2025 Ikast-Brande municipal election

2025 Ikast-Brande municipal election
18 November 2025

All 23 seats to the Ikast-Brande municipal Council
12 seats needed for a majority
 
V
A
C
Party Venstre Social Democrats Conservatives
Last election 7 seats, 31.0% 6 seats, 23.0% 5 seats, 19.6%
Current seats 7 6 5

 
O
TBD
TBD
Party Danish People's Party Fælleslisten New Right
Last election 2 seats, 9.5% 2 seats, 7.2% 1 seat, 3.2%
Current seats 3 2 0

Incumbent Mayor

Ib Lauritsen
Venstre



The 2025 Ikast-Brande Municipal election will be held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 23 members to sit in the regional council for the Ikast-Brande Municipal council, in the period of 2026 to 2029.[1]

Background

Following the 2021 election, Ib Lauritsen from Venstre became mayor for A SECOND term. [2][3] Lauritsen is set to seek a third term following this election. [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. Ikast-Brande Municipality had 23 seats in 2025.

Elecotral Alliances

Electoral Alliance 1

Party[5] Political position
C Conservatives Centre-right
I Liberal Alliance Centre-right to Right-wing
O Danish People's Party Right-wing to Far-right
Æ Denmark Democrats Right-wing

Opinion polls

Polling
firm
Fieldwork
date
Sample
size
V A C O Ø F B I M Æ Å Others Lead
2024 european parliament election 9 Jun 2024 25.2 13.8 8.4 8.9 2.1 8.8 3.7 8.1 4.2 15.3 1.4 9.9
2022 general election 1 Nov 2022 19.7 23.6 7.2 2.7 1.7 4.4 1.5 8.0 7.4 16.7 1.2 5.7 3.9
2021 regional election 16 Nov 2021 28.1 25.9 21.3 6.5 2.2 3.1 1.8 1.2 0.3 9.6 2.1
2021 municipal election 16 Nov 2021 31.0
(7)
23.0
(6)
19.6
(5)
9.4
(2)
1.8
(0)
1.7
(0)
13.4
(3)
8.0

References

  1. ^ "Kommunalvalg". valg.im.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-07.
  2. ^ "Midnats-valggyser fik en afslutning: Erfarne folk røg ud, nye kom ind, og borgmesteren fortsætter | Nyheder". Horsens Folkeblad (in Danish). 17 November 2021. Retrieved 2023-01-29.
  3. ^ "Byrådet | Nyheder". ikast-brande (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-07.
  4. ^ "Spidskandidater til kommunal- og regionrådsvalg 2025". venstre.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-07.
  5. ^ "Fire borgerlige partier teamer op". ditikast-brande.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-07.