2025 Silkeborg municipal election

2025 Silkeborg municipal election

←  2021 18 November 2025 2029  →
All 31 seats to the Silkeborg municipal council 16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	58,794 (73.9%) 0.6%
First party Second party Third party   A V F Party Social Democrats Venstre Green Left Last election 10 seats, 28.6% 8 seats, 26.7% 2 seats, 6.6% Seats won 10 7 3 Seat change 0 1 1 Popular vote 15,880 12,450 6,130 Percentage 27.4% 21.5% 10.6% Swing 1.1% 5.2% 3.9%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   C I Ø Party Conservatives Liberal Alliance Red-Green Alliance Last election 6 seats, 14.1% 0 seats, 1.3% 2 seats, 7.7% Seats won 3 2 2 Seat change 3 2 0 Popular vote 5,724 4,330 4,031 Percentage 9.9% 7.5% 7.0% Swing 4.2% 6.2% 0.7%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   Æ B O Party Denmark Democrats Social Liberals Danish People's Party Last election Did not stand 2 seats, 5.3% 0 seats, 2.3% Seats won 2 1 1 Seat change 2 1 1 Popular vote 3,544 2,947 2,295 Percentage 6.1% 5.1% 4.0% Swing New 0.2% 1.7%
Mayor before election Helle Gade Social Democrats Mayor after election Helle Gade Social Democrats

The 2025 Silkeborg Municipal election was held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 31 members to sit in the regional council for the Silkeborg Municipal council, in the period of 2026 to 2029. ^[1] Following a close election, Helle Gade from the Social Democrats, could secure the mayoral position. ^[2]

Background

Following the 2021 election, Helle Gade from Social Democrats became mayor for her first term. ^[3] It was announced in April 2024, that Gade would be the leading candidate for the Social Democrats in this election, and thereby seeking a second consecutive term. ^[4]

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. Silkeborg Municipality had 31 seats in 2025.

Electoral alliances

Source ^[5]

Electoral Alliance 1

Party			Political alignment
	A	Social Democrats	Centre-left
	F	Green Left	Centre-left to Left-wing
	N	Deltagerlisten	Local politics
	Ø	Red-Green Alliance	Left-wing to Far-Left

Electoral Alliance 2

Party			Political alignment
	B	Social Liberals	Centre to Centre-left
	L	Louise Isager	Local politics
	M	Moderates	Centre to Centre-right

Electoral Alliance 3

Party			Political alignment
	C	Conservatives	Centre-right
	V	Venstre	Centre-right
	Æ	Denmark Democrats	Right-wing to Far-right

Electoral Alliance 4

Party			Political alignment
	I	Liberal Alliance	Centre-right to Right-wing
	O	Danish People's Party	Right-wing to Far-right

Results by polling station

Division	A	B	C	F	I	L	M	N	O	V	Æ	Ø
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Ans	24.5	1.3	3.3	5.6	4.0	0.3	0.2	0.0	3.0	48.4	5.8	3.6
Funder	28.9	3.8	14.1	8.7	9.0	0.4	0.7	0.2	4.7	17.1	6.8	5.5
Fårvang	26.5	1.2	4.5	5.9	4.6	0.6	0.1	0.0	18.4	22.2	11.8	4.1
Gjern	30.8	2.1	8.1	6.0	4.4	0.3	0.1	0.0	3.2	32.7	4.4	7.9
Grauballe	26.5	2.1	6.4	5.9	8.2	1.0	0.3	0.0	4.9	34.3	6.4	4.1
Gødvad	30.7	4.5	11.9	11.8	9.3	0.2	0.5	0.1	3.9	16.0	4.2	7.0
Kjellerup	22.0	1.2	3.9	13.8	6.3	0.4	0.3	0.1	4.5	34.5	10.1	2.9
Kragelund	29.8	2.8	17.7	8.8	7.1	0.4	0.3	0.1	4.5	15.9	7.4	5.3
Lemming	20.9	6.1	5.7	11.5	8.3	1.1	1.3	0.1	5.6	23.0	9.5	6.8
Linå	22.7	4.9	7.3	13.6	7.0	0.0	0.5	0.1	5.8	20.8	6.9	10.5
Resenbro	31.2	2.9	9.1	8.7	6.8	0.4	0.8	0.0	4.9	18.0	3.9	13.3
Sejs	21.0	12.3	6.5	7.5	6.0	0.1	0.2	0.1	2.0	36.0	1.9	6.4
Sjørslev	15.8	1.5	2.2	12.2	5.4	0.2	0.7	0.0	5.6	14.5	38.8	3.2
Sorring	34.1	2.0	30.8	6.4	4.1	0.3	0.1	0.1	3.4	6.8	5.4	6.5
Thorning	17.1	1.7	2.3	16.4	5.3	0.5	0.5	0.1	3.6	29.1	20.3	3.2
Vinderslev	16.3	1.8	4.0	13.8	5.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	5.5	31.1	18.0	4.0
Voel	45.9	1.6	11.3	4.5	6.9	0.1	0.4	0.1	2.4	18.4	4.5	3.8
Balle	27.5	7.6	9.9	11.6	9.1	0.8	0.5	0.3	3.0	21.6	3.4	4.7
Bryrup	24.0	4.0	5.1	14.6	6.8	0.2	0.2	0.0	4.5	13.2	9.3	18.0
Buskelund	26.5	6.2	15.9	9.4	11.5	0.4	0.6	0.3	2.1	19.0	3.7	4.4
Gjessø	19.6	4.7	8.9	10.1	8.2	0.6	0.3	0.1	4.3	29.5	6.7	7.1
Hjøllund	22.5	2.7	7.6	22.1	5.3	0.0	0.4	0.0	2.3	7.6	10.3	19.1
Langsøskolen	29.9	6.9	9.1	11.8	6.1	0.2	0.8	0.3	4.6	18.6	3.2	8.5
Alderslyst	31.4	5.2	11.3	13.0	7.6	0.2	0.6	0.6	4.2	14.7	3.3	7.9
Jysk Arena	31.3	5.1	11.9	10.2	5.6	0.2	0.5	0.7	4.4	16.0	4.3	9.8
Them	28.3	11.7	4.8	8.0	7.2	0.1	0.4	0.1	4.7	15.2	14.1	5.3
Vestergadehallen	28.3	6.3	11.5	11.2	9.3	0.3	0.7	0.2	3.0	16.3	3.4	9.6
Virklund	27.7	4.3	12.8	14.8	6.7	0.1	0.3	0.0	2.8	21.4	2.6	6.4

