2025 Sønderborg municipal election
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The 2025 Sønderborg Municipal election will be held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 31 members to sit in the regional council for the Sønderborg Municipal council, in the period of 2026 to 2029.[1]
Background
Following the 2021 election, Erik Lauritsen from Social Democrats became mayor for his third term. [2] He is set to run for the mayoral position 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. Sønderborg Municipality had 31 seats in 2025.
Elecotral Alliances
There has been no announced electoral alliances as of May 26, 2025.
Opinion polls
| Polling firm |
Fieldwork date |
Sample size |
A | V | S | O | C | Ø | F | B | I | M | Æ | Å | Others | Lead | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 european parliament election | 9 Jun 2024 | 20.0 | 19.7 | ‒ | 8.9 | 7.6 | 3.4 | 11.5 | 4.3 | 6.9 | 5.7 | 10.5 | 1.5 | ‒ | 0.3 | ||||||
| 2022 general election | 1 Nov 2022 | 33.5 | 15.2 | ‒ | 2.9 | 3.8 | 2.2 | 4.7 | 2.1 | 6.5 | 8.4 | 11.3 | 1.2 | 8.0 | 18.3 | ||||||
| 2021 regional election | 16 Nov 2021 | 33.3 | 42.7 | ‒ | 3.9 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 0.7 | ‒ | ‒ | 0.3 | 7.3 | 9.4 | ||||||
| 2021 municipal election | 16 Nov 2021 | 43.4 (14) |
30.2 (11) |
8.0 (3) |
4.1 (1) |
2.6 (0) |
2.1 (1) |
2.0 (0) |
1.0 (0) |
0.3 (0) |
‒ | ‒ | ‒ | 6.2 (1) |
13.2 | ||||||
References
- ^ "Kommunalvalg". valg.im.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-26.
- ^ "Rørt borgmester i Sønderborg fortsætter på posten: Jeg er pavestolt | Nyheder". dr.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-05-26.
- ^ "Socialdemokratiet genopstiller borgmester til valg". tvsyd.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-26.