2025 Svendborg municipal election

2025 Svendborg municipal election

←  2021 18 November 2025 2029  →
All 29 seats to the Svendborg municipal council 15 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	35,138 (73.3%) 2.3%
First party Second party Third party   A V Ø Party Social Democrats Venstre Red-Green Alliance Last election 11 seats, 35.9% 7 seats, 19.8% 3 seats, 10.6% Seats won 10 5 4 Seat change 1 2 1 Popular vote 11,129 5,366 4,407 Percentage 32.3% 15.6% 12.8% Swing 3.6% 4.2% 2.2%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   F C O Party Green Left Conservatives Danish People's Party Last election 2 seats, 7.5% 3 seats, 9.5% 1 seat, 3.5% Seats won 3 2 2 Seat change 1 1 1 Popular vote 3,512 2,518 2,105 Percentage 10.2% 7.3% 6.1% Swing 2.7% 2.2% 2.6%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   B I Æ Party Social Liberals Liberal Alliance Denmark Democrats Last election 2 seats, 5.2% 0 seats, 0.9% Did not stand Seats won 1 1 1 Seat change 1 1 1 Popular vote 1,787 1,582 1,419 Percentage 5.2% 4.6% 4.1% Swing 0.0% 3.7% New
Mayor before election Bo Hansen Social Democrats Mayor after election Bo Hansen Social Democrats

The 2025 Svendborg Municipal election was held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 29 members to sit in the regional council for the Svendborg Municipal council, in the period of 2026 to 2029. ^[1] Bo Hansen from the Social Democrats, would secure re-election. ^[2]

Background

Following the 2021 election, Bo Hansen from Social Democrats became mayor for his second term. ^[3] He would run for a third 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. Svendborg Municipality had 29 seats in 2025.

Electoral alliances

Source ^[5]

Electoral Alliance 1

Party			Political alignment
	B	Social Liberals	Centre to Centre-left
	F	Green Left	Centre-left to Left-wing
	Ø	Red-Green Alliance	Left-wing to Far-Left
	Å	The Alternative	Centre-left to Left-wing

Electoral Alliance 2

Party			Political alignment
	C	Conservatives	Centre-right
	D	New Right	Far-right
	O	Danish People's Party	Right-wing to Far-right

Electoral Alliance 3

Party			Political alignment
	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	D	E	F	I	J	O	V	Æ	Ø	Å
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Midtbyhallen	35.4	5.7	8.7	0.5	0.4	9.8	4.6	0.1	4.6	10.6	2.4	16.2	0.9
Nordre	39.5	4.4	4.7	0.6	0.4	10.4	4.2	0.1	7.0	10.2	2.6	15.2	0.8
Østre	36.6	4.8	6.3	0.4	0.2	11.6	3.9	0.1	5.8	11.1	3.2	15.4	0.6
Bjerreby	27.4	4.3	7.1	1.2	1.1	8.1	4.6	0.2	9.3	12.5	13.1	11.1	0.3
Bregninge	38.2	4.6	12.8	0.4	0.2	8.3	5.9	0.1	5.0	10.9	2.6	10.2	0.8
Drejø	33.3	17.9	12.8	0.0	0.0	2.6	10.3	0.0	0.0	2.6	7.7	12.8	0.0
Egense	33.5	5.9	10.2	0.4	0.1	10.0	5.2	0.0	4.8	13.0	2.9	13.0	1.0
Landet	31.3	4.3	7.6	0.8	0.3	6.8	4.1	0.0	9.5	15.1	11.7	8.1	0.3
Skårup	34.4	7.7	5.4	0.6	0.4	6.9	5.4	0.1	8.1	15.0	4.6	10.9	0.5
Thurø	36.1	10.4	10.5	0.2	0.1	8.9	4.6	0.2	5.8	12.0	2.7	7.9	0.5
Tved	40.6	2.1	7.9	0.5	0.3	8.2	3.5	0.1	7.7	16.9	5.7	6.4	0.1
Kirkeby	23.5	2.2	3.4	0.7	1.0	5.7	3.7	0.0	7.4	38.9	4.8	7.7	1.0
Ollerup	19.5	6.6	5.1	0.3	0.1	17.0	4.0	0.2	4.5	15.0	2.8	22.6	2.2
Stenstrup	23.9	2.0	3.9	1.3	0.9	6.0	3.2	0.1	8.1	34.1	8.3	7.5	0.6
V.Skerninge	16.9	3.5	4.3	0.4	0.5	26.6	3.6	0.4	5.0	19.1	3.6	14.2	1.8
Gudbjerg	18.0	3.1	3.1	1.0	0.3	6.1	5.2	0.3	7.9	37.2	8.9	7.8	1.0
Gudme	20.4	4.0	3.4	1.8	0.6	5.1	4.6	0.2	6.6	36.7	8.8	6.8	1.1
Hesselager	22.7	2.0	4.2	0.8	1.2	9.2	5.5	0.0	11.0	24.7	9.5	8.4	0.9
Oure	25.8	5.2	3.7	0.4	0.4	8.8	7.4	0.2	9.0	21.0	4.9	12.4	0.7

Results

Party			Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-
Svendborg Municipality
	A	Social Democrats	11,129	32.28	-3.62	10	-1
	V	Venstre	5,366	15.56	-4.22	5	-2
	Ø	Red-Green Alliance	4,407	12.78	+2.17	4	+1
	F	Green Left	3,512	10.19	+2.73	3	+1
	C	Conservatives	2,518	7.30	-2.15	2	-1
	O	Danish People's Party	2,105	6.11	+2.60	2	+1
	B	Social Liberals	1,787	5.18	+0.01	1	-1
	I	Liberal Alliance	1,582	4.59	+3.66	1	+1
	Æ	Denmark Democrats	1,419	4.12	New	1	New
	Å	The Alternative	295	0.86	-0.28	0	0
	D	New Right	189	0.55	-2.16	0	0
	E	Stabilt Demokrati	127	0.37	New	0	New
	J	Den Lunefulde Liste	42	0.12	+0.03	0	0
Total			34,478	100	N/A	29	N/A
Invalid votes			87	0.18	-0.02
Blank votes			573	1.20	+0.28
Turnout			35,138	73.30	+2.35
Source: valg.dk

Opinion polls

Polling firm	Fieldwork date	Sample size	A	V	Ø	C	F	B	O	D	Å	I	J	E	Æ	Others	Lead
Epinion	4 Sep - 13 Oct 2025	613	40.8	10.0	11.2	6.7	10.3	3.1	3.7	–	2.6	6.2	–	–	4.8	0.5	29.6
2024 european parliament election	9 Jun 2024		18.6	13.0	9.2	6.3	20.7	5.6	6.1	–	2.5	5.4	–	–	6.6	–	2.1
2022 general election	1 Nov 2022		34.4	9.7	7.0	4.1	8.6	2.8	2.5	3.2	4.0	5.9	–	–	7.5	–	24.7
2021 regional election	16 Nov 2021		28.1	29.2	10.4	6.7	10.4	5.0	3.4	3.5	0.8	1.1	–	–	–	–	1.1
2021 municipal election	16 Nov 2021		35.9 (11)	19.8 (7)	10.6 (3)	9.5 (3)	7.5 (2)	5.2 (2)	3.5 (1)	2.7 (0)	1.1 (0)	0.9 (0)	0.1 (0)	–	–	–	16.1

References

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5. "Stemmefordeling i Svendborg Kommune". valg.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 7 October 2025.