2025 Lemvig municipal election

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2025 Lemvig municipal election
←  2021 18 November 2025 2029  →
All 19 seats to the Lemvig municipal council
10 seats needed for a majority
Turnout11,695 (76.6%)
Increase2.svg 3.5%
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
V
Æ
A
Party Venstre Denmark Democrats Social Democrats
Last election11 seats, 45.5%Did not stand4 seats, 19.9%
Seats won644
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 5Increase2.svg 40
Popular vote3,5272,5862,137
Percentage30.5%22.3%18.5%
SwingDecrease2.svg 15.0%NewDecrease2.svg 1.4%
 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
C
F
L
Party Conservatives Green Left Land- og Bylisten
Last election3 seats, 13.5%2 seats, 9.9%Did not stand
Seats won211
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 1
Popular vote1,107876559
Percentage9.6%7.6%4.8%
SwingDecrease2.svg 3.9%Decrease2.svg 2.3%New
 Seventh party
 
B
Party Social Liberals
Last election1 seat, 3.5%
Seats won1
Seat change0
Popular vote517
Percentage4.5%
SwingIncrease2.svg 1.0%
Mayor before election

Erik Flyvholm
Venstre

Mayor after election

Jens Lønborg
Conservatives

The 2025 Lemvig Municipal election was held on November 18, 2025, in the Danish town of Lemvig to elect the 21 members to sit in the regional council for the Lemvig Municipal council, in the period of 2026 to 2029. [1] Despite, losing 5 of the 11 seats won in 2021, the new mayoral candidate from Venstre, Chris Olesen, would initially secure the mayoral position. [2] However, it was revealed that the partys broke out an Jens Lønborg would instead become the new mayor. [3]

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Background

Following the 2021 election, Erik Flyvholm from Venstre would continue for a fourth term as mayor. [4] However, Flyvholm announced in August 2024, his decision to stop following this election. [5] Chris Olesen is instead set to become the mayoral candidate of Venstre. [6] The municipal council also reduced it's number from 21 to 19 for this election. [7]


2021 Election Results and notional results with 19 seats contested

PartiesVoteSeats
Votes%Actual SeatsNotional Seats+ / -
Venstre 5,22245.51110-1
Social Democrats 2,28219.9440
Conservatives 1,54913.5330
Green Left 1,1335.8220
Social Liberals 3983.510-1
Total11,485100.02119-2
Source [8]

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. Lemvig Municipality had 21 seats in 2025.

Unlike in Danish General Elections, in elections to municipal councils, electoral alliances are allowed.

Electoral alliances

Source [9]

Electoral Alliance 1

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

Electoral Alliance 2

PartyPolitical alignment
C Conservatives Centre-right
L Land- og Bylisten Local politics
O Danish People's Party Right-wing to Far-right
Æ Denmark Democrats Right-wing to Far-right

Results by polling station

Division A B C F L O V Æ
%%%%%%%%
Lemvig Idræts- og Kulturcenter 24.45.213.67.81.41.932.013.8
Nørre Nissum 18.010.613.910.71.91.918.524.4
Klinkby 19.74.19.09.01.73.723.629.1
Ramme 24.85.57.59.05.44.514.728.5
Bøvling 8.32.26.25.922.21.620.133.5
Tangsø 5.41.17.86.028.52.519.429.3
Thyborøn 7.60.30.74.10.11.858.527.0
Harboøre 14.61.02.74.90.71.953.121.0

Results

PartyVotes%+/-Seats+/-
Lemvig Municipality
V Venstre 3,52730.45-15.026-5
Æ Denmark Democrats 2,58622.33New4New
A Social Democrats 2,13718.45-1.4240
C Conservatives 1,1079.56-3.932-1
F Green Left 8767.56-2.301-1
L Land- og Bylisten 5594.83New1New
B Social Liberals 5174.46+1.0010
O Danish People's Party 2732.36-0.6700
Total11,582100N/A19N/A
Invalid votes270.18-0.10
Blank votes860.560.0
Turnout11,69576.57+3.48
Source: valg.dk

Opinion polls

Polling
firm		Fieldwork
date		Sample
size		 V A C F B O L Æ OthersLead
Epinion 4 Sep - 13 Oct 202541432.921.95.88.43.34.7–19.63.511.0
2024 european parliament election 9 Jun 202426.113.37.213.53.27.6–15.4–10.7
2022 general election 1 Nov 202225.324.45.75.42.02.3–16.7–0.9
2021 regional election 16 Nov 202147.314.44.015.74.32.7–––31.6
2021 municipal election 16 Nov 202145.5
(11)		19.9
(4)		13.5
(3)		9.9
(2)		3.5
(1)		3.0
(0)		–––25.6

References

  1. ↑ "Kommunalvalg". valg.im.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-07.
  2. ↑ "Lemvig: Venstre beholder borgmesterpost trods tilbagegang". dknyt.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-11-21.
  3. ↑ "Lemvig: Venstre beholder borgmesterpost trods tilbagegang". folkebladetlemvig.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-11-21.
  4. ↑ "Konstitueringsaftale | Nyheder". lemvig (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-01-29.
  5. ↑ "Erik Flyvholm stopper efter næste valg: - Jeg synes, jeg har været der". folkebladetlemvig.dk (in Danish). 27 August 2024. Retrieved 2025-05-07.
  6. ↑ "Fiskeridirektør bliver borgmesterkandidat i Lemvig". fiskeritidende.dk (in Danish). 24 October 2024. Retrieved 2025-05-07.
  7. ↑ "Kandidatlister til Kommunalvalget 2025". lemvig.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-09-02.
  8. ↑ "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd den 16. november 2021" (PDF). dst.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-06-06.
  9. ↑ "Stemmefordeling i Lemvig Kommune". valg.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 7 October 2025.
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