2025 Kolding municipal election

2025 Kolding municipal election

←  2021 18 November 2025 2029  →
All 25 seats to the Kolding municipal council 13 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	50,977 (68.1%) 1.0%
First party Second party Third party   V A O Party Venstre Social Democrats Danish People's Party Last election 9 seats, 31.8% 5 seats, 17.7% 2 seats, 7.6% Seats won 9 4 3 Seat change 0 1 1 Popular vote 15,324 7,831 6,308 Percentage 30.6% 15.6% 12.6% Swing 1.2% 2.1% 5.0%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   F I C Party Green Left Liberal Alliance Conservatives Last election 4 seats, 17.3% 0 seats, 1.7% 3 seats, 10.5% Seats won 3 2 1 Seat change 1 2 2 Popular vote 5,602 3,520 3,050 Percentage 11.2% 7.0% 6.1% Swing 6.1% 5.4% 4.4%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   B Ø Æ Party Social Liberals Red-Green Alliance Denmark Democrats Last election 2 seats, 6.4% 0 seats, 2.9% Did not stand Seats won 1 1 1 Seat change 1 1 1 Popular vote 2,895 2,229 1,952 Percentage 5.8% 4.5% 3.9% Swing 0.6% 1.5% New
Mayor before election Knud Erik Langhoff Conservatives Mayor after election Jakob Ville Venstre

The 2025 Kolding Municipal election was held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 25 members to sit in the regional council for the Kolding Municipal council, in the period of 2026 to 2029. ^[1] Jakob Ville from Venstre, would win the mayoral position. ^[2]

Background

Following the 2021 election, Knud Erik Langhoff from the Conservatives became mayor for his first term after a dramatic night, which resulted in parties, typically considered somewhat left of the political spectrum, supporting the centre-right candidate Erik Langhoff from the Conservatives. ^[3] Since then, 2 of the 3 elected Conservative council members, had left the party, one to Venstre and another to the Liberal Alliance. ^[4] Following this, Langhoff announced his intention to run for re-election as a council member, but also declared that he would not seek the mayoral position for another term. ^[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. Kolding Municipality had 25 seats in 2025.

Electoral alliances

Source ^[6]

Electoral Alliance 1

Party			Political alignment
	A	Social Democrats	Centre-left
	B	Social Liberals	Centre to Centre-left
	F	Green Left	Centre-left to Left-wing
	Ø	Red-Green Alliance	Left-wing to Far-Left

Electoral Alliance 2

Party			Political alignment
	C	Conservatives	Centre-right
	I	Liberal Alliance	Centre-right to Right-wing
	K	Christian Democrats	Centre to Centre-right
	Æ	Denmark Democrats	Right-wing to Far-right

Electoral Alliance 3

Party			Political alignment
	J	Borgernes Lokal Liste	Local politics
	M	Moderates	Centre to Centre-right
	O	Danish People's Party	Right-wing to Far-right
	V	Venstre	Centre-right

Results by polling station

Division	A	B	C	F	I	J	K	L	M	O	V	Æ	Ø
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Centrum Nord	13.0	7.6	8.0	13.4	7.8	0.2	0.1	0.3	1.3	10.9	25.1	2.7	9.5
Nordbyen	23.1	6.2	5.0	15.8	5.3	0.3	0.5	0.0	1.8	11.1	17.6	2.4	10.9
Vestbyen	22.6	4.5	6.2	14.0	4.9	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.1	13.4	22.6	3.3	6.8
Strandhuse/Nr. Bjert/ Eltang	11.6	12.0	9.8	9.0	8.0	0.2	0.1	0.1	1.5	9.0	32.6	3.5	2.5
Bramdrupdam	19.1	4.9	5.4	9.5	5.7	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.9	13.6	32.8	4.5	2.9
Alminde-Viuf/Vester Nebel	11.5	3.7	5.8	7.4	5.9	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.8	12.6	46.1	3.9	1.8
Lunderskov/Jordrup	10.0	4.9	3.8	9.2	11.7	0.9	0.3	0.2	0.8	8.7	41.8	4.8	3.0
Centrum Syd	18.2	5.9	5.0	13.0	6.4	0.4	0.5	0.3	2.2	16.5	19.4	3.0	9.2
Sydbyen	16.1	6.2	6.5	14.9	7.5	0.3	0.8	0.3	2.4	11.4	24.2	2.7	6.6
Seest	16.2	4.5	6.2	13.6	6.0	0.4	1.0	0.1	1.4	11.7	32.4	3.9	2.7
Dalby/Tved/Rebæk	11.7	5.8	7.0	9.5	7.3	0.1	0.1	0.2	4.9	9.5	39.2	2.4	2.2
S Bjert/S Stenderup/Vejstrup	15.7	6.7	6.7	17.7	6.7	0.4	0.1	0.3	0.9	11.6	24.9	4.2	4.2
Vonsild	13.7	3.2	4.5	9.3	6.8	0.5	0.5	0.1	2.0	14.2	39.5	3.6	2.2
Vamdrup/Hjarup/Ødis	22.2	2.8	4.4	6.1	8.3	3.2	0.5	0.1	0.9	9.8	33.3	6.6	1.7
Chr.Feld/Stepping/Taps/Hejls	14.1	3.5	3.9	8.0	5.3	0.8	0.7	0.2	0.8	26.7	27.3	6.3	2.5

