2025 Struer municipal election

2025 Struer municipal election
18 November 2025

All 21 seats to the Struer municipal Council
11 seats needed for a majority
 
V
A
C
Party Venstre Social Democrats Conservatives
Last election 9 seats, 40.4% 7 seats, 31.6% 2 seats, 8.8%
Current seats 9 7 2

 
F
B
TBD
Party Green Left Social Liberals New Right
Last election 1 seat, 5.5% 1 seat, 4.9% 1 seat, 3.7%
Current seats 1 1 0

 
Æ
Party Denmark Democrats
Last election Did not stand
Current seats 1

Incumbent Mayor

Marianne Bredal
Venstre



The 2025 Struer Municipal election will be held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 21 members to sit in the regional council for the Struer Municipal council, in the period of 2026 to 2029.[1]

Background

Following the 2021 election, Mads Jakobsen from Venstre became mayor of Struer Municipality. [2] [3] However, Jakobsen, stepped out of politics in November 2023, due to stress. [4] Following this, Marianne Bredal, from Venstre as well, took over the position as mayor. [5] She is set to be the leading candidate for the party in this election. [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. Struer Municipality had 21 seats in 2025.

Unlike in Danish General Elections, in elections to municipal councils, electoral alliances are allowed.

Elecotral Alliances

On the 13th May the DenmarkDemocrats and Venstre agreed on an electoral alliance.

Opinion polls

Polling
firm
Fieldwork
date
Sample
size
V A C F B O I M Æ Ø Å Others Lead
2024 european parliament election 9 Jun 2024 20.0 16.7 8.0 14.3 3.9 7.8 9.7 3.9 12.3 2.3 1.0 3.3
2022 general election 1 Nov 2022 20.3 30.4 5.6 6.5 1.5 2.3 7.0 5.3 14.1 1.8 1.0 4.3 10.1
2021 regional election 16 Nov 2021 36.7 33.3 6.2 5.2 3.5 3.0 1.9 1.9 0.2 8.0 3.4
2021 municipal election 16 Nov 2021 40.4
(9)
31.6
(7)
8.8
(2)
5.5
(1)
4.9
(1)
2.5
(0)
1.7
(0)
4.6
(1)
8.9

References

  1. ^ "Kommunalvalg". valg.im.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-07.
  2. ^ "Se fordelingen af udvalgsposter | Nyheder". struer.dk (in Danish). 8 December 2021. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
  3. ^ "Se video: Struers nye borgmester hedder Mads Jakobsen: - Jeg er glad, stolt og ydmyg | Nyheder". dagbladet holstebro-struer (in Danish). 16 November 2021. Retrieved 2025-05-07.
  4. ^ "Sygemeldt midtjysk borgmester forlader politik". altinget.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-07.
  5. ^ "Marianne Bredal er nu officielt valgt som borgmester i Struer". tvmidtvest.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-07.
  6. ^ "Spidskandidater til kommunal- og regionrådsvalg 2025". venstre.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-07.