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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]
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]
| Parties | Vote | Seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Actual Seats | Notional Seats | + / - | |||
| Venstre | 249,004 | 39.2 | 17 | 14 | -3 | ||
| Social Democrats | 164,481 | 25.9 | 12 | 8 | -4 | ||
| Conservatives | 48,870 | 7.7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Green Left | 40,878 | 6.4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| New Right | 29,517 | 4.7 | 2 | 1 | -1 | ||
| Red–Green Alliance | 27,322 | 4.3 | 2 | 1 | -1 | ||
| Social Liberals | 26,783 | 4.2 | 2 | 1 | -1 | ||
| Danish People's Party | 27,220 | 4.3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 310,538 | 100.0 | 41 | 31 | -10 | ||
| Source [11] | |||||||
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.
Source [12]
| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| A | Social Democrats | Centre-left | |
| M | Moderates | Centre to Centre-right | |
| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| B | Social Liberals | Centre to Centre-left | |
| C | Conservatives | Centre-right | |
| I | Liberal Alliance | Centre-right to Right-wing | |
| Party | Political 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 | |
| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| F | Green Left | Centre-left to Left-wing | |
| Ø | Red-Green Alliance | Left-wing to Far-Left | |
| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| K | Christian Democrats | Centre to Centre-right | |
| Å | The Alternative | Centre-left to Left-wing | |
| Division | A | B | C | E | F | I | K | M | O | R | V | Æ | Ø | Å |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
| South Jutland | 21.8 | 2.6 | 5.7 | 0.3 | 8.0 | 6.0 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 13.0 | 0.1 | 28.1 | 7.4 | 3.6 | 0.7 |
| Funen | 23.9 | 4.7 | 8.8 | 0.2 | 12.3 | 5.4 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 8.6 | 0.1 | 21.1 | 5.1 | 6.1 | 1.2 |
| Division | A | B | C | E | F | I | K | M | O | R | V | Æ | Ø | Å |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
| Sønderborg | 29.8 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 0.2 | 6.0 | 6.3 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 12.9 | 0.1 | 26.7 | 6.8 | 3.9 | 0.5 |
| Aabenraa | 19.9 | 1.7 | 9.2 | 0.2 | 6.9 | 5.3 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 17.2 | 0.1 | 26.0 | 8.2 | 2.5 | 0.5 |
| Tønder | 15.0 | 1.0 | 2.8 | 0.2 | 6.0 | 3.7 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 15.6 | 0.2 | 41.8 | 8.8 | 1.6 | 0.6 |
| Fanø | 15.1 | 25.8 | 8.3 | 0.5 | 8.6 | 3.0 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 6.4 | 0.2 | 15.7 | 3.1 | 10.4 | 1.9 |
| Esbjerg | 23.3 | 2.2 | 7.6 | 1.1 | 8.4 | 5.7 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 10.5 | 0.1 | 27.2 | 7.0 | 4.5 | 0.4 |
| Varde | 19.5 | 1.5 | 3.8 | 0.3 | 6.3 | 8.1 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 10.1 | 0.0 | 35.0 | 11.0 | 1.6 | 0.4 |
| Billund | 22.0 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 0.2 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 10.2 | 0.1 | 35.5 | 13.6 | 1.7 | 0.8 |
| Vejen | 20.5 | 1.7 | 7.5 | 0.4 | 6.1 | 5.3 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 13.4 | 0.1 | 29.9 | 10.3 | 1.8 | 0.6 |
| Vejle | 23.1 | 3.9 | 5.5 | 0.1 | 10.2 | 5.9 | 0.9 | 2.7 | 9.9 | 0.2 | 26.8 | 6.7 | 3.1 | 1.1 |
| Fredericia | 23.0 | 2.0 | 6.8 | 0.3 | 8.8 | 6.4 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 13.8 | 0.1 | 23.0 | 5.3 | 7.4 | 0.7 |