Results by polling station

Division	A	B	C	F	I	J	K	L	M	O	V	Æ	Ø
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Centrum Nord	13.0	7.6	8.0	13.4	7.8	0.2	0.1	0.3	1.3	10.9	25.1	2.7	9.5
Nordbyen	23.1	6.2	5.0	15.8	5.3	0.3	0.5	0.0	1.8	11.1	17.6	2.4	10.9
Vestbyen	22.6	4.5	6.2	14.0	4.9	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.1	13.4	22.6	3.3	6.8
Strandhuse/Nr. Bjert/ Eltang	11.6	12.0	9.8	9.0	8.0	0.2	0.1	0.1	1.5	9.0	32.6	3.5	2.5
Bramdrupdam	19.1	4.9	5.4	9.5	5.7	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.9	13.6	32.8	4.5	2.9
Alminde-Viuf/Vester Nebel	11.5	3.7	5.8	7.4	5.9	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.8	12.6	46.1	3.9	1.8
Lunderskov/Jordrup	10.0	4.9	3.8	9.2	11.7	0.9	0.3	0.2	0.8	8.7	41.8	4.8	3.0
Centrum Syd	18.2	5.9	5.0	13.0	6.4	0.4	0.5	0.3	2.2	16.5	19.4	3.0	9.2
Sydbyen	16.1	6.2	6.5	14.9	7.5	0.3	0.8	0.3	2.4	11.4	24.2	2.7	6.6
Seest	16.2	4.5	6.2	13.6	6.0	0.4	1.0	0.1	1.4	11.7	32.4	3.9	2.7
Dalby/Tved/Rebæk	11.7	5.8	7.0	9.5	7.3	0.1	0.1	0.2	4.9	9.5	39.2	2.4	2.2
S Bjert/S Stenderup/Vejstrup	15.7	6.7	6.7	17.7	6.7	0.4	0.1	0.3	0.9	11.6	24.9	4.2	4.2
Vonsild	13.7	3.2	4.5	9.3	6.8	0.5	0.5	0.1	2.0	14.2	39.5	3.6	2.2
Vamdrup/Hjarup/Ødis	22.2	2.8	4.4	6.1	8.3	3.2	0.5	0.1	0.9	9.8	33.3	6.6	1.7
Chr.Feld/Stepping/Taps/Hejls	14.1	3.5	3.9	8.0	5.3	0.8	0.7	0.2	0.8	26.7	27.3	6.3	2.5

Opinion polls

Polling firm	Fieldwork date	Sample size	V	A	F	C	O	B	Ø	I	K	J	L	M	Æ	Others	Lead
Epinion	4 Sep - 13 Oct 2025	509	26.4	18.8	13.2	3.8	12.3	1.9	2.0	12.8	–	–	–	1.5	7.3	0.0	7.6
2024 european parliament election	9 Jun 2024		21.7	14.4	14.2	9.2	7.1	6.0	4.0	8.8	–	–	–	5.5	7.3	–	7.3
2022 general election	1 Nov 2022		14.9	25.7	7.4	5.4	2.9	3.2	2.7	9.4	0.7	–	–	10.2	9.5	–	10.8
2021 regional election	16 Nov 2021		41.3	20.5	8.7	7.9	5.6	5.3	3.4	1.4	1.2	–	–	–	–	–	20.8
2021 municipal election	16 Nov 2021		31.8 (9)	17.7 (5)	17.3 (4)	10.5 (3)	7.6 (2)	6.4 (2)	2.9 (0)	1.7 (0)	0.8 (0)	–	–	–	–	–	14.1

References

1. "Kommunalvalg". valg.im.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-27.
2. "Sådan er magten fordelt i det nye byråd: Jakob Ville bliver ny borgmester". jv.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-11-21.
3. "Ny borgmester fundet i Kolding | Nyheder". jyllandsposten (in Danish). 17 November 2021. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
4. "Partihop efterlader Kolding-borgmester alene hos Konservative". altinget.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-27.
5. "Borgmester siger stop efter fire år". tvsyd.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-27.
6. "Stemmefordeling i Kolding Kommune". valg.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 7 October 2025.