Results

Party			Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-
Silkeborg Municipality
	A	Social Democrats	15,880	27.42	-1.14	10	0
	V	Venstre	12,450	21.50	-5.20	7	-1
	F	Green Left	6,130	10.58	+3.94	3	+1
	C	Conservatives	5,724	9.88	-4.23	3	-3
	I	Liberal Alliance	4,330	7.48	+6.20	2	+2
	Ø	Red-Green Alliance	4,031	6.96	-0.72	2	0
	Æ	Denmark Democrats	3,544	6.12	New	2	New
	B	Social Liberals	2,947	5.09	-0.23	1	-1
	O	Danish People's Party	2,295	3.96	+1.66	1	+1
	M	Moderates	281	0.49	New	0	New
	L	Louise Isager	191	0.33	New	0	New
	N	Deltagerlisten	110	0.19	-0.17	0	0
Total			57,913	100	N/A	31	N/A
Invalid votes			140	0.18	-0.17
Blank votes			741	0.93	+0.26
Turnout			58,794	73.89	+0.56
Source: valg.dk

Opinion polls

Polling firm	Fieldwork date	Sample size	A	V	C	Ø	F	B	O	I	L	M	N	Æ	Others	Lead
Epinion	4 Sep - 13 Oct 2025	523	27.1	20.5	6.9	8.2	9.7	3.6	5.5	9.2	–	0.8	–	8.4	0.1	6.6
2024 european parliament election	9 Jun 2024		14.5	16.9	9.9	4.4	16.1	6.7	5.8	7.8	–	6.8	–	8.9	–	0.8
2022 general election	1 Nov 2022		25.8	16.9	7.3	3.8	8.2	3.0	1.8	8.6	–	9.4	–	8.4	–	8.9
2021 regional election	16 Nov 2021		23.3	33.9	13.7	6.4	6.1	3.6	2.5	1.5	–	–	–	–	–	10.6
2021 municipal election	16 Nov 2021		28.6 (10)	26.7 (8)	14.1 (6)	7.7 (2)	6.6 (2)	5.3 (2)	2.3 (0)	1.3 (0)	–	–	–	–	–	1.9

References

1. "Kommunalvalg". valg.im.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-07.
2. "Helle Gade fortsætter: Derfor mener hun et bredt samarbejde er vigtigt". midtjyllandsavis.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-11-21.
3. "Helle Gade bliver borgmester og de forskellige poster er fordelt blandt partierne English: Helle Gade becomes mayor and the seats are distributed among the parties | Nyheder". silkeborg.dk (in Danish). Archived from the original on 2022-10-06. Retrieved 2023-01-29.
4. "Helle Gade genvalgt som borgmesterkandidat". tv2ostjylland.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-07.
5. "Stemmefordeling i Silkeborg Kommune". valg.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 7 October 2025.