2025 Southern Denmark regional election

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2025 Southern Denmark regional election
  2021 18 November 2025 2029  

All 31 seats to the Southern Denmark regional council
16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout683,794 (69.7%)
Increase2.svg 2.0%
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
V
A
O
Party Venstre Social Democrats Danish People's Party
Last election17 seats, 39.2%12 seats, 25.9%1 seat, 4.3%
Seats won983
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 8Decrease2.svg 4Increase2.svg 2
Popular vote163,194147,53172,286
Percentage25.1%22.7%11.1%
SwingDecrease2.svg 14.1%Decrease2.svg 3.2%Increase2.svg 6.8%

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
F
C
Æ
Party Green Left Conservatives Denmark Democrats
Last election2 seats, 6.4%3 seats, 7.7%Did not stand
Seats won322
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 2
Popular vote64,12645,61841,911
Percentage9.9%7.0%6.4%
SwingIncrease2.svg 3.4%Decrease2.svg 0.7%New

 Seventh partyEighth partyNinth party
 
I
Ø
B
Party Liberal Alliance Red-Green Alliance Social Liberals
Last election0 seats, 0.9%2 seats, 4.3%2 seats, 4.2%
Seats won211
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 2Decrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 1
Popular vote37,33730,18822,687
Percentage5.7%4.6%3.5%
SwingIncrease2.svg 4.8%Increase2.svg 0.3%Decrease2.svg 0.7%

Chairperson before election

Bo Libergren
Venstre

Chairperson after election

Bo Libergren
Venstre

The 2025 Southern Denmark Regional election was held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 31 members to sit in the regional council for the Southern Denmark Regional council, in the period of 2026 to 2029.Bo Libergren from Venstre, would take the chairperson. [1]

Contents

Background

Following the 2021 election, Stephanie Lose from Venstre became chairperson for her second term. [2] [3] However, Lose announced on October 25, 2025, that she would step down from the position, in case she became a minister. [4] Following this, Bo Libergren, from Venstre as well replaced her, when she became the Minister for Economic Affairs. [5] [6]

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. [7] 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. [8] 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. [9] As part of the reform, this region will elect only 31 council members. [10]

Notional results 2021

2021 Election Results and notional results with 31 Seats Contested

PartiesVoteSeats
Votes%Actual SeatsNotional Seats+ / -
Venstre 249,00439.21714-3
Social Democrats 164,48125.9128-4
Conservatives 48,8707.7330
Green Left 40,8786.4220
New Right 29,5174.721-1
Red–Green Alliance 27,3224.321-1
Social Liberals 26,7834.221-1
Danish People's Party 27,2204.3110
Total310,538100.04131-10
Source [11]

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 Southern Denmark Region had 31 seats in 2025.

Electoral alliances

Source [12]

Electoral Alliance 1

PartyPolitical alignment
A Social Democrats Centre-left
M Moderates Centre to Centre-right

Electoral Alliance 2

PartyPolitical alignment
B Social Liberals Centre to Centre-left
C Conservatives Centre-right
I Liberal Alliance Centre-right to Right-wing

Electoral Alliance 3

PartyPolitical alignment
E Borgerlig Fornuft Local politics
O Danish People's Party Right-wing to Far-right
V Venstre Centre-right
Æ Denmark Democrats Right-wing to Far-right

Electoral Alliance 4

PartyPolitical alignment
F Green Left Centre-left to Left-wing
Ø Red-Green Alliance Left-wing to Far-Left

Electoral Alliance 5

PartyPolitical alignment
K Christian Democrats Centre to Centre-right
Å The Alternative Centre-left to Left-wing

Results by constituency and municipality

Results by constituency

Division A B C E F I K M O R V Æ Ø Å
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South Jutland 21.82.65.70.38.06.00.81.913.00.128.17.43.60.7
Funen 23.94.78.80.212.35.40.32.28.60.121.15.16.11.2

