2025 Assens municipal election

2025 Assens municipal election
18 November 2025

All 29 seats to the Assens municipal Council
15 seats needed for a majority
 
V
A
C
Party Venstre Social Democrats Conservatives
Last election 13 seats, 41.7% 8 seats, 27.3% 3 seats, 7.9%
Current seats 13 8 3

 
F
Ø
TBD
Party Green Left Red–Green Alliance New Right
Last election 2 seats, 6.5% 1 seat, 3.4% 1 seat, 4.0%
Current seats 1 1 0

 
O
I
Æ
Party Danish People's Party Liberal Alliance Denmark Democrats
Last election 1 seat, 5.2% Did not stand Did not stand
Current seats 0 2 1

Incumbent Mayor

Søren Steen Andersen
Venstre



The 2025 Assens Municipal election will be held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 29 members to sit in the regional council for the Assens Municipal council, in the period of 2026 to 2029.[1]

Background

Following the 2021 election, Søren Steen Andersen from Venstre became mayor for his third term.[2] He is set to run a fourth term.[3]

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. Assens Municipality had 29 seats in 2025.

Elecotral Alliances

Electoral Alliance 1

Party[4] Political position
B Social Liberals Centre to Centre-left
F Green Left Centre-left to Left-wing
Ø Red–Green Alliance Left-wing to Far-Left
Å The Alternative Centre-left to Left-wing

Electoral Alliance 2

Party[5] Political position
C Conservatives Centre-right
I Liberal Alliance Centre-right to Right-wing
Æ Denmark Democrats Right-wing

Opinion polls

Polling
firm
Fieldwork
date
Sample
size
V A C F O Ø B Å I M Æ Others Lead
2024 european parliament election 9 Jun 2024 17.5 20.8 7.6 14.2 7.9 3.7 4.8 1.8 5.7 5.5 10.4 3.2
2022 general election 1 Nov 2022 15.5 34.5 4.3 6.5 3.2 2.8 1.8 2.0 5.2 8.2 10.6 5.3 19.0
2021 regional election 16 Nov 2021 40.5 27.4 6.1 6.4 4.8 3.9 3.0 0.8 0.5 6.6 13.1
2021 municipal election 16 Nov 2021 41.7
(13)
27.3
(8)
7.9
(3)
6.5
(2)
5.2
(1)
3.4
(1)
2.5
(0)
0.7
(0)
4.9
(1)
14.3

References

  1. ^ "Kommunalvalg". valg.im.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-27.
  2. ^ "Borgmester genvalgt som spidskandidat: - Man skal stå tidligt op, hvis man skal udfordre ham | Nyheder". fyens (in Danish). September 2020. Retrieved 2023-05-27.
  3. ^ "Spidskandidater til kommunal- og regionsvalget". venstre.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-27.
  4. ^ "Nyt valgforbund i Assens: - Klimaindsatsen er for vigtig til splittelse". fyens.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-27.
  5. ^ "Hver stemme tæller: Tre partier indgår borgerligt-liberalt valgforbund". fyens.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-27.