2025 Vejen municipal election
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The 2025 Vejen Municipal election was held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 27 members to sit in the regional council for the Vejen Municipal council, in the period of 2026 to 2029.[1] Christian Lund from Venstre, would win the mayoral position. [2]
Following the 2021 election, Frank Schmidt-Hansen from the Conservatives became mayor for his first term. [3] Schmidt Jensen wwould to be re-elected for a second 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. Vejen Municipality had 27 seats in 2025.
Electoral alliances
Source[5]
Electoral Alliance 1
| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| A | Social Democrats | Centre-left | |
| F | Green Left | Centre-left to Left-wing | |
| M | Moderates | Centre to Centre-right | |
| Å | The Alternative | Centre-left to Left-wing | |
Electoral Alliance 2
| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| B | Social Liberals | Centre to Centre-left | |
| O | Danish People's Party | Right-wing to Far-right | |
| V | Venstre | Centre-right | |
Electoral Alliance 3
| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| C | Conservatives | Centre-right | |
| I | Liberal Alliance | Centre-right to Right-wing | |
| Æ | Denmark Democrats | Right-wing to Far-right | |
Results by polling station
| Division | A | B | C | F | I | M | O | V | Æ | Å |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
| Brørup | 27.0 | 1.0 | 18.0 | 5.5 | 3.1 | 1.8 | 6.4 | 29.6 | 7.5 | 0.2 |
| Lindknud | 10.9 | 0.2 | 12.5 | 6.7 | 4.2 | 2.8 | 5.6 | 46.1 | 9.5 | 1.6 |
| Holsted | 21.7 | 4.6 | 18.7 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 6.8 | 27.2 | 8.5 | 1.2 |
| Føvling | 20.4 | 0.7 | 9.9 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 15.0 | 9.3 | 26.1 | 10.1 | 0.5 |
| Glejbjerg | 8.7 | 0.6 | 7.3 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 2.0 | 6.5 | 55.8 | 10.5 | 0.9 |
| Hovborg | 14.6 | 1.4 | 16.9 | 10.8 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 7.8 | 34.6 | 6.1 | 0.7 |
| Rødding Centret | 9.1 | 0.7 | 44.9 | 6.2 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 6.6 | 25.3 | 4.0 | 0.3 |
| Sdr. Hygum | 9.8 | 0.2 | 21.6 | 7.1 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 6.3 | 48.4 | 4.9 | 0.2 |
| Jels | 23.7 | 0.6 | 12.4 | 3.9 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 5.3 | 45.5 | 4.2 | 0.3 |
| Lintrup | 7.3 | 0.0 | 37.8 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 7.8 | 33.0 | 7.8 | 0.3 |
| Skodborg | 17.5 | 0.1 | 11.1 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 6.1 | 53.3 | 3.4 | 0.1 |
| Københoved | 6.7 | 0.4 | 18.0 | 7.0 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 6.3 | 51.8 | 7.0 | 0.0 |
| Øster Lindet | 12.5 | 0.0 | 24.0 | 6.8 | 4.4 | 0.8 | 8.6 | 36.6 | 6.0 | 0.3 |
| Vejen Idrætscenter | 22.0 | 1.5 | 15.7 | 9.6 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 7.1 | 32.9 | 6.2 | 0.6 |
| Læborg | 11.4 | 0.3 | 15.8 | 6.7 | 4.9 | 2.6 | 10.6 | 42.1 | 5.2 | 0.5 |
| Askov-Malt | 17.1 | 0.7 | 22.1 | 7.6 | 3.2 | 1.8 | 4.7 | 39.1 | 3.2 | 0.5 |
| Andst | 11.7 | 0.3 | 17.9 | 9.5 | 4.2 | 1.1 | 12.1 | 34.3 | 8.3 | 0.8 |
| Gesten | 16.5 | 0.5 | 7.4 | 8.5 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 9.0 | 40.3 | 9.9 | 1.1 |
| Bække | 22.7 | 0.9 | 12.3 | 3.9 | 6.5 | 1.1 | 9.2 | 32.4 | 10.4 | 0.5 |