2025 Slagelse municipal election

2025 Slagelse municipal election

←  2021 18 November 2025 2029  →
All 31 seats to the Slagelse municipal council 16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	42,578 (64.7%) 1.0%
First party Second party Third party   V A O Party Venstre Social Democrats Danish People's Party Last election 11 seats, 33.6% 9 seats, 27.9% 1 seat, 5.4% Seats won 9 9 3 Seat change 2 0 2 Popular vote 10,552 10,498 3,988 Percentage 25.4% 25.2% 9.6% Swing 8.2% 2.7% 4.2%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   F C Æ Party Green Left Conservatives Denmark Democrats Last election 2 seats, 6.3% 3 seats, 8.9% Did not stand Seats won 2 2 2 Seat change 0 1 2 Popular vote 3,394 2,883 2,645 Percentage 8.2% 6.9% 6.4% Swing 1.9% 1.9% New   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   Ø I L Party Red-Green Alliance Liberal Alliance Storebæltslisten Last election 1 seat, 4.1% 0 seats, 1.0% Did not stand Seats won 1 1 1 Seat change 0 1 1 Popular vote 2,019 1,868 1,794 Percentage 4.9% 4.5% 4.3% Swing 0.8% 3.5% New
Mayor before election Knud Vincents Venstre Mayor after election TBD

The 2025 Slagelse Municipal election will be held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 31 members to sit in the regional council for the Slagelse Municipal council, in the period of 2026 to 2029. ^[1]

Background

Following the 2021 election, Knud Vincents from Venstre became mayor for his first term. ^[2] He would run for re-election. ^[3]

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. Slagelse Municipality had 31 seats in 2025.

Electoral alliances

Source ^[4]

Electoral Alliance 1

Party			Political alignment
	A	Social Democrats	Centre-left
	F	Green Left	Centre-left to Left-wing

Electoral Alliance 2

Party			Political alignment
	B	Social Liberals	Centre to Centre-left
	L	Storebæltslisten	Local politics
	T	Trelleborglisten	Local politics

Electoral Alliance 3

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

Results by polling station

Division	A	B	C	F	I	L	M	O	R	T	V	Æ	Ø
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Vemmelev - Vemmelevhallen	19.1	0.9	12.2	5.6	4.0	3.9	0.9	11.5	0.2	2.1	26.3	11.0	2.2
Tårnborg - Taarnborg Forsamlingshus	23.9	2.1	4.8	5.9	3.2	19.8	0.6	11.2	0.9	1.0	16.3	6.5	3.9
Korsør - Broskolen	26.2	2.5	3.7	8.5	4.2	14.4	0.8	11.2	1.4	0.6	15.2	4.8	6.3
Korsør - Storebæltshallen	27.7	2.6	5.2	7.6	4.3	17.3	0.7	9.6	0.6	0.6	16.5	3.9	3.5
Boeslunde - Boeslunde Hallen	21.5	1.8	4.4	5.8	3.8	2.9	1.8	12.1	0.1	0.5	26.0	10.5	8.7
Skælskør - Skælskør Badmintoncenter	24.5	2.6	3.5	7.8	2.7	0.7	3.7	11.0	0.3	0.2	31.8	7.3	3.7
Agersø - Agersøhallen	70.6	0.0	2.5	0.0	1.7	0.0	0.0	3.4	0.8	0.8	13.4	5.0	1.7
Omø - Omø Forsamlingshus	39.6	0.9	0.0	7.5	1.9	0.0	0.9	4.7	0.0	0.0	23.6	8.5	12.3
Rude - Kirkeskovskolen	15.5	2.0	1.9	10.5	2.8	0.6	0.6	8.8	0.2	0.1	46.7	3.8	6.4
Dalmose - Dalmosehallen	26.0	2.7	5.4	6.2	3.5	1.5	1.1	13.3	0.6	0.4	23.8	12.0	3.5
Slots Bjergby - Hashøjskolen	22.7	4.1	5.9	6.5	4.9	0.7	0.6	9.6	0.4	0.6	32.8	9.1	2.1
Sørbymagle - Sørbymagle forsamlingshus	28.4	2.7	5.8	7.5	7.9	1.1	1.1	10.3	0.3	0.5	22.8	8.5	3.2
Vestermose - Hallelev Forsamlingshus	16.2	3.4	8.5	6.8	5.6	1.0	1.4	10.0	0.4	0.7	30.5	12.8	2.7
Stillinge - Stillingehallen	23.1	1.9	6.7	8.5	3.1	1.1	0.6	9.3	0.3	0.4	32.0	10.2	2.8
Slagelse - Vesthallen	26.2	2.6	9.6	9.2	4.5	0.5	0.7	6.6	0.2	0.7	29.8	6.0	3.4
Slagelse - Nordhallen	26.6	3.0	9.0	7.9	5.4	0.8	0.7	9.1	0.2	0.5	24.9	4.7	7.1
Slagelse - Søndermarkshallen	29.3	3.3	8.2	9.2	4.2	0.7	0.7	8.7	0.5	0.4	23.6	4.6	6.7
Slagelse - Slagelse Hallen	24.2	3.0	9.2	10.1	6.4	0.7	0.8	8.2	0.3	0.4	25.9	4.6	6.2

