2025 Horsens municipal election
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The 2025 Horsens Municipal election will be held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 27 members to sit in the regional council for the Horsens Municipal council, in the period of 2026 to 2029.[1]
Background
Following the 2021 election, Peter Sørensen from Social Democrats became mayor for his third term.[2] He is set for run for 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. Horsens Municipality had 27 seats in 2025.
Elecotral Alliances
Electoral Alliance 1
| Party[4][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 |
A | V | C | Ø | F | O | B | I | M | Æ | Å | Others | Lead | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 european parliament election | 9 Jun 2024 | 17.2 | 15.0 | 10.2 | 4.9 | 14.4 | 7.9 | 5.9 | 7.7 | 6.4 | 8.0 | 2.4 | ‒ | 2.2 | |||||||
| 2022 general election | 1 Nov 2022 | 30.8 | 13.3 | 4.9 | 3.5 | 6.5 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 10.0 | 9.2 | 9.0 | 1.9 | 5.1 | 17.4 | |||||||
| 2021 regional election | 16 Nov 2021 | 37.2 | 22.0 | 10.6 | 5.9 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 3.9 | 2.1 | ‒ | ‒ | 0.4 | 7.2 | 15.2 | |||||||
| 2021 municipal election | 16 Nov 2021 | 38.5 (12) |
24.0 (7) |
10.1 (3) |
5.7 (1) |
5.5 (1) |
5.0 (1) |
3.6 (1) |
3.1 (0) |
‒ | ‒ | ‒ | 4.5 (1) |
14.5 | |||||||
References
- ^ "Kommunalvalg". valg.im.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-26.
- ^ "Peter Sørensen fortsætter som borgmester i Horsens | Nyheder". berlingske (in Danish). 17 November 2021. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
- ^ "S har sat holdet til valget: Lokale kendisser fra hele kommunen - over halvdelen er debutanter". hsfo.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-26.
- ^ "Fire borgerlige partier i Horsens danner valgforbund - er enige om at sende Venstre ud i kulden". hsfo.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-26.
- ^ "Nye Borgerlige trækker stikket: Horsens er et socialdemokratisk fyrstedømme, mener byrådsmedlem". amtsavisen.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-26.