2025 Varde municipal election
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The 2025 Varde Municipal election will be held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 25 members to sit in the regional council for the Varde Municipal council, in the period of 2026 to 2029.[1]
Background
Following the 2021 election, Mads Sørensen from Venstre became mayor for his first term. [2] However, he does not intend to run for re-election. Instead, Sarah Andersen will be the mayoral candidate from Venstre. [3] The party will seek to hold onto the mayoral position in the municipality, a position they've held since 1966. [4] Throughout the ongoing period, a new party has also been established, called NÆRdemokraterne. They currently have 3 seats,[5] and intend to run 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. Varde Municipality had 25 seats in 2025.
Elecotral Alliances
Electoral Alliance 1
| Party[7] | Political position | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| C | Conservatives | Centre-right | |
| I | Liberal Alliance | Centre-right to Right-wing | |
| M | Moderates | Centre to Centre-right | |
| Æ | Denmark Democrats | Right-wing | |
Opinion polls
| Polling firm |
Fieldwork date |
Sample size |
V | A | C | O | F | B | Ø | I | M | Æ | Å | Others | Lead | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 european parliament election | 9 Jun 2024 | 28.7 | 14.3 | 8.6 | 7.8 | 8.7 | 2.9 | 1.8 | 6.7 | 4.6 | 14.6 | 1.2 | ‒ | 14.2 | |||||||
| 2022 general election | 1 Nov 2022 | 23.2 | 24.2 | 5.2 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 6.8 | 8.4 | 14.2 | 1.0 | 7.5 | 1.0 | |||||||
| 2021 regional election | 16 Nov 2021 | 51.6 | 21.1 | 7.8 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 0.8 | ‒ | ‒ | 0.2 | 7.8 | 30.6 | |||||||
| 2021 municipal election | 16 Nov 2021 | 39.1 (10) |
20.6 (6) |
16.3 (5) |
4.5 (1) |
3.1 (1) |
3.0 (0) |
0.9 (0) |
0.7 (0) |
‒ | ‒ | ‒ | 11.7 (2) |
18.5 | |||||||
References
- ^ "Kommunalvalg". valg.im.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-26.
- ^ "Se video: Nu er det officielt – Varde har fundet sin borgmester | Nyheder". jv (in Danish). 17 November 2021. Retrieved 2025-05-27.
- ^ "Venstre i Varde vælger i ny borgmesterkandidat: "Det skal være skidt, før det bliver godt"". altinget.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-27.
- ^ "50-årige Sarah kan blive ny borgmester i Venstre-højborg". dr.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-27.
- ^ "Byråd og udvalg". vardekommune.dk/ (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-27.
- ^ "Hun blev ekskluderet af de konservative - nu tager Kitty og to andre ekser kampen op med ny liste". jv.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-27.
- ^ "Nyt borgerligt og liberalt valgforbund i Varde Kommune". govarde.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-27.