2025 Bornholm municipal election

2025 Bornholm municipal election

←  2021 18 November 2025 2029  →
All 23 seats to the Bornholm municipal council 12 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	23,192 (72.3%) 0.6%
First party Second party Third party   O A V Party Danish People's Party Social Democrats Venstre Last election 4 seats, 15.3% 4 seats, 15.4% 2 seats, 9.6% Seats won 6 5 4 Seat change 2 1 2 Popular vote 4,515 5,026 3,638 Percentage 19.9% 22.1% 16.0% Swing 4.6% 6.7% 6.5%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   F C Ø Party Green Left Conservatives Red-Green Alliance Last election 0 seats, 2.9% 3 seats, 12.3% 7 seats, 23.1% Seats won 3 2 2 Seat change 3 1 5 Popular vote 2,176 2,175 2,034 Percentage 9.6% 9.6% 8.9% Swing 6.7% 2.8% 14.1%   Seventh party   K Party Christian Democrats Last election 1 seat, 4.2% Seats won 1 Seat change 0 Popular vote 904 Percentage 4.0% Swing 0.2%
Mayor before election Jacob Trøst Conservatives Mayor after election Frederik Tolstrup Venstre

The 2025 Bornholm Municipal election was held on 18 November 2025, to elect the 23 members to sit in the regional council for the Bornholm Municipal council, in the period of 2026 to 2029. ^[1] The Danish People's Party would win the most seats, but it was Frederik Tolstrup from Venstre, who would secure the mayoral position. ^[2]

Background

In the 2021 election, Red–Green Alliance became the largest party. However, it was Jacob Trøst from the Conservatives, who became mayor. ^[3] However, he would not run for re-election. ^[4]

Former mayor, and latest mayoral candidate for the Social Democrats, Thomas Thors announced a few days following the 2021 election that he would stop in politics. ^[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.

Unlike in Danish General Elections, in elections to city councils, electoral alliances are allowed.

Electoral alliances

Source ^[6]

Electoral Alliance 1

Party			Political alignment
	B	Social Liberals	Centre to Centre-left
	F	Green Left	Centre-left to Left-wing

Electoral Alliance 2

Party			Political alignment
	C	Conservatives	Centre-right
	O	Danish People's Party	Right-wing to Far-right
	V	Venstre	Centre-right
	Æ	Denmark Democrats	Right-wing to Far-right

Electoral Alliance 3

Party			Political alignment
	I	Liberal Alliance	Centre-right to Right-wing
	K	Christian Democrats	Centre to Centre-right

Electoral Alliance 4

Party			Political alignment
	Q	Independent Greens	Left-wing
	Ø	Red-Green Alliance	Left-wing to Far-Left

Results by polling station

Division	A	B	C	E	F	I	J	K	M	O	Q	V	Æ	Ø
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Allinge	22.2	2.2	8.9	0.1	8.8	1.9	1.0	3.8	1.5	20.0	0.6	14.0	1.9	13.1
Østermarie	16.2	2.0	9.9	0.3	10.5	1.8	0.8	4.3	2.0	17.9	1.1	14.2	2.2	16.9
Svaneke	22.8	2.9	8.4	0.3	13.4	0.6	0.2	3.1	1.3	10.5	0.9	16.1	1.3	18.0
Nexø	24.2	2.0	9.9	0.8	9.4	0.9	1.4	4.0	2.4	18.4	0.7	16.9	1.2	7.7
Pedersker	17.5	2.1	10.2	0.6	6.6	1.5	1.3	4.1	1.3	23.3	0.2	21.5	2.6	7.2
Aakirkeby	18.0	1.6	9.7	0.3	6.8	1.4	1.1	5.2	2.2	24.0	0.4	19.8	2.4	7.1
Klemensker	15.8	1.7	10.3	0.4	6.5	0.5	1.5	4.5	3.9	27.4	0.6	15.9	4.3	6.8
Rønne	25.5	2.9	9.5	0.2	11.2	1.4	1.8	3.6	2.3	18.5	0.5	14.6	1.2	6.8
Hasle	23.4	1.8	9.5	0.3	8.5	1.3	1.3	3.6	2.1	21.8	0.5	15.5	2.4	7.9

