2025 Vejle municipal election

2025 Vejle municipal election

←  2021 18 November 2025 2029  →
All 31 seats to the Vejle municipal council 16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	65,212 (68.3%) 1.1%
First party Second party Third party   V A F Party Venstre Social Democrats Green Left Last election 12 seats, 34.9% 9 seats, 30.1% 3 seats, 7.2% Seats won 10 9 4 Seat change 2 0 1 Popular vote 19,135 17,036 7,074 Percentage 29.8% 26.5% 11.0% Swing 5.1% 3.5% 3.9%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Æ C O Party Denmark Democrats Conservatives Danish People's Party Last election Did not stand 3 seats, 11.0% 1 seat, 4.3% Seats won 2 2 1 Seat change 2 1 0 Popular vote 4,308 4,190 3,464 Percentage 6.7% 6.5% 5.4% Swing New 4.4% 1.1%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   B I M Party Social Liberals Liberal Alliance Moderates Last election 1 seat, 3.3% 0 seats, 1.1% Did not stand Seats won 1 1 1 Seat change 0 1 1 Popular vote 2,800 2,374 1,621 Percentage 4.4% 3.7% 2.5% Swing 1.1% 2.6% New
Mayor before election Jens Ejner Christensen Venstre Mayor after election Jens Ejner Christensen Venstre

The 2025 Vejle Municipal election was held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 31 members to sit in the regional council for the Vejle Municipal council, in the period of 2026 to 2029. ^[1] Jens Ejner Christensen from Venstre, would secure re-election. ^[2]

Background

Following the 2021 election, Jens Ejner Christensen from Venstre became mayor for his second term. ^[3] He ran 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. Vejle Municipality had 31 seats in 2025.

Electoral alliances

Source ^[5]

Electoral Alliance 1

Party			Political alignment
	A	Social Democrats	Centre-left
	B	Social Liberals	Centre to Centre-left
	Å	The Alternative	Centre-left to Left-wing

Electoral Alliance 2

Party			Political alignment
	C	Conservatives	Centre-right
	I	Liberal Alliance	Centre-right to Right-wing
	K	Christian Democrats	Centre to Centre-right
	M	Moderates	Centre to Centre-right

Electoral Alliance 3

Party			Political alignment
	F	Green Left	Centre-left to Left-wing
	R	Kommunistisk Parti	Local politics
	Ø	Red-Green Alliance	Left-wing to Far-Left

Electoral Alliance 4

Party			Political alignment
	O	Danish People's Party	Right-wing to Far-right
	V	Venstre	Centre-right
	Æ	Denmark Democrats	Right-wing to Far-right

Results by polling station

Division	A	B	C	F	I	K	M	O	R	V	Æ	Ø	Å
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Brejning Syd	26.9	3.1	9.7	14.3	3.1	0.9	4.5	5.2	0.1	23.8	6.2	1.3	1.0
Børkop Syd	23.8	2.1	16.6	11.6	3.6	0.8	4.6	5.9	0.2	21.4	6.6	1.5	1.2
Gårslev Syd	31.2	2.1	7.1	7.5	3.2	0.5	2.8	5.9	0.1	31.8	6.3	1.1	0.5
Smidstrup Syd	15.6	5.8	5.5	6.0	4.1	0.6	1.0	8.6	0.0	41.4	9.3	1.2	1.0
Ødsted Syd	28.6	2.0	5.0	7.6	2.8	0.0	1.6	5.3	0.0	36.0	10.3	0.7	0.3
Egtved Syd	19.3	2.5	3.5	6.9	3.2	0.3	1.4	6.5	0.2	42.4	11.6	1.5	0.7
Jerlev Syd	30.6	2.3	4.2	5.2	3.0	0.8	1.5	6.8	0.0	34.5	9.2	1.1	0.8
Øster Starup Syd	22.0	3.9	4.6	9.4	4.8	0.4	2.5	6.3	0.1	31.3	12.4	1.1	1.2
DGI-Huset Syd	32.0	4.6	6.7	12.2	4.8	0.3	2.8	5.6	0.7	22.0	4.0	3.2	1.2
Multihuset Højen Syd	29.8	3.8	11.3	8.3	4.8	0.3	3.3	5.4	0.1	25.6	5.4	1.1	0.7
Vinding Idræts Center Syd	33.3	3.0	6.7	7.8	3.4	0.2	2.6	4.9	0.1	32.5	4.0	1.0	0.4
Mølholmhallen Syd	32.4	5.9	6.9	8.7	4.1	0.1	2.7	2.8	0.1	30.9	2.8	1.6	0.9
Kvartershuset Syd	31.4	4.3	4.1	18.7	2.2	0.5	2.4	6.2	0.3	16.8	4.8	7.4	1.0
CSV - Vejle Syd	39.7	4.2	6.0	13.2	2.9	0.1	2.2	4.4	0.1	18.4	4.6	3.4	0.7
Rødkilde Gymnasium Syd	32.3	3.3	6.8	10.6	4.5	0.3	2.1	5.8	0.5	25.5	3.6	3.5	1.2
Skibet Hallen	40.2	3.0	6.4	7.7	3.5	0.1	2.3	3.5	0.1	27.5	3.3	1.8	0.6
Give	14.2	1.0	5.9	5.3	3.7	0.5	0.8	6.6	0.1	47.2	13.3	0.9	0.4
Thyregod Nord	12.9	1.2	2.0	10.2	2.6	0.1	0.6	7.7	0.1	16.7	43.9	1.1	1.0
Gadbjerg Nord	19.4	5.0	4.4	10.7	2.1	0.3	0.4	4.4	0.1	39.2	11.7	1.0	1.2
Givskud Nord	18.7	1.4	6.0	8.5	3.8	0.8	1.3	6.3	0.3	36.6	12.7	1.9	1.7
Grønbjerg Nord	11.3	1.7	4.8	5.6	3.5	0.6	0.7	7.1	0.2	43.3	19.0	1.5	0.7
Lindeballe Nord	15.8	3.1	4.5	8.6	3.1	0.7	0.7	6.8	0.0	44.2	10.6	0.3	1.7
Øster Nykirke Nord	12.2	0.8	2.3	7.2	3.2	0.2	1.4	7.6	0.1	52.9	10.5	0.6	1.0
Jelling Nord	31.0	2.8	4.2	21.4	2.6	0.3	1.2	3.2	0.3	25.9	4.6	1.7	0.8
Kollerup-Sandvad Nord	19.1	1.9	3.1	13.0	3.5	0.4	1.2	8.7	0.0	36.1	10.3	1.3	1.3
Grejs Nord	32.5	8.8	5.1	9.7	5.8	0.4	1.5	4.7	0.1	24.5	4.4	1.2	1.3
Bredsten Nord	21.4	2.5	3.7	11.1	3.4	0.3	1.9	7.3	0.1	39.9	6.7	0.8	0.8
Nørup Nord	16.8	2.3	3.0	14.0	2.9	0.0	1.2	5.9	0.2	42.0	10.1	0.7	0.9
Vandel Nord	15.2	0.9	2.9	22.2	2.4	0.5	0.6	5.8	0.1	40.1	6.9	1.5	0.9
Nørremarkshallen Nord	28.7	6.5	5.7	14.8	3.2	0.5	6.2	4.6	0.1	21.9	3.1	4.3	0.4
Engum Nord	20.2	7.3	5.1	7.4	4.6	0.1	2.4	3.6	0.1	45.3	2.6	0.9	0.4
Hældagerhallen Nord	23.6	11.1	8.4	8.0	3.7	0.2	2.8	4.8	0.2	32.1	3.4	1.1	0.7
Grejsdalen Nord	28.6	7.3	5.4	17.5	4.8	0.2	2.6	5.1	0.8	20.0	4.0	2.3	1.5
Petersmindehallen Nord	30.1	5.3	6.7	13.3	4.2	0.4	3.0	5.2	0.1	25.1	4.0	1.8	0.8

