0	0
	D	New Right	135	0.59	-3.36	0	-1
	L	Vi Lokale Demokrater	36	0.16	-0.10	0	0
Total			23,071	100	N/A	29	N/A
Invalid votes			84	0.26	-0.04
Blank votes			382	1.18	+0.07
Turnout			23,537	72.41	+2.29
Source: valg.dk

Opinion polls

Polling firm	Fieldwork date	Sample size	V	A	C	F	O	D	Ø	B	Å	I	L	Æ	Others	Lead
Epinion	4 Sep - 13 Oct 2025	546	36.4	22.9	5.0	10.2	4.1	–	2.9	2.9	1.6	6.1	–	7.5	0.4	13.5
2024 european parliament election	9 Jun 2024		17.5	20.8	7.6	14.2	7.9	–	3.7	4.8	1.8	5.7	–	10.4	–	3.3
2022 general election	1 Nov 2022		15.5	34.5	4.3	6.5	3.2	4.7	2.8	1.8	2.0	5.2	–	10.6	–	19.0
2021 regional election	16 Nov 2021		40.5	27.4	6.1	6.4	4.8	4.7	3.9	3.0	0.8	0.5	–	–	–	13.1
2021 municipal election	16 Nov 2021		41.7 (13)	27.3 (8)	7.9 (3)	6.5 (2)	5.2 (1)	3.9 (1)	3.4 (1)	2.5 (0)	0.7 (0)	–	–	–	–	14.4

References

1. "Her er borgmestrene på plads". dknyt.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-11-21.
2. "Borgmester genvalgt som spidskandidat: - Man skal stå tidligt op, hvis man skal udfordre ham | Nyheder". fyens (in Danish). September 2020. Retrieved 2023-05-27.
3. "Spidskandidater til kommunal- og regionsvalget". venstre.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-27.
4. "Stemmefordeling i Assens Kommune". valg.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 7 October 2025.