2025 Faxe municipal election

2025 Faxe municipal election
18 November 2025

All 25 seats to the Faxe municipal council
13 seats needed for a majority
Turnout20,698 (66.8%)
2.5%
  First party Second party Third party
 
V
A
I
Party Venstre Social Democrats Liberal Alliance
Last election 7 seats, 26.7% 8 seats, 29.3% 1 seat, 3.9%
Seats won 5 4 3
Seat change 2 4 2
Popular vote 4,295 3,483 2,217
Percentage 21.2% 17.2% 10.9%
Swing 5.5% 12.1% 7.0%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
O
F
L
Party Danish People's Party Green Left Lokallisten
Last election 2 seats, 8.0% 2 seats, 7.2% 1 seat, 6.6%
Seats won 3 3 2
Seat change 1 1 1
Popular vote 2,147 1,838 1,443
Percentage 10.6% 9.1% 7.1%
Swing 2.6% 1.9% 0.5%

  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
C
T
Æ
Party Conservatives HaslevFaxe-Listen Denmark Democrats
Last election 2 seats, 6.9% Did not stand Did not stand
Seats won 2 1 1
Seat change 0 1 1
Popular vote 1,152 1,137 1,027
Percentage 5.7% 5.6% 5.1%
Swing 1.2% New New

Mayor before election

Ole Vive
Venstre

Mayor after election

Mikkel B. Dam
Liberal Alliance

The 2025 Faxe Municipal election was held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 25 members to sit in the regional council for the Faxe Municipal council, in the period of 2026 to 2029.[1] Mikkel B. Dam from the Liberal Alliance, would win the mayoral position. [2]

Background

Following the 2021 election, Ole Vive from Venstre became mayor for his second term. [3] He would run for a third term. [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. Faxe Municipality had 25 seats in 2025.

Electoral alliances

Source[5]

Electoral Alliance 1

Party Political alignment
C Conservatives Centre-right
O Danish People's Party Right-wing to Far-right
Æ Denmark Democrats Right-wing to Far-right

Electoral Alliance 2

Party Political alignment
F Green Left Centre-left to Left-wing
T HaslevFaxe-Listen Local politics
Ø Red-Green Alliance Left-wing to Far-Left

Electoral Alliance 3

Party Political alignment
I Liberal Alliance Centre-right to Right-wing
L Lokallisten Local politics
M Moderates Centre to Centre-right

Results by polling station

Division A C F I L M N O T V Y Æ Ø
% % % % % % % % % % % % %
Nordskov 16.0 6.6 9.2 14.6 4.9 0.5 3.1 8.3 8.2 22.4 0.2 3.2 2.8
Sofiendal 17.2 6.3 9.5 14.3 4.5 1.1 2.9 8.3 9.1 19.1 0.0 3.1 4.4
Faxe Hallen 21.8 4.8 7.3 8.0 13.5 0.5 1.6 11.3 2.5 19.0 0.0 6.3 3.2
Hylleholt 19.9 4.1 10.0 7.0 11.5 0.7 1.5 9.2 3.4 18.1 0.0 7.5 7.0
Karise 15.4 5.6 11.3 6.1 6.9 0.9 1.5 12.5 2.8 19.4 0.4 9.2 8.0
Dalby 12.4 4.7 8.2 9.6 5.4 0.8 3.1 15.0 4.3 29.5 0.4 4.8 1.9
Rønnede 17.6 6.1 7.1 10.3 6.8 0.5 4.1 14.4 3.2 22.3 0.2 4.9 2.5

Results

Party Votes % +/- Seats +/-
Faxe Municipality
V Venstre 4,295 21.17 -5.49 5 -2
A Social Democrats 3,483 17.16 -12.13 4 -4
I Liberal Alliance 2,217 10.93 +7.00 3 +2
O Danish People's Party 2,147 10.58 +2.61 3 +1
F Green Left 1,838 9.06 +1.90 3 +1
L Lokallisten 1,443 7.11 +0.55 2 +1
C Conservatives 1,152 5.68 -1.23 2 0
T HaslevFaxe-Listen 1,137 5.60 New 1 New
Æ Denmark Democrats 1,027 5.06 New 1 New
Ø Red-Green Alliance 842 4.15 -0.47 1 0
N Fair Forvaltning 530 2.61 New 0 New
M Moderates 149 0.73 New 0 New
Y Klar Retning 32 0.16 New 0 New
Total 20,292 100 N/A 25 N/A
Invalid votes 64 0.21 -0.01
Blank votes 342 1.10 +0.21
Turnout 20,698 66.85 +2.45
Source: valg.dk

Opinion polls

Polling
firm
Fieldwork
date
Sample
size
A V O F C L Ø I M N T Y Æ Others Lead
Epinion 4 Sep - 13 Oct 2025 385 26.2 15.4 11.5 12.8 3.3 6.3 8.3 1.1 8.5 6.6 10.8
2024 european parliament election 9 Jun 2024 17.4 15.4 10.8 14.9 8.3 4.4 6.5 6.5 10.2 2.0
2022 general election 1 Nov 2022 30.0 11.6 4.7 9.2 4.1 2.6 6.7 10.8 10.5 18.4
2021 regional election 16 Nov 2021 34.2 25.0 7.9 6.7 9.6 4.9 1.9 9.2
2021 municipal election 16 Nov 2021 29.3
(8)
26.7
(7)
8.0
(2)
7.2
(2)
6.9
(2)
6.6
(1)
4.6
(1)
3.9
(1)
2.6

References

  1. ^ "Kommunalvalg". valg.im.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-29.
  2. ^ "Her er borgmestrene på plads". dknyt.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-11-21.
  3. ^ "Byrådet 2022-2025 | Nyheder". faxekommune (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-29.
  4. ^ "Spidskandidater til kommunal- og regionsvalget". venstre.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-29.
  5. ^ "Stemmefordeling i Faxe Kommune". valg.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 7 October 2025.