Results

Party			Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-
Vejle Municipality
	V	Venstre	19,135	29.81	-5.08	10	-2
	A	Social Democrats	17,036	26.54	-3.51	9	0
	F	Green Left	7,074	11.02	+3.86	4	+1
	Æ	Denmark Democrats	4,308	6.71	New	2	New
	C	Conservatives	4,190	6.53	-4.44	2	-1
	O	Danish People's Party	3,464	5.40	+1.14	1	0
	B	Social Liberals	2,800	4.36	+1.10	1	0
	I	Liberal Alliance	2,374	3.70	+2.60	1	+1
	M	Moderates	1,621	2.53	New	1	New
	Ø	Red-Green Alliance	1,260	1.96	-0.41	0	0
	Å	The Alternative	549	0.86	+0.17	0	0
	K	Christian Democrats	227	0.35	-0.37	0	0
	R	Kommunistisk Parti	143	0.22	New	0	New
Total			64,181	100	N/A	31	N/A
Invalid votes			156	0.16	-0.11
Blank votes			875	0.92	+0.14
Turnout			65,212	68.29	+1.15
Source: valg.dk

Opinion polls

Polling firm	Fieldwork date	Sample size	V	A	C	F	O	B	Ø	I	K	Å	M	R	Æ	Others	Lead
Epinion	4 Sep - 13 Oct 2025	517	23.2	25.7	5.1	12.4	6.5	2.2	3.1	7.2	–	1.2	2.0	–	10.8	0.7	2.5
2024 european parliament election	9 Jun 2024		18.4	15.9	11.8	13.9	6.8	6.0	3.6	7.8	–	1.9	6.1	–	7.8	–	2.5
2022 general election	1 Nov 2022		17.6	25.5	5.4	7.0	2.1	3.3	2.8	8.4	0.8	2.0	10.3	–	9.6	–	7.9
2021 regional election	16 Nov 2021		39.2	26.2	8.3	5.9	4.8	3.9	2.9	1.5	1.4	0.6	–	–	–	–	13.0
2021 municipal election	16 Nov 2021		34.9 (12)	30.1 (9)	11.0 (3)	7.2 (3)	4.3 (1)	3.3 (1)	2.4 (0)	1.1 (0)	0.7 (0)	0.7 (0)	–	–	–	–	4.8

References

1. "Kommunalvalg". valg.im.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-27.
2. "Jens Ejner Christensen fortsætter som Vejles borgmester: Sådan er posterne fordelt". vafo.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-11-21.
3. "Vejle-borgmester fortsætter på styrket mandat | Nyheder". berlingske (in Danish). 17 November 2021. Retrieved 2025-05-27.
4. "Spidskandidater til kommunal- og regionsvalget". venstre.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-27.
5. "Stemmefordeling i Vejle Kommune". valg.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 7 October 2025.