2025 Kolding municipal election
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The 2025 Kolding Municipal election will be held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 25 members to sit in the regional council for the Kolding Municipal council, in the period of 2026 to 2029.[1]
Background
Following the 2021 election, Knud Erik Langhoff from the Conservatives became mayor for his first term after a dramatic night, which resulted in parties, typically considered somewhat left of the political spectrum, supporting the centre-right candidate Erik Langhoff from the Conservatives. [2] Since then, 2 of the 3 elected Conservative council members, has left the party, one to Venstre and another to the Liberal Alliance. [3] Following this, Langhoff announced his intention to run for re-election as a council member, but also declared that he will not seek the mayoral position for another 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. Kolding Municipality had 25 seats in 2025.
Elecotral Alliances
There has been no announced electoral alliances as of May 27, 2025.
Opinion polls
| Polling firm |
Fieldwork date |
Sample size |
V | A | F | C | O | B | Ø | I | M | Æ | Å | Others | Lead | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 european parliament election | 9 Jun 2024 | 21.7 | 14.4 | 14.2 | 9.2 | 7.1 | 6.0 | 4.0 | 8.8 | 5.5 | 7.3 | 1.8 | ‒ | 7.3 | |||||||
| 2022 general election | 1 Nov 2022 | 14.9 | 25.7 | 7.4 | 5.4 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 9.4 | 10.2 | 9.5 | 1.7 | 6.8 | 10.8 | |||||||
| 2021 regional election | 16 Nov 2021 | 41.3 | 20.5 | 8.7 | 7.9 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 3.4 | 1.4 | ‒ | ‒ | 0.3 | 5.8 | 20.8 | |||||||
| 2021 municipal election | 16 Nov 2021 | 31.8 (9) |
17.7 (5) |
17.3 (4) |
10.5 (3) |
7.6 (2) |
6.4 (2) |
2.9 (0) |
1.7 (0) |
‒ | ‒ | ‒ | 4.1 (0) |
14.1 | |||||||
References
- ^ "Kommunalvalg". valg.im.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-27.
- ^ "Ny borgmester fundet i Kolding | Nyheder". jyllandsposten (in Danish). 17 November 2021. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
- ^ "Partihop efterlader Kolding-borgmester alene hos Konservative". altinget.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-27.
- ^ "Borgmester siger stop efter fire år". tvsyd.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-27.