2025 Esbjerg municipal election

2025 Esbjerg municipal election

←  2021 18 November 2025 2029  →
All 31 seats to the Esbjerg municipal council 16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	59,679 (65.1%) 0.9%
First party Second party Third party   V A C Party Venstre Social Democrats Conservatives Last election 13 seats, 36.6% 9 seats, 27.4% 3 seats, 8.1% Seats won 11 7 3 Seat change 2 2 0 Popular vote 19,051 13,541 5,386 Percentage 32.6% 23.2% 9.2% Swing 4.0% 4.2% 1.1%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   O F Æ Party Danish People's Party Green Left Denmark Democrats Last election 1 seat, 3.7% 3 seats, 9.6% Did not stand Seats won 2 2 2 Seat change 1 1 2 Popular vote 4,248 4,240 3,275 Percentage 7.3% 7.3% 5.6% Swing 3.6% 2.3% New   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   Ø I B Party Red-Green Alliance Liberal Alliance Social Liberals Last election 0 seats, 2.5% 0 seats, 0.7% 1 seat, 3.7% Seats won 2 1 1 Seat change 2 1 0 Popular vote 2,920 2,390 1,691 Percentage 5.0% 4.1% 2.9% Swing 2.5% 3.4% 0.8%
Mayor before election Jesper Frost Rasmussen Venstre Mayor after election Jesper Frost Rasmussen Venstre

The 2025 Esbjerg Municipal election was held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 31 members to sit in the regional council for the Esbjerg Municipal council, in the Danish city and municipality of Esbjerg, for the period of 2026 to 2029. ^[1] Jesper Frost Rasmussen from Venstre, would secure re-election and the mayoral position. ^[2]

Background

Following the 2021 election, Jesper Frost Rasmussen from Venstre became mayor for his second term. ^[3] He sought a third term in this election. ^[4]

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. Esbjerg Municipality had 31 seats in 2025.

Electoral alliances

Source ^[5]

Electoral Alliance 1

Party			Political alignment
	B	Social Liberals	Centre to Centre-left
	C	Conservatives	Centre-right
	I	Liberal Alliance	Centre-right to Right-wing
	V	Venstre	Centre-right
	Æ	Denmark Democrats	Right-wing to Far-right

Electoral Alliance 2

Party			Political alignment
	E	Borgerlig Fornuft	Local politics
	J	Esbjerg 2.0	Local politics

Electoral Alliance 3

Party			Political alignment
	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 4

Party			Political alignment
	M	Moderates	Centre to Centre-right
	O	Danish People's Party	Right-wing to Far-right

Results by polling station

Division	A	B	C	E	F	I	J	L	M	O	V	Æ	Ø	Å
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Esbjerg Rådhus	19.5	3.8	11.0	1.1	8.0	6.1	0.3	0.4	1.4	6.5	30.1	3.7	7.8	0.3
Skovbo	28.9	3.7	6.6	1.5	7.6	4.7	0.5	0.7	2.0	9.9	23.6	4.5	5.6	0.3
Rørkjær	30.6	3.9	7.8	0.9	9.0	3.3	0.3	0.5	1.5	7.5	21.5	5.0	8.1	0.1
Jerne	31.9	2.8	6.0	1.6	7.4	3.3	0.5	0.4	1.1	9.1	19.0	6.0	10.6	0.2
Boldesager	25.6	3.6	9.4	0.7	8.0	3.6	0.1	0.4	1.6	7.4	27.1	4.5	7.7	0.3
Østerbyen	33.1	2.9	5.5	1.0	8.6	3.6	0.2	1.9	1.1	8.3	18.8	6.5	8.0	0.6
Skads	22.8	2.9	10.7	1.4	5.2	5.1	0.3	0.5	1.5	9.6	30.4	6.0	3.5	0.0
Gjesing	22.5	4.1	8.0	2.1	7.8	4.1	0.1	0.3	1.4	6.3	34.2	4.9	4.2	0.1
Bryndum	19.6	2.6	7.7	1.4	5.6	5.5	0.1	0.2	0.5	7.5	37.3	9.6	2.1	0.4
Sædding	25.1	3.6	8.8	1.3	7.3	3.9	0.1	0.3	1.0	7.0	31.2	5.7	4.4	0.2
Hjerting	19.3	5.6	9.7	0.8	4.4	4.2	0.0	0.2	0.9	6.2	40.9	5.1	2.6	0.1
Guldager	20.2	3.9	6.5	1.5	5.6	5.9	0.0	0.3	1.1	6.7	37.2	8.2	2.7	0.1
Tjæreborg	23.7	1.7	23.3	0.6	3.7	3.3	0.0	0.0	0.6	5.4	29.4	5.4	2.5	0.2
Kvaglund	30.5	2.7	13.5	1.1	7.1	1.7	0.2	0.4	0.9	8.9	17.8	5.4	9.6	0.3
Ådalen	24.5	1.9	7.8	1.6	5.4	4.5	0.2	0.5	0.9	9.6	32.3	8.0	2.8	0.0
Grønlandsparken	30.6	3.1	7.7	1.5	7.2	3.2	0.2	0.5	1.2	9.8	25.8	5.3	3.9	0.1
Sønderris	22.3	2.8	8.4	0.7	4.9	4.1	0.0	0.0	1.1	8.3	40.8	4.6	2.0	0.1
Bramming	24.2	1.6	7.8	0.8	8.4	3.6	0.1	0.2	0.8	7.8	35.3	6.8	2.5	0.2
Ribe	20.0	1.6	8.8	0.2	10.5	2.8	0.1	0.2	1.4	4.2	40.5	4.2	5.5	0.2
Egebæk-Hviding	15.6	1.3	5.1	0.6	7.6	4.3	0.1	0.1	4.3	6.8	40.8	7.4	5.7	0.3
Gredstedbro	16.5	0.7	5.2	0.9	5.2	4.2	0.0	0.4	0.6	7.6	49.0	7.6	1.8	0.2
Mandø	16.7	3.3	0.0	0.0	3.3	0.0	3.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	66.7	3.3	3.3	0.0
Høm	12.5	1.2	3.9	0.6	5.2	13.5	0.0	0.2	1.4	7.5	44.3	7.1	2.1	0.4
Gørding	13.0	1.4	17.0	1.0	4.4	3.1	0.1	0.1	0.9	11.0	37.2	8.8	1.9	0.2

