2025 Viborg municipal election

2025 Viborg municipal election

←  2021 18 November 2025 2029  →
All 31 seats to the Viborg municipal council 16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	55,468 (71.9%) 1.8%
First party Second party Third party   C V A Party Conservatives Venstre Social Democrats Last election 7 seats, 22.5% 12 seats, 34.3% 8 seats, 23.3% Seats won 8 6 6 Seat change 1 6 2 Popular vote 12,348 10,309 10,109 Percentage 22.6% 18.9% 18.5% Swing 0.2% 15.4% 4.8%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Æ F I Party Denmark Democrats Green Left Liberal Alliance Last election Did not stand 1 seat, 5.2% 0 seats, 0.9% Seats won 4 2 2 Seat change 4 1 2 Popular vote 6,157 3,885 2,814 Percentage 11.3% 7.1% 5.2% Swing New 1.9% 4.3%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   O Å Ø Party Danish People's Party The Alternative Red-Green Alliance Last election 0 seats, 2.7% 1 seat, 1.8% 1 seat, 3.0% Seats won 1 1 1 Seat change 1 0 0 Popular vote 2,345 1,757 1,570 Percentage 4.3% 3.2% 2.9% Swing 1.6% 1.4% 0.1%
Mayor before election Ulrik Wilbek Venstre Mayor after election Katrine Fusager Rohde Venstre

The 2025 Viborg Municipal election was held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 31 members to sit in the regional council for the Viborg Municipal council, in the period of 2026 to 2029. ^[1] Despite the Conservatives becoming the largest party, Katrine Fusager Rohde from Venstre, would secure the mayoral position. ^[2]

Background

Following the 2021 election, Ulrik Wilbek from Venstre became mayor for his second term in a row. ^{[3] [4]} However, on January 10, 2024, it was announced by Wilbek, that he would not seek a third term. ^[5] Instead, Katrine Fusager Rohde was the leading canddiate for Venstre this election. ^[6]

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. Viborg Municipality had 31 seats in 2025.

Unlike in Danish General Elections, in elections to municipal councils, electoral alliances are allowed.

Electoral alliances

Source ^[7]

Electoral Alliance 1

Party			Political alignment
	B	Social Liberals	Centre to Centre-left
	K	Christian Democrats	Centre to Centre-right
	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
	O	Danish People's Party	Right-wing to Far-right

Electoral Alliance 3

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

Electoral Alliance 4

Party			Political alignment
	M	Moderates	Centre to Centre-right
	V	Venstre	Centre-right

Electoral Alliance 5

Party			Political alignment
	Y	Velfærdsdemokraterne	Local politics
	Æ	Denmark Democrats	Right-wing to Far-right

