2025 Holstebro municipal election

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2025 Holstebro municipal election
←  2021 18 November 2025 2029  →
All 27 seats to the Holstebro municipal council
14 seats needed for a majority
Turnout33,790 (72.5%)
Increase2.svg 0.6%
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
V
A
B
Party Venstre Social Democrats Social Liberals
Last election9 seats, 30.9%11 seats, 38.3%2 seats, 7.4%
Seats won854
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 6Increase2.svg 2
Popular vote9,1306,7594,719
Percentage27.5%20.4%14.2%
SwingDecrease2.svg 3.4%Decrease2.svg 17.9%Increase2.svg 6.8%
 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
F
O
Æ
Party Green Left Danish People's Party Denmark Democrats
Last election2 seats, 5.2%1 seat, 3.5%Did not stand
Seats won422
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 2Increase2.svg 1Increase2.svg 2
Popular vote4,6052,2692,258
Percentage13.9%6.8%6.8%
SwingIncrease2.svg 8.6%Increase2.svg 3.4%New
 Seventh partyEighth party
 
C
I
Party Conservatives Liberal Alliance
Last election2 seats, 6.6%0 seats, 0.5%
Seats won11
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 1
Popular vote1,6211,434
Percentage4.9%4.3%
SwingDecrease2.svg 1.7%Increase2.svg 3.8%
Mayor before election

H.C. Østerby
Social Democrats

Mayor after election

Kenneth Tønning
Venstre

The 2025 Holstebro Municipal election will be held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 27 members to sit in the regional council for the Holstebro Municipal council, in the period of 2026 to 2029. [1] Despite a drop in vote share, and losing a seat, Venstre won the mayor position from the Social Democrats, resulting in Kenneth Tønning becoming the new mayor. [2]

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Background

Following the 2021 election, H.C. Østerby from Social Democrats became mayor for his fourth consecutive term. [3] Since then, two members of the Social Democrats switched party allegiance to Danish Social Liberal Party [4] and, two additional members of the party switched to Green Left. [5] The incumbent mayor, Østerby prior to the election, did not seek a fifth term as mayor. [6] Instead, Klaus Flæng would try to become mayor for Social Democrats. [7]

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. Holstebro Municipality had 27 seats in 2025.

Electoral alliances

Source [8]

Electoral Alliance 1

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

Electoral Alliance 2

PartyPolitical alignment
C Conservatives Centre-right
M Moderates Centre to Centre-right

Electoral Alliance 3

PartyPolitical alignment
D New Right Far-right
I Liberal Alliance Centre-right to Right-wing
O Danish People's Party Right-wing to Far-right
V Venstre Centre-right
Æ Denmark Democrats Right-wing to Far-right

Results by polling station

Division A B C D F I M O V Æ
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Musikteatret 22.811.95.50.416.04.50.96.826.05.2
Mejdal 15.012.62.80.112.83.51.55.442.14.3
Skave 10.57.81.80.87.417.90.25.641.56.7
Mejrup 14.711.03.30.210.73.10.45.147.93.5
Nørre Boulevard Skolen 24.713.04.80.417.73.90.97.820.56.3
Vinderup 21.441.12.50.25.92.60.38.611.26.1
Sevel 12.719.221.90.55.64.30.36.718.610.2
Ulfborg 23.73.16.20.419.23.50.56.522.314.6
Vemb 15.15.32.10.910.43.60.97.827.825.9
Sdr. Nissum 18.97.54.81.017.62.60.36.726.314.3

Results

PartyVotes%+/-Seats+/-
Holstebro Municipality
V Venstre 9,13027.52-3.398-1
A Social Democrats 6,75920.37-17.915-6
B Social Liberals 4,71914.22+6.844+2
F Green Left 4,60513.88+8.654+2
O Danish People's Party 2,2696.84+3.362+1
Æ Denmark Democrats 2,2586.81New2New
C Conservatives 1,6214.89-1.671-1
I Liberal Alliance 1,4344.32+3.841+1
M Moderates 2570.77New0New
D New Right 1260.38-2.4800
Total33,178100N/A27N/A
Invalid votes1260.27+0.05
Blank votes4861.04+0.45
Turnout33,79072.51+0.59
Source: valg.dk

Opinion polls

Polling
firm		Fieldwork
date		Sample
size		 A V B C F O D I M Æ OthersLead
Epinion 4 Sep - 13 Oct 202550020.726.08.54.713.25.4–5.91.114.10.45.3
2024 european parliament election 9 Jun 202416.521.24.48.413.07.8–8.64.511.9–4.7
2022 general election 1 Nov 202226.824.51.75.26.62.22.68.25.212.4–2.3
2021 regional election 16 Nov 202131.233.06.76.95.74.53.31.3–––1.8
2021 municipal election 16 Nov 202138.3
(11)		30.9
(9)		7.4
(2)		6.6
(2)		5.2
(2)		3.5
(1)		2.9
(0)		0.5
(0)		–––7.4

References

  1. ↑ "Kommunalvalg". valg.im.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-07.
  2. ↑ "Venstre bliver størst efter socialdemokratisk bykonges exit i Holstebro". dr.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-11-21.
  3. ↑ "Alle partier med i konstitueringsaftalen | Nyheder". ugeavisen (in Danish). 24 November 2021. Retrieved 2023-01-29.
  4. ↑ "Socialdemokratiske byrådsmedlemmer skifter til Radikale". altinget.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-07.
  5. ↑ "To socialdemokrater forlader parti til fordel for SF". tvmidtvest.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-07.
  6. ↑ "Bykonge stopper – genopstiller ikke som borgmester". tvmidtvest.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-07.
  7. ↑ "S vælger ny spids, der vil afløse Holstebros mangeårige borgmester". altinget.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-07.
  8. ↑ "Stemmefordeling i Holstebro Kommune". valg.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 8 October 2025.
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