2025 Varde municipal election
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The 2025 Varde Municipal election was held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 25 members to sit in the regional council for the Varde Municipal council, in the period of 2026 to 2029.[1] Sarah Andersen from Venstre, would win the mayoral position. [2]
Following the 2021 election, Mads Sørensen from Venstre became mayor for his first term. [3] However, he does not intend to run for re-election. Instead, Sarah Andersen will be the mayoral candidate from Venstre. [4] The party will seek to hold onto the mayoral position in the municipality, a position they've held since 1966. [5] Throughout the ongoing period, a new party had also been established, called NÆRdemokraterne. They had 3 seats at a point,[6] and ran in this election, winning 1 seat. [7]
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. Varde Municipality had 25 seats in 2025.
Electoral alliances
Source[8]
Electoral Alliance 1
| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| A | Social Democrats | Centre-left | |
| B | Social Liberals | Centre to Centre-left | |
| F | Green Left | 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 | |
| Æ | Denmark Democrats | Right-wing to Far-right | |
Electoral Alliance 3
| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| M | Moderates | Centre to Centre-right | |
| O | Danish People's Party | Right-wing to Far-right | |
| V | Venstre | Centre-right | |
Results by polling station
| Division | A | B | C | F | I | K | M | N | O | V | Æ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
| Varde By | 23.1 | 1.8 | 6.3 | 8.2 | 5.9 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 5.7 | 6.0 | 35.3 | 6.2 |
| Sig | 20.4 | 1.4 | 4.5 | 6.8 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 43.5 | 8.5 |
| Billum | 11.6 | 1.5 | 19.5 | 13.4 | 17.8 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 8.3 | 18.0 | 7.5 |
| Tinghøj | 14.4 | 1.3 | 6.0 | 7.8 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 5.6 | 6.9 | 37.1 | 16.2 |
| Alslev | 18.7 | 1.6 | 7.8 | 8.6 | 8.1 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 8.4 | 5.9 | 32.5 | 7.0 |
| Horne Hallen | 11.8 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 2.7 | 4.2 | 65.1 | 8.9 |
| Janderup | 35.7 | 0.5 | 8.3 | 4.2 | 7.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 27.0 | 8.7 |
| Lunde | 12.0 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 13.2 | 8.0 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 4.2 | 8.3 | 33.2 | 14.5 |
| Nørre Nebel | 18.8 | 1.4 | 6.3 | 7.3 | 13.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 3.1 | 6.9 | 30.3 | 10.6 |
| Henne | 14.6 | 1.0 | 9.4 | 9.2 | 6.5 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 4.2 | 5.5 | 36.2 | 10.4 |
| Outrup | 15.2 | 0.4 | 12.4 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 2.8 | 7.3 | 37.3 | 10.9 |
| Oksbøl | 11.4 | 1.0 | 35.8 | 7.8 | 18.3 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 10.2 | 4.1 |
| Blåvand | 11.4 | 0.0 | 43.8 | 6.0 | 16.8 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 5.4 | 10.2 | 2.9 |
| Årre | 10.2 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 4.4 | 7.0 | 56.6 | 10.0 |
| Agerbæk | 8.4 | 0.8 | 7.1 | 4.0 | 30.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 4.2 | 37.4 | 6.2 |
| Fåborg | 7.2 | 1.2 | 4.9 | 6.9 | 9.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 50.3 | 10.1 |
| Næsbjerg | 22.3 | 0.4 | 17.2 | 11.3 | 3.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 28.5 | 9.9 |
| Starup Multihus | 7.7 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 5.7 | 73.8 | 2.8 |
| Nordenskov | 13.2 | 0.4 | 4.2 | 6.3 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 6.0 | 7.7 | 45.1 | 11.9 |
| Ølgod | 11.7 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 5.2 | 3.7 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 12.3 | 5.3 | 47.0 | 9.1 |
| Tistrup | 16.3 | 0.6 | 2.5 | 5.7 | 3.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 3.7 | 5.4 | 53.0 | 9.1 |
| Ansager | 6.6 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 22.6 | 2.8 | 52.2 | 6.8 |
| Skovlund | 5.1 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 36.2 | 3.3 | 31.3 | 10.3 |