2025 North Denmark regional election

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2025 North Denmark regional election
  2021 18 November 2025 2029  

All 25 seats to the North Denmark regional council
13 seats needed for a majority
 
A
V
C
Party Social Democrats Venstre Conservatives
Last election15 seats, 35.0%11 seat, 25.2%7 seats, 15.8%
Current seats1597

 
Ø
D
F
Party Red-Green Alliance New Right Green Left
Last election2 seats, 4.6%2 seats, 4.3%2 seats, 4.2%
Current seats202

 
O
B
I
Party Danish People's Party Social Liberals Liberal Alliance
Last election1 seat, 3.9%1 seat, 3.7%0 seats, 1.1%
Current seats112

Incumbent Chairperson

Mads Duedahl
Venstre



The 2025 North Denmark Regional election will be held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 25 members to sit in the regional council for the North Denmark Regional council, in the period of 2026 to 2029. [1]

Contents

Background

Following the 2021 election, Mads Duedahl from Venstre became chairperson for his first term, becoming the first chairperson not from the Social Democrats in the region. [2]

Since their establishment in 2007, Denmark’s five regions have been subject to ongoing political debate. In June 2024, the government's Health Structure Commission proposed three models for reorganizing the healthcare system, two of which involved abolishing the existing regions. [3] In the end, the regions were retained, however with a reformartion of, among other things, the regional councils. Each of the five regional councils, had 41 seats, from their first election in 2005 to the 2021 election. [4] The reform resulted in three regions, including the North Denmark Region, retaining their existing boundaries and continuing unchanged, while the two other regions were merged to form a new entity. [5] As part of the reform, this region will elect only 25 council members, who will not take office until the end of 2026. [6]

The Social Liberals, Green Left, and the Red-Green Alliance have announced that, untraditionally, they will support the continuation of Mads Duedahl of Venstre as chairperson, rather than Arne Boelt of the Social Democrats. [7] [8]

Notional results 2021

2021 Election Results and notional results with 25 Seats Contested

PartiesVoteSeats
Votes%Actual SeatsNotional Seats+ / -
Social Democrats 108,63735.0159-6
Venstre 78,33725.2117-4
Conservatives 49,06915.874-3
Red–Green Alliance 14,3704.621-1
New Right 13,2334.321-1
Green Left 13,0734.221-1
Danish People's Party 12,0603.9110
Social Liberals 11,5203.7110
Total310,538100.04125-16
Source [9]

Electoral system

For elections to Danish Regional councils, a number varying from 25 to 47 are chosen to be elected to the Regional council. The seats are then allocated using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation. The North Denmark Region had 25 seats in 2025.

Electoral alliances

Source [10]

Electoral Alliance 1

PartyPolitical alignment
B Social Liberals Centre to Centre-left
F Green Left Centre-left to Left-wing
Ø Red-Green Alliance Left-wing to Far-Left
Å The Alternative Centre-left to Left-wing

Electoral Alliance 2

PartyPolitical alignment
C Conservatives Centre-right
I Liberal Alliance Centre-right to Right-wing
K Christian Democrats Centre to Centre-right
M Moderates Centre to Centre-right
O Danish People's Party Right-wing to Far-right
V Venstre Centre-right
Æ Denmark Democrats Right-wing to Far-right

Contesting parties

PartyVotes%+/-Seats+/-
North Denmark Region
A Social Democrats
B Social Liberals
C Conservatives
D New Right
F Green Left
I Liberal Alliance
K Christian Democrats
L Vendelbo-Listen
M Moderates
O Danish People's Party
V Venstre
Æ Denmark Democrats
Ø Red-Green Alliance
Å The Alternative
Source: valg.dk

Opinion polls

Polling
firm
Fieldwork
date
Sample
size
A V C Ø D F O B I K Å L M Æ OthersLead
Epinion 4 Sep - 13 Oct 202527028.520.94.84.87.95.33.47.60.01.515.30.07.6
2024 european parliament election 9 Jun 202418.117.27.04.912.96.05.16.42.14.915.50.9
2022 general election 1 Nov 202234.014.04.43.03.55.71.92.47.10.41.96.315.218.8
2021 municipal elections 16 Nov 202134.626.413.14.63.74.73.94.00.90.60.48.2
2021 regional election 16 Nov 202135.0
(15)
25.2
(11)
15.8
(7)
4.6
(2)
4.3
(2)
4.2
(2)
3.9
(1)
3.7
(1)
1.1
(0)
0.9
(0)
0.3
(0)
9.8

References

  1. "Kommunalvalg". valg.im.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-06-06.
  2. "Socialdemokratisk dominans brudt: Mads Duedahl (V) ny formand for regionsrådet". tv2nord.dk (in Danish). 17 November 2021. Retrieved 2025-06-06.
  3. "Kommission foreslår at nedlægge regionerne". jyllands-posten.dk (in Danish). 11 June 2024. Retrieved 2025-06-06.
  4. "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd den 16. november 2021" (PDF). valgim.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-06-06.
  5. "Farvel til Region Hovedstaden og Region Sjælland: Ny Region Østdanmark er en realitet". dr.dk (in Danish). 15 November 2024. Retrieved 2025-06-06.
  6. "Fremtidens fire nye regioner". regioner.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-06-06.
  7. "SF i opsigtsvækkende kursskifte: - Mads kan regne med vores støtte". tv2nord.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-09-30.
  8. "Venstrefløjen støtter borgerlig regionsrådsformand: Socialdemokrat kalder det hævn". dr.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-09-30.
  9. "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd den 16. november 2021" (PDF). dst.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-06-06.
  10. "Stemmefordeling i Nordjylland Kommune". valg.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 9 October 2025.