2025 Ikast-Brande municipal election

2025 Ikast-Brande municipal election

←  2021 18 November 2025 2029  →
All 23 seats to the Ikast-Brande municipal council 12 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	22,343 (67.2%) 0.5%
First party Second party Third party   V A C Party Venstre Social Democrats Conservatives Last election 7 seats, 31.0% 6 seats, 23.0% 5 seats, 19.6% Seats won 7 4 3 Seat change 0 2 2 Popular vote 6,485 4,145 2,812 Percentage 29.4% 18.8% 12.8% Swing 1.6% 4.2% 6.9%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   O L Æ Party Danish People's Party Fælleslisten Denmark Democrats Last election 2 seats, 9.4% 2 seats, 7.2% Did not stand Seats won 3 3 2 Seat change 1 1 2 Popular vote 2,701 2,586 1,656 Percentage 12.3% 11.7% 7.5% Swing 2.8% 4.5% New   Seventh party   I Party Liberal Alliance Last election Did not stand Seats won 1 Seat change 1 Popular vote 819 Percentage 3.7% Swing New
Mayor before election Ib Lauritsen Venstre Mayor after election Ib Lauritsen Venstre

The 2025 Ikast-Brande Municipal election was held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 23 members to sit in the regional council for the Ikast-Brande Municipal council, in the period of 2026 to 2029. ^[1] Ib Lauritsen from Venstre, would secure re-election. ^[2]

Background

Following the 2021 election, Ib Lauritsen from Venstre became mayor for a second term. ^{[3] [4]} Lauritsen sought a third term following this election. ^[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. Ikast-Brande Municipality had 23 seats in 2025.

Electoral alliances

Source ^[6]

Electoral Alliance 1

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 2

Party			Political alignment
	F	Green Left	Centre-left to Left-wing
	L	Fælleslisten	Local politics

Results by polling station

Division	A	C	F	I	L	O	V	Æ
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Bording	18.7	4.8	2.4	3.3	3.4	13.7	45.5	8.3
Brande	6.0	17.0	2.4	4.4	40.9	5.9	14.8	8.6
Ejstrupholm	19.8	17.4	3.5	3.0	5.3	13.3	25.3	12.4
Engesvang	31.2	2.2	5.7	1.8	1.4	26.5	26.5	4.6
Ikast	24.2	13.1	3.6	3.7	3.1	11.4	34.9	6.0
Nørre Snede	11.9	13.4	8.6	4.9	3.6	17.4	30.6	9.6

Results

Party			Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-
Ikast-Brande Municipality
	V	Venstre	6,485	29.43	-1.60	7	0
	A	Social Democrats	4,145	18.81	-4.18	4	-2
	C	Conservatives	2,812	12.76	-6.86	3	-2
	O	Danish People's Party	2,701	12.26	+2.81	3	+1
	L	Fælleslisten	2,586	11.74	+4.54	3	+1
	Æ	Denmark Democrats	1,656	7.52	New	2	New
	F	Green Left	829	3.76	+2.02	0	0
	I	Liberal Alliance	819	3.72	New	1	New
Total			22,033	100	N/A	23	N/A
Invalid votes			67	0.20	-0.01
Blank votes			243	0.73	+0.04
Turnout			22,343	67.17	+0.47
Source: valg.dk

Opinion polls

Polling firm	Fieldwork date	Sample size	V	A	C	O	L	F	I	Æ	Others	Lead
Epinion	4 Sep - 13 Oct 2025	482	26.1	18.2	10.6	8.4	–	5.7	6.5	14.4	10.1	7.9
2024 european parliament election	9 Jun 2024		25.2	13.8	8.4	8.9	–	8.8	8.1	15.3	–	9.9
2022 general election	1 Nov 2022		19.7	23.6	7.2	2.7	–	4.4	8.0	16.7	–	3.9
2021 regional election	16 Nov 2021		28.1	25.9	21.3	6.5	–	3.1	1.2	–	–	2.2
2021 municipal election	16 Nov 2021		31.0 (7)	23.0 (6)	19.6 (5)	9.4 (2)	7.2 (2)	1.7 (0)	–	–	–	8.0

References

1. "Kommunalvalg". valg.im.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-07.
2. "Så ligger det fast: Ib Lauritsen fortsætter som borgmester". herningfolkeblad.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-11-21.
3. "Midnats-valggyser fik en afslutning: Erfarne folk røg ud, nye kom ind, og borgmesteren fortsætter | Nyheder". Horsens Folkeblad (in Danish). 17 November 2021. Retrieved 2023-01-29.
4. "Byrådet | Nyheder". ikast-brande (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-07.
5. "Spidskandidater til kommunal- og regionrådsvalg 2025". venstre.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-07.
6. "Stemmefordeling i Ikast-Brande Kommune". valg.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 7 October 2025.