Results

Party			Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-
Bornholm Municipality
	A	Social Democrats	5,026	22.11	+6.72	5	+1
	O	Danish People's Party	4,515	19.87	+4.56	6	+2
	V	Venstre	3,638	16.01	+6.45	4	+2
	F	Green Left	2,176	9.57	+6.67	3	+3
	C	Conservatives	2,175	9.57	-2.76	2	-1
	Ø	Red-Green Alliance	2,034	8.95	-14.12	2	-5
	K	Christian Democrats	904	3.98	-0.22	1	0
	B	Social Liberals	524	2.31	+0.42	0	0
	M	Moderates	499	2.20	New	0	New
	Æ	Denmark Democrats	421	1.85	New	0	New
	J	Fælleslisten Bornholm	312	1.37	New	0	New
	I	Liberal Alliance	301	1.32	New	0	New
	Q	Independent Greens	127	0.56	New	0	New
	E	Bornholm 360	76	0.33	New	0	New
Total			22,728	100	N/A	23	N/A
Invalid votes			65	0.20	-0.08
Blank votes			399	1.24	+0.05
Turnout			23,192	72.31	-0.60
Source: valg.dk

Opinion polls

Polling firm	Fieldwork date	Sample size	Ø	A	O	C	V	K	F	B	E	I	J	M	Q	Æ	Others	Lead
Norstat	20 Oct - 2 Nov 2025	1013	8.2 (2)	23.4 (6)	18.8 (5)	9.4 (2)	16.0 (4)	3.1 (1)	11.6 (3)	1.8 (0)	0.2 (0)	2.0 (0)	0.3 (0)	0.9 (0)	0.7 (0)	2.6 (0)	–	4.6
Epinion	4 Sep - 13 Oct 2025	490	9.8	29.1	18.2	9.2	11.4	–	9.5	0.5	–	5.9	–	2.1	–	2.8	0.0	10.9
Jysk-Analyse/TV-2-Bornholm	5 - 20 Feb 2025	1000	9.2 (2)	32.7 (9)	8.4 (2)	13.2 (3)	14.4 (4)	3.8 (1)	8.0 (2)	2.3 (0)	–	2.0 (0)	0.0 (0)	1.1 (0)	–	3.3 (0)	0.0	18.3
2024 european parliament election	9 Jun 2024		7.3	20.0	7.7	8.0	18.0	–	15.6	4.2	–	4.1	–	5.0	–	7.8	–	2.0
Jysk-Analyse/TV-2-Bornholm	22 - 27 Nov 2023	1105	10.8 (3)	26.0 (6)	10.0 (2)	16.6 (5)	14.8 (4)	3.1 (0)	9.1 (2)	0.3 (0)	–	4.1 (1)	–	2.1 (0)	–	0.4 (0)	0.0	9.4
Jysk-Analyse/TV-2-Bornholm	6 - 11 Sep 2023	1004	10.8 (3)	25.5 (7)	10.5 (3)	16.9 (4)	9.9 (2)	3.5 (1)	5.8 (2)	1.1 (0)	–	1.6 (0)	–	–	0.0 (0)	0.0 (0)	0.0	8.6
2022 general election	1 Nov 2022		5.2	35.3	6.3	3.7	18.7	2.0	6.4	1.0	–	3.6	–	6.1	0.2	6.4	–	16.6
Jysk-Analyse/TV-2-Bornholm	19–25 May 2022	1012	14.8 (4)	23.9 (6)	11.6 (3)	16.4 (4)	14.6 (4)	3.6 (1)	3.6 (0)	3.3 (0)	–	1.4 (0)	–	0.0	0.6 (0)	0.0	0.0	7.5
2021 regional election	16 Nov 2021		8.9	38.4	14.9	4.5	20.5	3.9	2.0	2.0	–	0.4	–	–	–	–	–	17.9
2021 municipal election	16 Nov 2021		23.1 (7)	15.4 (4)	15.3 (4)	12.3 (3)	9.6 (2)	4.2 (1)	2.9 (0)	1.9 (0)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7.7

References

1. "Kommunalvalg". ft.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 15 June 2023.
2. "Her er borgmestrene på plads". dknyt.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 21 November 2025.
3. "S- og V-massakre på Bornholm giver øen en konservativ borgmester | Nyheder". dr.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 15 June 2023.
4. "Borgmester Jacob Trøst genopstiller ikke til kommunalvalget 2025". br.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 9 October 2025.
5. "Borgmester stopper i politik". bornholmnyt.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 15 June 2023.
6. "Stemmefordeling i Bornholm Kommune". valg.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 7 October 2025.