2025 Randers municipal election

2025 Randers municipal election

←  2021 18 November 2025 2029  →
All 31 seats to the Randers municipal council 16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	53,947 (67.4%) 2.8%
First party Second party Third party   A V F Party Social Democrats Venstre Green Left Last election 12 seats, 34.2% 6 seats, 18.6% 1 seat, 5.1% Seats won 7 5 5 Seat change 5 1 4 Popular vote 12,139 8,548 8,013 Percentage 22.9% 16.1% 15.1% Swing 11.3% 2.5% 10.1%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Æ O Q Party Denmark Democrats Danish People's Party Østbroen Last election Did not stand 1 seat, 5.3% 2 seats, 7.8% Seats won 3 3 2 Seat change 3 2 0 Popular vote 4,745 3,626 3,710 Percentage 9.0% 6.8% 7.0% Swing New 1.6% 0.8%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   C E I Party Conservatives Velfærdslisten Liberal Alliance Last election 4 seats, 11.1% 1 seat, 3.8% 0 seats, 0.9% Seats won 2 1 1 Seat change 2 0 1 Popular vote 3,228 2,808 2,313 Percentage 6.1% 5.3% 4.4% Swing 5.0% 1.5% 3.5%
Mayor before election Torben Hansen Social Democrats Mayor after election Rosa Lykke Yde Green Left

The 2025 Randers Municipal election was held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 31 members to sit in the regional council for the Randers Municipal council, in the Danish city of Randers, in the period of 2026 to 2029. ^[1] Rosa Lykke Yde from the Green Left, would win the mayoral position, taking the position from the Social Democrats. ^[2]

Background

Following the 2021 election, Torben Hansen from Social Democrats became mayor for his second term. ^[3] He would run for a third period. ^[4] Throughout the term period, the Conservatives lost representation, and was left with no seats. ^[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. Randers Municipality had 31 seats in 2025.

Electoral alliances

Source ^[6]

Electoral Alliance 1

Party			Political alignment
	B	Social Liberals	Centre to Centre-left
	J	Frie Stemmer - Jens Peter Hansen	Local politics
	K	Christian Democrats	Centre to Centre-right

Electoral Alliance 2

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 3

Party			Political alignment
	E	Velfærdslisten	Local politics
	F	Green Left	Centre-left to Left-wing
	Ø	Red-Green Alliance	Left-wing to Far-Left

Electoral Alliance 4

Party			Political alignment
	M	Moderates	Centre to Centre-right
	V	Venstre	Centre-right

