2025 Herning municipal election

2025 Herning municipal election

←  2021 18 November 2025 2029  →
All 31 seats to the Herning municipal council 16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	49,304 (69.5%) 0.7%
First party Second party Third party   V A F Party Venstre Social Democrats Green Left Last election 17 seats, 50.5% 4 seats, 14.6% 2 seats, 4.7% Seats won 15 3 3 Seat change 2 1 1 Popular vote 22,272 5,124 4,206 Percentage 45.9% 10.6% 8.7% Swing 4.6% 4.0% 4.0%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Æ B C Party Denmark Democrats Social Liberals Conservatives Last election Did not stand 2 seats, 6.0% 2 seats, 4.5% Seats won 2 2 2 Seat change 2 0 0 Popular vote 3,516 3,224 2,434 Percentage 7.2% 6.6% 5.0% Swing New 0.7% 0.5%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   O I L Party Danish People's Party Liberal Alliance Borgerlisten Last election 1 seat, 3.0% 0 seats, 1.3% 2 seats, 6.6% Seats won 1 1 1 Seat change 0 1 1 Popular vote 1,985 1,926 1,694 Percentage 4.1% 4.0% 3.5% Swing 1.1% 2.7% 3.1%
Mayor before election Dorte West Venstre Mayor after election Dorte West Venstre

The 2025 Herning Municipal election was held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 31 members to sit in the regional council for the Herning Municipal council, in the period of 2026 to 2029. ^[1] Venstre would lose 2 seats, and their absolute majority. ^[2] However, Dorte West from the party, would still secure re-election. ^[3]

Background

Following the 2021 election, Dorte West from Venstre became mayor for her first term. ^[4] She sought re-election 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. Herning Municipality had 31 seats in 2025.

Electoral alliances

Source ^[6]

Electoral Alliance 1

Party			Political alignment
	A	Social Democrats	Centre-left
	L	Borgerlisten	Local politics

Electoral Alliance 2

Party			Political alignment
	B	Social Liberals	Centre to Centre-left
	M	Moderates	Centre to Centre-right
	V	Venstre	Centre-right

Electoral Alliance 3

Party			Political alignment
	C	Conservatives	Centre-right
	D	New Right	Far-right
	I	Liberal Alliance	Centre-right to Right-wing
	K	Christian Democrats	Centre to Centre-right
	O	Danish People's Party	Right-wing to Far-right
	Æ	Denmark Democrats	Right-wing to Far-right

Electoral Alliance 4

Party			Political alignment
	F	Green Left	Centre-left to Left-wing
	Ø	Red-Green Alliance	Left-wing to Far-Left

Results by polling station

Division	A	B	C	D	F	I	K	L	M	O	V	Æ	Ø
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Herning (Kongrescentret)	12.9	8.4	5.0	0.2	10.9	4.8	2.1	3.7	0.7	4.5	40.1	4.9	1.9
Arnborg	10.4	3.7	0.9	0.3	4.9	2.9	0.9	1.1	0.4	2.7	61.2	9.6	1.0
Kibæk	19.0	2.4	3.2	0.0	5.6	2.5	3.7	1.5	0.2	4.8	45.7	10.8	0.5
Kølkær	22.1	2.8	2.3	0.6	10.4	4.7	2.1	1.7	0.2	4.5	33.8	13.8	1.1
Lind	9.6	8.4	3.3	0.2	8.9	4.2	1.5	3.1	0.3	3.2	51.8	4.9	0.6
Sdr. Felding	6.7	1.5	1.5	0.3	7.6	1.2	3.8	2.9	0.0	4.0	59.4	10.6	0.5
Skarrild	3.7	3.7	1.3	0.4	3.5	1.7	2.4	1.7	0.0	3.5	68.4	8.6	1.1
Studsgård	21.1	6.7	1.9	0.5	6.9	4.5	2.4	1.4	0.7	3.3	35.2	14.4	1.0
Aulum	14.7	2.3	4.8	0.3	5.0	5.6	4.1	1.1	0.2	3.6	49.5	8.3	0.5
Feldborg	6.9	0.9	0.7	0.2	3.1	2.1	0.2	1.4	0.0	1.7	74.2	7.8	0.7
Gullestrup	14.4	5.5	4.1	0.3	13.9	3.6	3.3	3.2	0.4	5.4	36.4	6.1	3.4
Haderup	6.2	1.7	1.7	0.6	4.4	2.4	1.5	1.2	0.3	4.0	64.1	11.2	0.6
Hammerum	8.8	17.0	8.3	0.3	8.6	3.7	2.9	4.5	0.6	4.3	35.5	4.8	0.9
Hodsager	4.4	3.1	2.1	0.5	5.4	4.1	0.5	1.0	0.0	3.8	62.1	12.8	0.3
Ilskov	7.9	2.1	2.5	0.2	7.5	2.7	1.5	1.7	1.0	3.5	53.6	14.8	1.0
Simmelkær	5.1	4.6	3.0	2.5	1.5	5.1	1.0	4.6	0.5	7.6	43.1	20.3	1.0
Sinding	5.9	2.2	0.8	0.0	6.3	2.2	1.8	2.4	1.2	6.7	61.4	8.7	0.6
Skibbild/Nøvling	10.5	2.6	8.4	0.5	9.8	3.5	4.0	3.9	0.4	5.8	38.9	10.4	1.2
Snejbjerg	8.5	4.0	3.7	0.2	8.9	3.8	1.9	2.0	0.4	3.5	53.8	8.7	0.6
Sunds	7.2	5.5	4.5	0.5	9.8	4.5	0.9	7.3	0.8	5.0	44.6	8.6	0.8
Timring	5.9	2.2	7.3	0.4	4.7	2.6	6.0	4.5	0.4	5.2	47.9	12.4	0.4
Tjørring	9.6	6.2	8.7	0.2	11.1	3.4	3.8	3.5	0.6	3.4	43.3	5.3	0.7
Vildbjerg	7.3	3.1	9.5	0.2	5.3	2.6	4.6	6.7	0.5	3.9	46.6	9.0	0.8
Vind	10.3	0.7	1.4	0.0	6.4	5.0	2.5	2.8	0.0	3.9	55.3	9.6	2.1
Vinding	6.0	2.0	1.4	0.4	5.0	3.8	3.2	2.6	0.3	2.9	63.6	8.0	0.7
Ørnhøj	8.0	1.5	1.7	0.7	4.1	7.3	1.9	2.5	0.5	3.9	47.4	19.8	0.8

