2025 Vejen municipal election

2025 Vejen municipal election

←  2021 18 November 2025 2029  →
All 27 seats to the Vejen municipal council 14 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	22,721 (67.9%) 0.4%
First party Second party Third party   V C A Party Venstre Conservatives Social Democrats Last election 9 seats, 30.8% 6 seats, 23.3% 8 seats, 28.1% Seats won 10 5 5 Seat change 1 1 3 Popular vote 7,923 4,176 4,172 Percentage 35.5% 18.7% 18.7% Swing 4.8% 4.6% 9.4%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   O F Æ Party Danish People's Party Green Left Denmark Democrats Last election 1 seat, 3.3% 1 seat, 3.4% Did not stand Seats won 2 2 2 Seat change 1 1 2 Popular vote 1,551 1,474 1,446 Percentage 7.0% 6.6% 6.5% Swing 3.7% 3.2% New   Seventh party   I Party Liberal Alliance Last election 0 seats, 0.3% Seats won 1 Seat change 1 Popular vote 706 Percentage 3.2% Swing 2.8%
Mayor before election Frank Schmidt-Hansen Conservatives Mayor after election Christian Lund Venstre

The 2025 Vejen Municipal election was held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 27 members to sit in the regional council for the Vejen Municipal council, in the period of 2026 to 2029. ^[1] Christian Lund from Venstre, would win the mayoral position. ^[2]

Background

Following the 2021 election, Frank Schmidt-Hansen from the Conservatives became mayor for his first term. ^[3] Schmidt Jensen wwould to be re-elected for a second 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. Vejen Municipality had 27 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
	M	Moderates	Centre to Centre-right
	Å	The Alternative	Centre-left to Left-wing

Electoral Alliance 2

Party			Political alignment
	B	Social Liberals	Centre to Centre-left
	O	Danish People's Party	Right-wing to Far-right
	V	Venstre	Centre-right

Electoral Alliance 3

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

Results by polling station

Division	A	B	C	F	I	M	O	V	Æ	Å
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Brørup	27.0	1.0	18.0	5.5	3.1	1.8	6.4	29.6	7.5	0.2
Lindknud	10.9	0.2	12.5	6.7	4.2	2.8	5.6	46.1	9.5	1.6
Holsted	21.7	4.6	18.7	4.4	3.7	3.1	6.8	27.2	8.5	1.2
Føvling	20.4	0.7	9.9	3.7	4.2	15.0	9.3	26.1	10.1	0.5
Glejbjerg	8.7	0.6	7.3	4.3	3.3	2.0	6.5	55.8	10.5	0.9
Hovborg	14.6	1.4	16.9	10.8	3.1	4.1	7.8	34.6	6.1	0.7
Rødding Centret	9.1	0.7	44.9	6.2	1.7	1.2	6.6	25.3	4.0	0.3
Sdr. Hygum	9.8	0.2	21.6	7.1	1.2	0.2	6.3	48.4	4.9	0.2
Jels	23.7	0.6	12.4	3.9	2.5	1.7	5.3	45.5	4.2	0.3
Lintrup	7.3	0.0	37.8	2.2	2.4	1.4	7.8	33.0	7.8	0.3
Skodborg	17.5	0.1	11.1	4.0	3.0	1.3	6.1	53.3	3.4	0.1
Københoved	6.7	0.4	18.0	7.0	2.1	0.7	6.3	51.8	7.0	0.0
Øster Lindet	12.5	0.0	24.0	6.8	4.4	0.8	8.6	36.6	6.0	0.3
Vejen Idrætscenter	22.0	1.5	15.7	9.6	2.7	1.6	7.1	32.9	6.2	0.6
Læborg	11.4	0.3	15.8	6.7	4.9	2.6	10.6	42.1	5.2	0.5
Askov-Malt	17.1	0.7	22.1	7.6	3.2	1.8	4.7	39.1	3.2	0.5
Andst	11.7	0.3	17.9	9.5	4.2	1.1	12.1	34.3	8.3	0.8
Gesten	16.5	0.5	7.4	8.5	4.0	2.8	9.0	40.3	9.9	1.1
Bække	22.7	0.9	12.3	3.9	6.5	1.1	9.2	32.4	10.4	0.5

Results

Party			Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-
Vejen Municipality
	V	Venstre	7,923	35.54	+4.79	10	+1
	C	Conservatives	4,176	18.73	-4.61	5	-1
	A	Social Democrats	4,172	18.71	-9.37	5	-3
	O	Danish People's Party	1,551	6.96	+3.65	2	+1
	F	Green Left	1,474	6.61	+3.16	2	+1
	Æ	Denmark Democrats	1,446	6.49	New	2	New
	I	Liberal Alliance	706	3.17	+2.83	1	+1
	M	Moderates	471	2.11	New	0	New
	B	Social Liberals	252	1.13	-0.62	0	0
	Å	The Alternative	124	0.56	New	0	New
Total			22,295	100	N/A	27	N/A
Invalid votes			85	0.25	-0.08
Blank votes			341	1.02	+0.14
Turnout			22,721	67.85	-0.44
Source: valg.dk

Opinion polls

Polling firm	Fieldwork date	Sample size	V	A	C	F	O	B	I	M	Å	Æ	Lead
Epinion	4 Sep - 13 Oct 2025	506	28.8	22.3	13.5	8.5	5.0	1.3	4.7	1.9	0.6	13.3	6.5
2024 european parliament election	9 Jun 2024		28.0	14.3	8.2	9.5	8.3	3.4	7.8	4.2	1.3	12.8	13.7
2022 general election	1 Nov 2022		19.7	25.2	4.9	4.8	3.1	1.6	7.7	8.3	1.0	13.1	5.5
2021 regional election	16 Nov 2021		47.7	20.7	9.7	4.2	4.1	1.9	0.7	–	0.2	–	27.0
2021 municipal election	16 Nov 2021		30.8 (9)	28.1 (8)	23.3 (6)	3.4 (1)	3.3 (1)	1.8 (0)	0.3 (0)	–	–	–	2.7

References

1. "Kommunalvalg". valg.im.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-27.
2. "Christian Lund er ny borgmester i Vejen Kommune". landbrugsavisen.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-11-21.
3. "Se video: Frank Schmidt-Hansen er Vejen Kommunes nye borgmester | Nyheder". jv (in Danish). 17 November 2021. Retrieved 2023-05-27.
4. "Frank Schmidt-Hansen er klar til 4 år mere". vejen.konservative.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-27.
5. "Stemmefordeling i Vejen Kommune". valg.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 7 October 2025.