2025 Silkeborg municipal election
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The 2025 Silkeborg Municipal election will be held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 31 members to sit in the regional council for the Silkeborg Municipal council, in the period of 2026 to 2029.[1]
Background
Following the 2021 election, Helle Gade from Social Democrats became mayor for her first term.[2] It was announced in April 2024, that Gade would be the leading candidate for the Social Democrats in this election, and thereby seeking a second consecutive 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. Silkeborg Municipality had 31 seats in 2025.
Elecotral Alliances
There has been no announced electoral alliances as of May 7, 2025.
Opinion polls
| Polling firm |
Fieldwork date |
Sample size |
A | V | C | Ø | F | B | O | I | Å | M | Æ | Others | Lead | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 european parliament election | 9 Jun 2024 | 14.5 | 16.9 | 9.9 | 4.4 | 16.1 | 6.7 | 5.8 | 7.8 | 2.3 | 6.8 | 8.9 | ‒ | 0.8 | |||||||
| 2022 general election | 1 Nov 2022 | 25.8 | 16.9 | 7.3 | 3.8 | 8.2 | 3.0 | 1.8 | 8.6 | 2.3 | 9.4 | 8.4 | 4.1 | 8.8 | |||||||
| 2021 regional election | 16 Nov 2021 | 23.3 | 33.9 | 13.7 | 6.4 | 6.1 | 3.6 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 0.7 | ‒ | ‒ | 8.3 | 10.6 | |||||||
| 2021 municipal election | 16 Nov 2021 | 28.6 (10) |
26.7 (8) |
14.1 (6) |
7.7 (2) |
6.6 (2) |
5.3 (2) |
2.3 (0) |
1.3 (0) |
0.8 (0) |
‒ | ‒ | 6.7 (1) |
1.9 | |||||||
References
- ^ "Kommunalvalg". valg.im.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-07.
- ^ "Helle Gade bliver borgmester og de forskellige poster er fordelt blandt partierne English: Helle Gade becomes mayor and the seats are distributed among the parties | Nyheder". silkeborg.dk (in Danish). Archived from the original on 2022-10-06. Retrieved 2023-01-29.
- ^ "Helle Gade genvalgt som borgmesterkandidat". tv2ostjylland.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-07.