Results by polling station

Division	A	B	C	F	I	K	M	O	T	U	V	Y	Æ	Ø	Å
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Frederiks	37.2	0.9	10.1	3.9	3.9	0.9	0.6	5.2	0.8	0.1	19.7	2.2	11.3	1.4	1.8
Hald Ege	20.7	1.6	19.3	9.4	4.7	0.2	0.8	3.2	2.1	0.0	15.8	0.7	7.4	4.1	10.0
Karup	35.8	0.4	9.6	3.2	3.5	0.5	4.1	8.2	0.9	0.0	13.6	1.9	16.5	1.2	0.7
Løgstrup	18.2	1.0	30.7	5.7	6.1	0.4	0.3	4.9	1.2	0.1	14.7	0.7	10.8	1.9	3.6
Mønsted	9.2	0.5	7.3	5.0	17.2	0.2	0.3	2.6	0.4	0.0	26.5	1.4	26.8	1.6	1.1
Stoholm	9.9	0.7	23.8	5.1	6.5	0.2	0.6	3.6	0.4	0.1	10.6	4.6	31.5	1.4	1.0
Vridsted	9.8	0.5	8.4	5.6	7.0	0.2	0.7	3.4	1.0	0.0	31.1	2.1	28.5	1.1	0.6
Viborg Stadion Center	22.0	1.4	23.4	9.3	4.4	0.2	0.6	4.0	2.2	0.0	16.4	0.8	6.1	4.5	4.7
Bjerringbro	14.6	0.9	42.8	5.9	2.9	0.5	2.0	4.2	0.4	0.0	11.8	0.5	10.6	1.4	1.5
Hammershøj	8.2	1.2	13.8	4.5	11.2	0.2	0.8	5.4	0.5	0.0	12.0	5.3	33.6	1.9	1.4
Møldrup	8.2	0.4	8.9	4.0	5.0	0.4	0.5	3.8	0.4	0.0	44.8	8.8	12.5	1.4	0.9
Houlkær	22.5	1.3	25.4	8.2	4.7	0.2	0.5	3.2	1.4	0.0	17.2	1.1	6.4	3.8	4.0
Røddinghus Kultur- og Fritidscenter	12.5	1.3	21.0	7.4	10.3	0.4	0.9	3.8	0.6	0.0	20.3	3.9	13.2	1.7	2.7
Rødkærsbro	12.9	1.1	15.0	4.8	3.9	0.6	1.5	9.0	0.9	0.1	35.7	0.5	10.6	1.6	1.6
Skals	10.2	0.5	27.9	6.5	4.0	0.3	6.8	3.4	0.9	0.0	23.2	3.0	10.3	1.4	1.5
Tjelecenteret	9.9	0.7	7.9	5.4	4.9	1.1	0.3	8.4	0.4	0.1	24.1	12.9	21.0	1.8	1.3

Results

Party			Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-
Viborg Municipality
	C	Conservatives	12,348	22.63	+0.15	8	+1
	V	Venstre	10,309	18.89	-15.37	6	-6
	A	Social Democrats	10,109	18.52	-4.81	6	-2
	Æ	Denmark Democrats	6,157	11.28	New	4	New
	F	Green Left	3,885	7.12	+1.94	2	+1
	I	Liberal Alliance	2,814	5.16	+4.28	2	+2
	O	Danish People's Party	2,345	4.30	+1.62	1	+1
	Å	The Alternative	1,757	3.22	+1.43	1	0
	Ø	Red-Green Alliance	1,570	2.88	-0.13	1	0
	Y	Velfærdsdemokraterne	1,180	2.16	New	0	New
	T	Hvad kan gå galt med Theis Bach Nielsen	709	1.30	New	0	New
	M	Moderates	598	1.10	New	0	New
	B	Social Liberals	589	1.08	-0.58	0	0
	K	Christian Democrats	188	0.34	-0.47	0	0
	U	Tage Søgaard Pedersen	17	0.03	New	0	New
Total			54,575	100	N/A	31	N/A
Invalid votes			163	0.21	+0.02
Blank votes			730	0.95	+0.28
Turnout			55,468	71.86	+1.78
Source: valg.dk

Opinion polls

Polling firm	Fieldwork date	Sample size	V	A	C	F	Ø	O	Å	B	T	I	K	M	U	Y	Æ	Others	Lead
Epinion	4 Sep - 13 Oct 2025	470	18.2	21.4	16.8	9.7	3.6	5.0	3.1	0.6	–	9.1	–	1.6	–	–	9.2	1.5	3.2
2024 european parliament election	9 Jun 2024		18.7	15.6	11.1	13.6	3.2	6.6	1.9	4.7	–	7.0	–	4.6	–	–	13.1	–	3.1
2022 general election	1 Nov 2022		14.8	26.1	15.9	7.5	2.4	1.8	1.9	1.8	–	6.6	0.7	5.6	–	–	11.7	–	10.2
2021 regional election	16 Nov 2021		25.4	28.8	22.1	4.5	3.3	4.7	1.4	2.4	–	1.3	1.5	–	–	–	–	–	3.4
2021 municipal election	16 Nov 2021		34.3 (12)	23.3 (8)	22.5 (7)	5.2 (1)	3.0 (1)	2.7 (0)	1.8 (1)	1.7 (0)	1.1 (0)	0.9 (0)	0.8 (0)	–	–	–	–	–	11.0

References

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