2025 Herning municipal election
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The 2025 Herning Municipal election was held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 31 members to sit in the regional council for the Herning Municipal council, in the period of 2026 to 2029.[1] Venstre would lose 2 seats, and their absolute majority. [2] However, Dorte West from the party, would still secure re-election. [3]
Following the 2021 election, Dorte West from Venstre became mayor for her first term. [4] She sought re-election in 2025. [5]
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. Herning Municipality had 31 seats in 2025.
Electoral alliances
Source[6]
Electoral Alliance 1
| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| A | Social Democrats | Centre-left | |
| L | Borgerlisten | Local politics | |
Electoral Alliance 2
| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| B | Social Liberals | Centre to Centre-left | |
| M | Moderates | Centre to Centre-right | |
| V | Venstre | Centre-right | |
Electoral Alliance 3
| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| C | Conservatives | Centre-right | |
| D | New Right | Far-right | |
| I | Liberal Alliance | Centre-right to Right-wing | |
| K | Christian Democrats | Centre to Centre-right | |
| O | Danish People's Party | Right-wing to Far-right | |
| Æ | Denmark Democrats | Right-wing to Far-right | |
Electoral Alliance 4
| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| F | Green Left | Centre-left to Left-wing | |
| Ø | Red-Green Alliance | Left-wing to Far-Left | |
Results by polling station
| Division | A | B | C | D | F | I | K | L | M | O | V | Æ | Ø |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
| Herning (Kongrescentret) | 12.9 | 8.4 | 5.0 | 0.2 | 10.9 | 4.8 | 2.1 | 3.7 | 0.7 | 4.5 | 40.1 | 4.9 | 1.9 |
| Arnborg | 10.4 | 3.7 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 4.9 | 2.9 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 61.2 | 9.6 | 1.0 |
| Kibæk | 19.0 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 5.6 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 4.8 | 45.7 | 10.8 | 0.5 |
| Kølkær | 22.1 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 10.4 | 4.7 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 4.5 | 33.8 | 13.8 | 1.1 |
| Lind | 9.6 | 8.4 | 3.3 | 0.2 | 8.9 | 4.2 | 1.5 | 3.1 | 0.3 | 3.2 | 51.8 | 4.9 | 0.6 |
| Sdr. Felding | 6.7 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 7.6 | 1.2 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 59.4 | 10.6 | 0.5 |
| Skarrild | 3.7 | 3.7 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 3.5 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 68.4 | 8.6 | 1.1 |
| Studsgård | 21.1 | 6.7 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 6.9 | 4.5 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 3.3 | 35.2 | 14.4 | 1.0 |
| Aulum | 14.7 | 2.3 | 4.8 | 0.3 | 5.0 | 5.6 | 4.1 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 3.6 | 49.5 | 8.3 | 0.5 |
| Feldborg | 6.9 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 3.1 | 2.1 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 74.2 | 7.8 | 0.7 |
| Gullestrup | 14.4 | 5.5 | 4.1 | 0.3 | 13.9 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 0.4 | 5.4 | 36.4 | 6.1 | 3.4 |
| Haderup | 6.2 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 4.4 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 4.0 | 64.1 | 11.2 | 0.6 |
| Hammerum | 8.8 | 17.0 | 8.3 | 0.3 | 8.6 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 4.5 | 0.6 | 4.3 | 35.5 | 4.8 | 0.9 |
| Hodsager | 4.4 | 3.1 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 5.4 | 4.1 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 62.1 | 12.8 | 0.3 |
| Ilskov | 7.9 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 0.2 | 7.5 | 2.7 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 3.5 | 53.6 | 14.8 | 1.0 |
| Simmelkær | 5.1 | 4.6 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 5.1 | 1.0 | 4.6 | 0.5 | 7.6 | 43.1 | 20.3 | 1.0 |
| Sinding | 5.9 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 6.3 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 6.7 | 61.4 | 8.7 | 0.6 |
| Skibbild/Nøvling | 10.5 | 2.6 | 8.4 | 0.5 | 9.8 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 0.4 | 5.8 | 38.9 | 10.4 | 1.2 |
| Snejbjerg | 8.5 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 0.2 | 8.9 | 3.8 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 3.5 | 53.8 | 8.7 | 0.6 |
| Sunds | 7.2 | 5.5 | 4.5 | 0.5 | 9.8 | 4.5 | 0.9 | 7.3 | 0.8 | 5.0 | 44.6 | 8.6 | 0.8 |
| Timring | 5.9 | 2.2 | 7.3 | 0.4 | 4.7 | 2.6 | 6.0 | 4.5 | 0.4 | 5.2 | 47.9 | 12.4 | 0.4 |
| Tjørring | 9.6 | 6.2 | 8.7 | 0.2 | 11.1 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 0.6 | 3.4 | 43.3 | 5.3 | 0.7 |
| Vildbjerg | 7.3 | 3.1 | 9.5 | 0.2 | 5.3 | 2.6 | 4.6 | 6.7 | 0.5 | 3.9 | 46.6 | 9.0 | 0.8 |
| Vind | 10.3 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 6.4 | 5.0 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 3.9 | 55.3 | 9.6 | 2.1 |
| Vinding | 6.0 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 5.0 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 0.3 | 2.9 | 63.6 | 8.0 | 0.7 |
| Ørnhøj | 8.0 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 4.1 | 7.3 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 3.9 | 47.4 | 19.8 | 0.8 |