Results by municipality

Division A B C E F I K M O R V Æ Ø Å
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Sønderborg 29.81.53.00.26.06.30.71.612.90.126.76.83.90.5
Aabenraa 19.91.79.20.26.95.31.01.417.20.126.08.22.50.5
Tønder 15.01.02.80.26.03.71.51.215.60.241.88.81.60.6
Fanø 15.125.88.30.58.63.00.11.06.40.215.73.110.41.9
Esbjerg 23.32.27.61.18.45.70.51.510.50.127.27.04.50.4
Varde 19.51.53.80.36.38.11.01.310.10.035.011.01.60.4
Billund 22.01.33.00.24.74.20.62.210.20.135.513.61.70.8
Vejen 20.51.77.50.46.15.30.61.813.40.129.910.31.80.6
Vejle 23.13.95.50.110.25.90.92.79.90.226.86.73.11.1
Fredericia 23.02.06.80.38.86.40.51.813.80.123.05.37.40.7
Kolding 17.44.35.50.110.47.70.83.014.90.126.15.24.00.6
Haderslev 20.72.25.30.17.45.61.41.119.40.125.57.03.60.7
Odense 24.06.110.70.112.65.50.43.17.60.118.22.77.41.5
Assens 21.33.45.20.111.25.70.41.29.90.128.97.34.21.1
Middelfart 23.24.25.50.29.86.90.42.09.50.124.58.63.71.4
Nordfyn 24.22.34.20.28.73.60.21.19.30.134.68.12.70.7
Kerteminde 21.02.621.20.311.49.20.41.69.30.112.85.04.40.7
Nyborg 22.93.95.00.115.24.20.21.29.40.127.45.53.61.2
Svendborg 24.44.96.20.116.14.90.31.37.60.117.45.210.11.3
Langeland 16.23.710.80.213.83.50.33.19.80.126.06.25.11.2
Ærø 14.82.016.50.210.81.70.10.96.50.126.512.46.31.3
Faaborg-Midtfyn 30.63.66.90.210.54.80.31.610.50.118.87.14.20.9

Results

PartyVotes%+/-Seats+/-
Southern Denmark Region
V Venstre 163,19425.10-14.129-8
A Social Democrats 147,53122.69-3.218-4
O Danish People's Party 72,28611.12+6.833+2
F Green Left 64,1269.86+3.423+1
C Conservatives 45,6187.02-0.682-1
Æ Denmark Democrats 41,9116.45New2New
I Liberal Alliance 37,3375.74+4.802+2
Ø Red-Green Alliance 30,1884.64+0.341-1
B Social Liberals 22,6873.49-0.731-1
M Moderates 13,0852.01New0New
Å The Alternative 5,8880.91+0.4600
K Christian Democrats 3,9490.61-0.3400
E Borgerlig Fornuft 1,6600.26New0New
R Kommunistisk Parti 7270.11New0New
Total650,187100N/A31N/A
Invalid votes2,2180.22-0.06
Blank votes31,3893.16+0.53
Turnout683,79468.92+1.99
Source: valg.dk

Opinion polls

Polling
firm
Fieldwork
date
Sample
size
V A C F Ø O B I K Å E M R Æ OthersLead
Epinion 4 Sep - 13 Oct 202558818.227.58.110.25.66.03.17.50.51.711.10.49.3
2024 european parliament election 9 Jun 202418.217.88.614.54.67.45.37.02.05.69.00.4
2022 general election 1 Nov 202214.530.15.06.83.32.72.67.10.62.09.610.015.6
2021 municipal elections 16 Nov 202128.629.811.97.23.84.64.00.70.60.41.2
2021 regional election 16 Nov 202139.2
(17)
25.9
(12)
7.7
(3)
6.4
(2)
4.3
(2)
4.3
(1)
4.2
(2)
0.9
(0)
0.9
(0)
0.4
(0)
13.3

References

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