Results by polling station

Division	A	B	C	E	F	I	J	K	M	O	Q	V	Æ	Ø
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Kulturhuset Langå	31.3	2.0	2.7	3.9	11.6	1.6	0.1	0.3	2.3	3.4	1.2	30.3	5.0	4.4
Stevnstrup Forsamlingshus	19.2	2.5	2.3	2.7	6.6	10.5	0.1	0.3	0.5	5.1	2.2	42.2	4.3	1.4
Jebjerg Forsamlingshus	21.5	1.6	3.9	3.0	9.7	2.8	1.6	1.4	1.8	6.3	3.7	25.6	14.0	3.0
Havndalhallen	51.3	0.4	4.8	2.5	4.3	2.6	0.0	0.0	0.4	3.8	3.4	8.5	17.4	0.5
Råby Forsamlingshus	28.8	1.0	3.9	2.0	4.7	3.7	0.3	0.0	0.3	6.5	19.3	5.2	21.4	2.8
Øster Tørslev Fritidslokaler	40.7	1.2	1.6	3.1	4.8	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	6.1	7.0	8.9	22.3	0.7
Korshøjskolen	20.1	4.0	5.1	3.2	11.1	3.0	0.2	0.5	0.9	5.6	19.1	12.8	13.0	1.4
Hald Forsamlingshus	17.4	2.2	4.1	5.9	9.9	5.5	0.6	0.4	1.0	10.5	6.7	12.2	22.7	1.0
Gjerlev Aktivitetshus	25.5	1.8	4.1	4.2	8.4	3.4	0.8	0.6	1.1	8.1	5.0	8.3	27.0	1.8
Rismølleskolen	19.2	1.8	4.6	6.7	16.9	3.8	0.1	0.4	0.7	5.3	19.5	12.7	6.1	2.1
Trekløverskolen	23.3	1.8	8.4	2.9	14.6	4.6	0.9	0.9	1.1	7.1	5.6	17.6	9.9	1.4
Hornbækhallen	21.6	2.7	14.0	2.4	12.6	5.2	0.2	0.6	1.3	4.6	3.3	24.6	5.6	1.2
Blicherskolen	24.5	2.0	4.4	6.3	12.2	4.8	1.2	0.4	0.7	9.9	5.4	13.7	13.3	1.2
Kultur-Aktivitetshuset Gassum	17.7	1.8	3.4	3.4	7.1	3.9	3.7	0.5	1.4	19.0	5.0	11.2	20.4	1.4
Asferg Træningshus	12.7	0.8	4.0	6.4	10.5	3.8	11.0	0.2	1.1	21.8	2.6	9.1	14.3	1.8
Purhushallen	8.9	1.6	1.6	2.2	41.3	4.1	0.3	0.7	0.7	11.5	3.4	8.4	14.3	0.8
Ø. Bjerregrav Forsamlingshus	20.8	0.9	8.0	3.9	15.9	3.6	0.0	0.7	0.9	7.1	4.2	19.6	13.0	1.3
Huset Tværs	22.8	2.4	5.8	7.3	19.9	3.4	0.2	0.4	1.1	7.0	6.6	13.2	5.3	4.5
Hobrovejens Skole	23.0	2.5	7.3	5.7	20.4	5.8	0.2	0.5	1.2	6.8	3.6	12.5	5.2	5.5
Randers Badmintonhaller	27.1	2.0	6.0	7.5	17.8	3.6	0.2	0.8	0.7	8.3	4.5	9.7	8.0	3.7
Nørrevangsskolen	28.4	2.1	3.5	8.4	15.8	3.3	0.2	0.5	1.1	9.1	5.2	7.7	7.5	7.4
Fritidscentret	19.5	2.5	8.9	7.6	18.9	5.1	0.4	0.5	1.6	6.1	4.4	12.6	5.6	6.2
Vestervangsskolen	28.4	2.1	7.0	6.7	17.0	4.0	0.2	0.6	1.2	6.2	3.6	12.5	6.4	4.2
Østervangsskolen	23.7	2.3	5.3	8.1	20.7	2.8	0.4	0.7	0.7	6.7	9.4	9.2	5.8	4.2
Søndermarkskolen	22.7	3.4	6.4	5.8	17.3	4.7	0.5	1.0	1.1	7.2	3.9	15.7	8.1	2.3
Tirsdalens Skole	21.8	2.3	6.4	6.0	17.7	4.1	0.1	0.9	1.3	6.3	9.0	14.9	7.0	2.2
Paderup Gymnasium	18.9	2.0	7.8	4.7	14.2	5.8	0.2	0.8	1.5	7.0	6.1	18.4	9.6	3.0
Romalt Aktivitetshal	18.7	2.4	4.6	3.6	13.8	5.0	0.3	0.4	1.0	6.1	5.3	29.2	8.0	1.5
Assentofthallen	15.3	1.9	9.2	3.1	11.3	5.5	0.5	1.1	1.3	5.2	15.0	19.6	9.8	1.4
Uggelhuse Forsamlingshus	11.9	1.8	4.3	5.2	11.4	3.4	0.4	0.5	0.5	3.2	30.5	7.8	16.6	2.3

Results

Party			Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-
Randers Municipality
	A	Social Democrats	12,139	22.92	-11.31	7	-5
	V	Venstre	8,548	16.14	-2.46	5	-1
	F	Green Left	8,013	15.13	+10.07	5	+4
	Æ	Denmark Democrats	4,745	8.96	New	3	New
	Q	Østbroen	3,710	7.00	-0.80	2	0
	O	Danish People's Party	3,626	6.84	+1.59	3	+2
	C	Conservatives	3,228	6.09	-5.03	2	-2
	E	Velfærdslisten	2,808	5.30	+1.51	1	0
	I	Liberal Alliance	2,313	4.37	+3.45	1	+1
	Ø	Red-Green Alliance	1,536	2.90	+0.02	1	0
	B	Social Liberals	1,171	2.21	-0.85	1	0
	M	Moderates	571	1.08	New	0	New
	K	Christian Democrats	315	0.59	-0.26	0	0
	J	Frie Stemmer - Jens Peter Hansen	250	0.47	New	0	New
Total			52,973	100	N/A	31	N/A
Invalid votes			175	0.22	0.0
Blank votes			799	1.00	+0.16
Turnout			53,947	67.36	+2.77
Source: valg.dk

Opinion polls

Polling firm	Fieldwork date	Sample size	A	V	C	Q	O	F	E	B	Ø	I	K	J	M	Æ	Others	Lead
Epinion	4 Sep - 13 Oct 2025	414	27.3	17.5	3.2	–	8.2	12.2	–	1.4	2.5	9.6	–	–	1.0	10.2	7.0	9.8
2024 european parliament election	9 Jun 2024		19.3	14.3	7.9	–	8.7	14.2	–	4.3	4.7	7.4	–	–	5.9	11.2	–	5.0
2022 general election	1 Nov 2022		34.3	14.2	3.7	–	3.0	6.4	–	2.0	3.3	8.8	0.6	–	6.6	10.0	–	20.1
2021 regional election	16 Nov 2021		38.9	21.6	9.6	–	6.5	5.3	–	3.0	4.6	1.6	1.7	–	–	–	–	17.3
2021 municipal election	16 Nov 2021		34.2 (12)	18.6 (6)	11.1 (4)	7.8 (2)	5.3 (1)	5.1 (1)	3.8 (1)	3.1 (1)	2.9 (1)	0.9 (0)	0.9 (0)	–	–	–	–	15.6

References

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