2025 Langeland municipal election
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The 2025 Langeland Municipal election was held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 15 members to sit in the regional council for the Langeland Municipal council, in the period of 2026 to 2029.[1] Jørgen Nielsen from the Conservatives, would win the mayoral position. [2]
Following the 2021 election, Tonni Hansen from Green Left became mayor for his second term,[3] marking the only municipal election in the 2021 municipal elections, where the Green Left won the most votes and seats.[4] However, Hansen revealed on August 12, 2024, that he does not intend to run for a third term[5] Ulrik Pihl was in the lead to replace Hansen as the new mayoral candidate from Green Left, for this election. However on April 28, 2024, it was revealed that he had decided to drop his candidacy.[6] The party planned to pick a candidate on May 20, 2025 in a meeting, but this was moved to June 4, 2025, leaving the party without a mayoral candidate at the moment.[7]
Throughout the current period, Venstre, who became the second largest party in the 2021 election, had lost 4 of its 5 seats, at a point.[8]
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. Langeland Municipality had 15 seats in 2025.
Electoral alliances
Source[9]
Electoral Alliance 1
| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| A | Social Democrats | Centre-left | |
| B | Social Liberals | Centre to Centre-left | |
| V | Venstre | Centre-right | |
Electoral Alliance 2
| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| C | Conservatives | Centre-right | |
| I | Liberal Alliance | Centre-right to Right-wing | |
| L | Lokallisten Langeland | Local politics | |
| M | Moderates | Centre to Centre-right | |
| Æ | Denmark Democrats | 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 | |