2025 Ringsted municipal election
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The 2025 Ringsted Municipal election will be held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 21 members to sit in the regional council for the Ringsted Municipal council, in the period of 2026 to 2029.[1]
Background
Following the 2021 election, Henrik Hvidesten from Venstre became mayor for his third term.[2] However Hvidesten stepped down as mayor on January 28, 2024, following accusations of inappropriate behavior towards female councillors. [3] Klaus Hansen, also from Venstre, replaced him [4] He is set to run to be elected. [5] On August 18, 2024, 7 right-wing parties, agreed an electoral alliance, wanting to replace Hansen as mayor, with the Conservatives mayoral candidate Andreas Karlsen, which would break nearly 20 years of Venstre-rule in the municipality if successful. [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. Ringsted Municipality had 21 seats in 2025.
Elecotral Alliances
Electoral Alliance 1
| Party[7] | Political position | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| C | Conservatives | Centre-right | |
| D | New Right | Right-wing to Far-right | |
| I | Liberal Alliance | Centre-right to Right-wing | |
| TBD | Christian Democrats | Centre to Centre-right | |
| M | Moderates | Centre to Centre-right | |
| O | Danish People's Party | Right-wing to Far-right | |
| Æ | Denmark Democrats | Right-wing | |
Electoral Alliance 2
| Party[8] | Political position | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| A | Social Democrats | Centre-left | |
| B | Social Liberals | Centre to Centre-left | |
| F | Green Left | Centre-left to Left-wing | |
| Ø | Red–Green Alliance | Left-wing to Far-Left | |
Opinion polls
| Polling firm |
Fieldwork date |
Sample size |
V | C | A | F | Ø | O | B | I | M | Æ | Å | Others | Lead | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 european parliament election | 9 Jun 2024 | 15.4 | 12.2 | 15.3 | 16.1 | 5.1 | 7.9 | 4.9 | 6.8 | 6.3 | 7.8 | 2.2 | ‒ | 0.7 | |||||||
| 2022 general election | 1 Nov 2022 | 12.7 | 8.4 | 27.4 | 9.5 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 2.5 | 6.2 | 10.6 | 7.9 | 2.0 | 5.6 | 14.7 | |||||||
| 2021 regional election | 16 Nov 2021 | 20.2 | 20.2 | 28.8 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 4.3 | 2.7 | 1.3 | ‒ | ‒ | 0.3 | 8.9 | 8.6 | |||||||
| 2021 municipal election | 16 Nov 2021 | 25.9 (6) |
25.0 (6) |
21.0 (4) |
7.6 (2) |
5.7 (1) |
3.8 (1) |
3.1 (0) |
0.8 (0) |
‒ | ‒ | ‒ | 7.1 (1) |
0.9 | |||||||
References
- ^ "Kommunalvalg". valg.im.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-29.
- ^ "Henrik Hvidesten bliver valgaftenens første borgmester | Nyheder". tv2øst (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-29.
- ^ "Ringsted-borgmester trækker sig efter anklager om upassende adfærd". dr.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-29.
- ^ "Ringsted Kommune har fået ny borgmester" (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-29.
- ^ "Spidskandidater til kommunal- og regionsvalget". venstre.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-29.
- ^ "Syv borgerlige partier vil vælte borgerlig borgmester". tv2east.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-29.
- ^ "Syv borgerlige partier vil vælte borgerlig borgmester". tv2east.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-29.
- ^ "Rødt valgforbund er på plads". sn.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-29.