Results

Party			Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-
Slagelse Municipality
	V	Venstre	10,552	25.35	-8.21	9	-2
	A	Social Democrats	10,498	25.22	-2.68	9	0
	O	Danish People's Party	3,988	9.58	+4.18	3	+2
	F	Green Left	3,394	8.15	+1.87	2	0
	C	Conservatives	2,883	6.93	-1.93	2	-1
	Æ	Denmark Democrats	2,645	6.35	New	2	New
	Ø	Red-Green Alliance	2,019	4.85	+0.78	1	0
	I	Liberal Alliance	1,868	4.49	+3.47	1	+1
	L	Storebæltslisten	1,794	4.31	New	1	New
	B	Social Liberals	1,106	2.66	-2.14	1	-1
	M	Moderates	459	1.10	New	0	New
	T	Trelleborglisten	228	0.55	New	0	New
	R	De lokale rebeller	190	0.46	New	0	New
Total			41,624	100	N/A	31	N/A
Invalid votes			159	0.24	+0.05
Blank votes			795	1.21	+0.21
Turnout			42,578	64.70	+1.03
Source: valg.dk

Opinion polls

Polling firm	Fieldwork date	Sample size	V	A	C	F	O	B	Ø	I	L	M	R	T	Æ	Others	Lead
Epinion	4 Sep - 13 Oct 2025	471	24.7	27.7	3.9	9.7	11.8	1.1	4.0	5.7	–	1.9	–	–	8.0	1.6	3.0
2024 european parliament election	9 Jun 2024		16.2	19.1	8.3	13.5	9.9	4.2	4.7	6.6	–	6.7	–	–	8.7	–	2.9
2022 general election	1 Nov 2022		14.8	31.9	3.8	8.0	3.9	1.8	2.9	6.3	–	9.9	–	–	9.2	–	17.1
2021 regional election	16 Nov 2021		27.2	34.6	8.4	5.4	5.7	3.3	4.7	1.7	–	–	–	–	–	–	7.4
2021 municipal election	16 Nov 2021		33.6 (11)	27.9 (9)	8.9 (3)	6.3 (2)	5.4 (1)	4.8 (2)	4.1 (1)	1.0 (0)	–	–	–	–	–	–	5.7

References

1. "Kommunalvalg". valg.im.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 29 May 2025.
2. "Den nye borgmester hedder Knud Vincents | Nyheder". slagelse (in Danish). 17 November 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
3. "Spidskandidater til kommunal- og regionsvalget". venstre.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 29 May 2025.
4. "Stemmefordeling i Slagelse Kommune". valg.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 7 October 2025.