Results

Party			Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-
Herning Municipality
	V	Venstre	22,272	45.90	-4.63	15	-2
	A	Social Democrats	5,124	10.56	-4.02	3	-1
	F	Green Left	4,206	8.67	+3.99	3	+1
	Æ	Denmark Democrats	3,516	7.25	New	2	New
	B	Social Liberals	3,224	6.64	+0.68	2	0
	C	Conservatives	2,434	5.02	+0.48	2	0
	O	Danish People's Party	1,985	4.09	+1.06	1	0
	I	Liberal Alliance	1,926	3.97	+2.68	1	+1
	L	Borgerlisten	1,694	3.49	-3.12	1	-1
	K	Christian Democrats	1,241	2.56	-1.97	1	0
	Ø	Red-Green Alliance	531	1.09	-0.60	0	0
	M	Moderates	241	0.50	New	0	New
	D	New Right	130	0.27	-2.05	0	0
Total			48,524	100	N/A	31	N/A
Invalid votes			150	0.21	+0.03
Blank votes			630	0.89	+0.25
Turnout			49,304	69.47	+0.65
Source: valg.dk

Opinion polls

Polling firm	Fieldwork date	Sample size	V	A	L	B	F	C	K	O	D	Ø	I	M	Æ	Others	Lead
Epinion	4 Sep - 13 Oct 2025	490	42.4	13.7	–	1.9	8.8	3.2	–	4.0	–	1.1	6.6	0.9	12.3	5.2	28.7
2024 european parliament election	9 Jun 2024		23.8	12.8	–	4.5	10.1	10.4	–	6.5	–	2.3	8.7	5.8	13.6	–	10.2
2022 general election	1 Nov 2022		21.6	22.5	–	1.8	5.3	6.6	2.4	2.0	3.0	1.9	9.5	7.8	14.0	–	0.9
2021 regional election	16 Nov 2021		39.8	24.3	–	3.1	4.5	9.2	5.9	3.6	3.6	2.4	1.7	–	–	–	15.5
2021 municipal election	16 Nov 2021		50.5 (17)	14.6 (4)	6.6 (2)	6.0 (2)	4.7 (2)	4.5 (2)	4.5 (1)	3.0 (1)	2.3 (0)	1.7 (0)	1.3 (0)	–	–	–	35.9

References

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2. "Venstre mister sit absolutte flertal i Herning". dknyt.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-11-21.
3. "Herning Kommunes borgmester fortsætter". herning.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-11-21.
4. "Enigt byråd bag konstituering i Herning Kommune | Nyheder". voresbyherning (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-01-29.
5. "Spidskandidater til kommunal- og regionrådsvalg 2025". venstre.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-07.
6. "Stemmefordeling i Herning Kommune". valg.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 7 October 2025.