Results

Party			Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-
Esbjerg Municipality
	V	Venstre	19,051	32.61	-4.01	11	-2
	A	Social Democrats	13,541	23.18	-4.21	7	-2
	C	Conservatives	5,386	9.22	+1.12	3	0
	O	Danish People's Party	4,248	7.27	+3.62	2	+1
	F	Green Left	4,240	7.26	-2.30	2	-1
	Æ	Denmark Democrats	3,275	5.61	New	2	New
	Ø	Red-Green Alliance	2,920	5.00	+2.46	2	+2
	I	Liberal Alliance	2,390	4.09	+3.41	1	+1
	B	Social Liberals	1,691	2.89	-0.76	1	0
	M	Moderates	692	1.18	New	0	New
	E	Borgerlig Fornuft	577	0.99	New	0	New
	L	Ildsjælene	206	0.35	New	0	New
	Å	The Alternative	125	0.21	New	0	New
	J	Esbjerg 2.0	85	0.15	New	0	New
Total			58,427	100	N/A	31	N/A
Invalid votes			223	0.24	-0.01
Blank votes			1,029	1.12	+0.26
Turnout			59,679	65.12	+0.94
Source: valg.dk

Opinion polls

Polling firm	Fieldwork date	Sample size	V	A	F	C	B	O	Ø	I	E	J	L	M	Å	Æ	Others	Lead
Epinion	4 Sep - 13 Oct 2025	562	28.9	23.1	9.8	4.6	3.4	4.4	5.4	5.3	–	–	–	2.2	1.0	10.8	1.1	5.8
2024 european parliament election	9 Jun 2024		19.5	18.2	13.3	8.1	4.3	7.9	3.9	9.1	–	–	–	4.8	1.7	9.3	–	1.3
2022 general election	1 Nov 2022		14.8	31.0	6.6	4.8	2.3	2.8	2.8	8.1	–	–	–	8.8	1.3	10.0	–	16.2
2021 regional election	16 Nov 2021		45.2	25.2	6.2	6.0	3.4	3.4	3.2	0.7	–	–	–	–	0.2	–	–	20.0
2021 municipal election	16 Nov 2021		36.6 (13)	27.4 (9)	9.6 (3)	8.1 (3)	3.7 (1)	3.7 (1)	2.5 (0)	0.7 (0)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9.2

References

1. "Kommunalvalg". valg.im.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-26.
2. "Her er manden, der kan fortsætte som borgmester". jv.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-11-21.
3. "Esbjerg Kommunes nye byråd har fordelt poster og udvalg mellem sig | Nyheder". ritzau (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-26.
4. "Spidskandidater til kommunal- og regionsvalget". venstre.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-26.
5. "Stemmefordeling i Esbjerg Kommune". valg.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 7 October 2025.