| Kolding | 17.4 | 4.3 | 5.5 | 0.1 | 10.4 | 7.7 | 0.8 | 3.0 | 14.9 | 0.1 | 26.1 | 5.2 | 4.0 | 0.6 |
| Haderslev | 20.7 | 2.2 | 5.3 | 0.1 | 7.4 | 5.6 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 19.4 | 0.1 | 25.5 | 7.0 | 3.6 | 0.7 |
| Odense | 24.0 | 6.1 | 10.7 | 0.1 | 12.6 | 5.5 | 0.4 | 3.1 | 7.6 | 0.1 | 18.2 | 2.7 | 7.4 | 1.5 |
| Assens | 21.3 | 3.4 | 5.2 | 0.1 | 11.2 | 5.7 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 9.9 | 0.1 | 28.9 | 7.3 | 4.2 | 1.1 |
| Middelfart | 23.2 | 4.2 | 5.5 | 0.2 | 9.8 | 6.9 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 9.5 | 0.1 | 24.5 | 8.6 | 3.7 | 1.4 |
| Nordfyn | 24.2 | 2.3 | 4.2 | 0.2 | 8.7 | 3.6 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 9.3 | 0.1 | 34.6 | 8.1 | 2.7 | 0.7 |
| Kerteminde | 21.0 | 2.6 | 21.2 | 0.3 | 11.4 | 9.2 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 9.3 | 0.1 | 12.8 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 0.7 |
| Nyborg | 22.9 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 0.1 | 15.2 | 4.2 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 9.4 | 0.1 | 27.4 | 5.5 | 3.6 | 1.2 |
| Svendborg | 24.4 | 4.9 | 6.2 | 0.1 | 16.1 | 4.9 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 7.6 | 0.1 | 17.4 | 5.2 | 10.1 | 1.3 |
| Langeland | 16.2 | 3.7 | 10.8 | 0.2 | 13.8 | 3.5 | 0.3 | 3.1 | 9.8 | 0.1 | 26.0 | 6.2 | 5.1 | 1.2 |
| Ærø | 14.8 | 2.0 | 16.5 | 0.2 | 10.8 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 6.5 | 0.1 | 26.5 | 12.4 | 6.3 | 1.3 |
| Faaborg-Midtfyn | 30.6 | 3.6 | 6.9 | 0.2 | 10.5 | 4.8 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 10.5 | 0.1 | 18.8 | 7.1 | 4.2 | 0.9 |
| Party | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Denmark Region | ||||||||
| V | Venstre | 163,194 | 25.10 | -14.12 | 9 | -8 | ||
| A | Social Democrats | 147,531 | 22.69 | -3.21 | 8 | -4 | ||
| O | Danish People's Party | 72,286 | 11.12 | +6.83 | 3 | +2 | ||
| F | Green Left | 64,126 | 9.86 | +3.42 | 3 | +1 | ||
| C | Conservatives | 45,618 | 7.02 | -0.68 | 2 | -1 | ||
| Æ | Denmark Democrats | 41,911 | 6.45 | New | 2 | New | ||
| I | Liberal Alliance | 37,337 | 5.74 | +4.80 | 2 | +2 | ||
| Ø | Red-Green Alliance | 30,188 | 4.64 | +0.34 | 1 | -1 | ||
| B | Social Liberals | 22,687 | 3.49 | -0.73 | 1 | -1 | ||
| M | Moderates | 13,085 | 2.01 | New | 0 | New | ||
| Å | The Alternative | 5,888 | 0.91 | +0.46 | 0 | 0 | ||
| K | Christian Democrats | 3,949 | 0.61 | -0.34 | 0 | 0 | ||
| E | Borgerlig Fornuft | 1,660 | 0.26 | New | 0 | New | ||
| R | Kommunistisk Parti | 727 | 0.11 | New | 0 | New | ||
| Total | 650,187 | 100 | N/A | 31 | N/A | |||
| Invalid votes | 2,218 | 0.22 | -0.06 | |||||
| Blank votes | 31,389 | 3.16 | +0.53 | |||||
| Turnout | 683,794 | 68.92 | +1.99 | |||||
| Source: valg.dk | ||||||||
| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | V | A | C | F | Ø | O | B | I | K | Å | E | M | R | Æ | Others | Lead | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Epinion | 4 Sep - 13 Oct 2025 | 588 | 18.2 | 27.5 | 8.1 | 10.2 | 5.6 | 6.0 | 3.1 | 7.5 | – | 0.5 | – | 1.7 | – | 11.1 | 0.4 | 9.3 | |||
| 2024 european parliament election | 9 Jun 2024 | 18.2 | 17.8 | 8.6 | 14.5 | 4.6 | 7.4 | 5.3 | 7.0 | – | 2.0 | – | 5.6 | – | 9.0 | – | 0.4 | ||||
| 2022 general election | 1 Nov 2022 | 14.5 | 30.1 | 5.0 | 6.8 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 7.1 | 0.6 | 2.0 | – | 9.6 | – | 10.0 | – | 15.6 | ||||
| 2021 municipal elections | 16 Nov 2021 | 28.6 | 29.8 | 11.9 | 7.2 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.4 | – | – | – | – | – | 1.2 | ||||
| 2021 regional election | 16 Nov 2021 | 39.2 (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 | ||||