2025 Fredericia municipal election
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The 2025 Fredericia Municipal election will be held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 21 members to sit in the regional council for the Fredericia Municipal council, in the period of 2026 to 2029.[1]
Background
Following the 2021 election, Steen Wrist from Social Democrats became mayor for his first fully elected term. [2] However, Wrist, just like his predecessor,[3] stepped down as mayor. [4] Christian Bro, also from the Social Democrats, took over the mayoral position on April 23, 2024. [5] He is set to run for re-election. [6]
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. Fredericia Municipality had 21 seats in 2025.
Elecotral Alliances
Electoral Alliance 1
| Party[7] | Political position | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| C | Conservatives | Centre-right | |
| I | Liberal Alliance | Centre-right to Right-wing | |
| O | Danish People's Party | Right-wing to Far-right | |
| V | Venstre | Centre-right | |
Electoral Alliance 2
| Party[8] | Political position | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| B | Social Liberals | Centre to Centre-left | |
| F | Green Left | Centre-left to Left-wing | |
Opinion polls
| Polling firm |
Fieldwork date |
Sample size |
A | V | C | O | Ø | F | B | Å | I | M | Æ | Others | Lead | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 european parliament election | 9 Jun 2024 | 19.2 | 15.0 | 8.9 | 8.5 | 4.1 | 14.9 | 5.0 | 2.2 | 7.7 | 6.5 | 8.0 | ‒ | 4.3 | |||||||
| 2022 general election | 1 Nov 2022 | 33.6 | 11.2 | 4.7 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 6.7 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 7.9 | 10.1 | 9.4 | 6.3 | 22.4 | |||||||
| 2021 regional election | 16 Nov 2021 | 33.2 | 33.4 | 6.5 | 5.3 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 0.8 | ‒ | ‒ | 7.9 | 0.2 | |||||||
| 2021 municipal election | 16 Nov 2021 | 37.3 (9) |
22.0 (5) |
9.7 (2) |
7.7 (2) |
7.0 (1) |
4.3 (1) |
2.2 (0) |
1.2 (0) |
0.5 (0) |
‒ | ‒ | 8.2 (1) |
15.3 | |||||||
References
- ^ "Kommunalvalg". valg.im.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-27.
- ^ "Fredericias borgmester fortsætter på posten | Nyheder" (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-27.
- ^ "Jacob Bjerregaard stopper som borgmester | Nyheder". altinget (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-27.
- ^ "Borgmester i Fredericia stopper før tid". altinget.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-27.
- ^ "Læs eller genlæs: Sådan gik det til, at Christian Bro blev byens nye borgmester". frdb.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-27.
- ^ "Socialdemokratiet klar med kandidater til byrådsvalget i Fredericia". fredericiaavisen.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-27.
- ^ "Kæden skal hænge om en borgerlig hals: Musketer-ed skal forhindre spildte stemmer". frdb.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-27.
- ^ "SF og Radikale indgår valgforbund i Fredericia". danmarkc.tv (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-27.