2025 Vejle municipal election

2025 Vejle municipal election
18 November 2025

All 31 seats to the Vejle municipal Council
16 seats needed for a majority
 
V
A
C
Party Venstre Social Democrats Conservatives
Last election 12 seats, 34.9% 9 seats, 30.1% 3 seats, 11.0%
Current seats 12 8 3

 
F
TBD
O
Party Green Left New Right Danish People's Party
Last election 3 seats, 7.2% 2 seats, 4.0% 1 seat, 4.3%
Current seats 3 0 1

 
B
Æ
Party Social Liberals Denmark Democrats
Last election 1 seat, 3.3% Did not stand
Current seats 2 1

Incumbent Mayor

Jens Ejner Christensen
Venstre



The 2025 Vejle Municipal election will be held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 31 members to sit in the regional council for the Vejle Municipal council, in the period of 2026 to 2029.[1]

Background

Following the 2021 election, Jens Ejner Christensen from Venstre became mayor for his second term. [2] He is set to run for a third 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. Vejle Municipality had 31 seats in 2025.

Electoral Alliances

Electoral Alliance 1

Party[4] Political position
C Conservatives Centre-right
I Liberal Alliance Centre-right to Right-wing
M Moderates Centre to Centre-right

Opinion polls

Polling
firm
Fieldwork
date
Sample
size
V A C F O B Ø I Å M Æ Others Lead
2024 european parliament election 9 Jun 2024 18.4 15.9 11.8 13.9 6.8 6.0 3.6 7.8 1.9 6.1 7.8 2.5
2022 general election 1 Nov 2022 17.6 25.5 5.4 7.0 2.1 3.3 2.8 8.4 2.0 10.3 9.6 6.1 7.9
2021 regional election 16 Nov 2021 39.2 26.2 8.3 5.9 4.8 3.9 2.9 1.5 0.6 6.7 13.1
2021 municipal election 16 Nov 2021 34.9
(12)
30.1
(9)
11.0
(3)
7.2
(3)
4.3
(1)
3.3
(1)
2.4
(0)
1.1
(0)
0.7
(0)
5.2
(2)
4.8

References

  1. ^ "Kommunalvalg". valg.im.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-27.
  2. ^ "Vejle-borgmester fortsætter på styrket mandat | Nyheder". berlingske (in Danish). 17 November 2021. Retrieved 2025-05-27.
  3. ^ "Spidskandidater til kommunal- og regionsvalget". venstre.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-27.
  4. ^ "Stem konservativt og få en LA'er i byrådet: Disse tre mænd har lagt en plan". vafo.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-27.