2025 Thisted municipal election
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The 2025 Thisted Municipal election will be held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 27 members to sit in the regional council for the Thisted Municipal council, in the period of 2026 to 2029.[1]
Background
Following the 2021 election, Niels Jørgen Pedersen was elected as mayor for his party Venstre. [2] However in August 2024, he announced his decision to not stand for re-election.[3] However on February 25, 2025, he revealed that he was going to stand for re-election anyway. [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. Thisted Municipality had 27 seats in 2025.
Unlike in Danish General Elections, in elections to municipal councils, electoral alliances are allowed.
Opinion polls
| Polling firm |
Fieldwork date |
Sample size |
A | V | C | Ø | O | F | Å | B | I | M | Æ | Others | Lead | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 european parliament election | 9 Jun 2024 | 17.3 | 20.0 | 6.4 | 4.0 | 6.3 | 11.7 | 1.9 | 3.5 | 5.9 | 4.2 | 18.7 | ‒ | 1.2 | |||||||
| 2022 general election | 1 Nov 2022 | 33.2 | 16.9 | 4.5 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 4.1 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 5.9 | 5.4 | 17.8 | 4.3 | 15.4 | |||||||
| 2021 regional election | 16 Nov 2021 | 33.5 | 26.9 | 19.3 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 1.1 | ‒ | ‒ | 5.6 | 6.6 | |||||||
| 2021 municipal election | 16 Nov 2021 | 34.8 (9) |
22.8 (7) |
21.1 (6) |
3.9 (1) |
3.7 (1) |
3.2 (1) |
2.4 (1) |
2.0 (0) |
1.8 (0) |
‒ | ‒ | 4.2 (1) |
12.0 | |||||||
References
- ^ "Kommunalvalg". valg.im.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-05.
- ^ "Niels Jørgen Pedersen bliver borgmester i Thisted Kommune | Nyheder". limfjordupdate (in Danish). 17 November 2021. Retrieved 2025-05-07.
- ^ "Thisted-borgmester genopstiller ikke". thisted.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-07.
- ^ "Venstre-borgmester har ombestemt sig: Genopstiller alligevel til kommunalvalget". altinget.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-07.