2025 Haderslev municipal election
18 November 2025
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All 31 seats to the Haderslev municipal council 16 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2025 Haderslev Municipal election, in the Danish town of Haderslev, was held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 31 members to sit in the regional council for the Haderslev Municipal council, in the period of 2026 to 2029.[1] Mads Skau from Venstre, would secure re-election. [2]
Background
Following the 2021 election, Mads Skau from Venstre became mayor for his first term. [3] He would run for a second 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. Haderslev Municipality had 31 seats in 2025.
Electoral alliances
Source[5]
Electoral Alliance 1
| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| A | Social Democrats | Centre-left | |
| F | Green Left | Centre-left to Left-wing | |
Electoral Alliance 2
| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| B | Social Liberals | Centre to Centre-left | |
| C | Conservatives | Centre-right | |
| K | Christian Democrats | Centre to Centre-right | |
| S | Schleswig Party | Centre (Regionalism) | |
Electoral Alliance 3
| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| D | New Right | Far-right | |
| I | Liberal Alliance | Centre-right to Right-wing | |
| O | Danish People's Party | Right-wing to Far-right | |
| V | Venstre | Centre-right | |
| Æ | Denmark Democrats | Right-wing to Far-right | |
Electoral Alliance 4
| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Ø | Red-Green Alliance | Left-wing to Far-Left | |
| Å | The Alternative | Centre-left to Left-wing | |
Results by polling station
| Division | A | B | C | D | F | I | K | O | S | V | Æ | Ø | Å |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
| Haderslev Nord | 25.8 | 3.9 | 11.5 | 0.1 | 8.4 | 4.8 | 0.7 | 8.2 | 3.6 | 20.7 | 3.5 | 8.2 | 0.5 |
| Haderslev Syd | 24.2 | 3.9 | 11.5 | 0.1 | 8.6 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 9.6 | 4.2 | 19.8 | 4.2 | 6.4 | 0.7 |
| Haderslev Vest | 26.0 | 4.0 | 12.5 | 0.4 | 8.5 | 5.7 | 0.7 | 8.2 | 3.9 | 21.2 | 3.6 | 5.1 | 0.3 |
| Moltrup | 13.6 | 2.2 | 7.7 | 0.0 | 4.9 | 7.7 | 1.3 | 16.8 | 2.1 | 30.8 | 8.4 | 3.6 | 0.9 |
| Fjelstrup | 35.8 | 1.5 | 6.3 | 0.3 | 5.0 | 10.4 | 0.3 | 13.1 | 1.4 | 15.9 | 7.0 | 1.5 | 1.4 |
| Aastrup | 24.1 | 4.0 | 8.5 | 0.3 | 11.9 | 4.9 | 1.1 | 7.6 | 3.4 | 23.2 | 4.7 | 5.7 | 0.6 |
| Aarø | 15.4 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 4.3 | 0.9 | 11.1 | 6.8 | 30.8 | 19.7 | 4.3 | 0.0 |
| Øsby | 16.0 | 3.3 | 9.5 | 0.1 | 8.9 | 5.7 | 0.5 | 9.0 | 3.5 | 25.7 | 11.8 | 5.1 | 1.0 |
| Starup Hallen | 24.9 | 2.4 | 15.1 | 0.2 | 8.6 | 6.3 | 0.7 | 8.0 | 2.4 | 21.7 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 0.6 |
| Kelstrup | 18.0 | 2.4 | 7.8 | 0.2 | 6.4 | 5.5 | 0.7 | 9.0 | 5.9 | 28.7 | 10.2 | 4.7 | 0.7 |
| Hoptrup | 15.4 | 1.8 | 11.7 | 0.5 | 8.9 | 5.1 | 1.4 | 9.5 | 15.8 | 16.6 | 7.8 | 4.9 | 0.5 |
| Marstrup | 21.2 | 1.9 | 11.3 | 0.6 | 6.7 | 5.6 | 1.5 | 9.3 | 3.0 | 26.6 | 10.2 | 1.9 | 0.4 |
| Hammelev | 19.3 | 1.8 | 5.4 | 0.1 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 0.7 | 8.1 | 1.9 | 47.3 | 5.0 | 1.6 | 0.1 |
| Over Jerstal | 16.3 | 1.3 | 7.6 | 0.5 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 1.2 | 10.8 | 0.8 | 41.3 | 9.0 | 1.6 | 0.2 |
| Bevtoft | 14.0 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 0.3 | 5.7 | 4.4 | 2.7 | 9.5 | 0.6 | 33.0 | 24.2 | 1.4 | 0.3 |
| Skrydstrup | 22.3 | 1.9 | 12.0 | 0.8 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 1.0 | 13.8 | 1.9 | 25.0 | 8.3 | 2.9 | 0.2 |
| Vojens | 29.5 | 1.5 | 13.4 | 0.4 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 0.8 | 11.7 | 1.5 | 22.0 | 6.7 | 2.5 | 0.5 |
| Sommersted | 14.9 | 1.2 | 4.8 | 0.3 | 3.9 | 12.5 | 3.9 | 14.2 | 2.9 | 27.8 | 11.2 | 1.9 | 0.5 |
| Nustrup | 13.6 | 0.9 | 5.2 | 0.7 | 5.6 | 8.0 | 0.2 | 12.0 | 2.1 | 40.2 | 9.9 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| Gram | 14.8 | 2.1 | 3.9 | 0.2 | 4.8 | 11.0 | 1.6 | 10.4 | 1.3 | 38.6 | 8.4 | 2.3 | 0.6 |
| Arnum | 16.2 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 0.3 | 2.7 | 4.6 | 2.7 | 14.6 | 1.1 | 30.2 | 20.5 | 1.6 | 0.5 |
| Fole | 7.3 | 1.2 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 6.5 | 0.0 | 6.1 | 0.4 | 60.0 | 10.2 | 0.8 | 0.4 |
Results
| Party | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haderslev Municipality | ||||||||
| V | Venstre | 7,403 | 25.46 | -1.44 | 9 | 0 | ||
| A | Social Democrats | 6,586 | 22.65 | -7.54 | 7 | -3 | ||
| C | Conservatives | 2,912 | 10.01 | -2.99 | 3 | -2 | ||
| O | Danish People's Party | 2,869 | 9.87 | +4.55 | 3 | +2 | ||
| F | Green Left | 2,030 | 6.98 | +3.49 | 2 | +1 | ||
| Æ | Denmark Democrats | 1,975 | 6.79 | New | 2 | New | ||
| I | Liberal Alliance | 1,753 | 6.03 | +5.64 | 2 | +2 | ||
| Ø | Red-Green Alliance | 1,306 | 4.49 | +0.14 | 1 | 0 | ||
| S | Schleswig Party | 915 | 3.15 | +0.41 | 1 | 0 | ||
| B | Social Liberals | 795 | 2.73 | -2.06 | 1 | 0 | ||
| K | Christian Democrats | 307 | 1.06 | -0.57 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Å | The Alternative | 154 | 0.53 | -0.71 | 0 | 0 | ||
| D | New Right | 73 | 0.25 | -5.42 | 0 | -2 | ||
| Total | 29,078 | 100 | N/A | 31 | N/A | |||
| Invalid votes | 116 | 0.26 | 0.0 | |||||
| Blank votes | 459 | 1.03 | +0.07 | |||||
| Turnout | 29,653 | 66.63 | -1.69 | |||||
| Source: valg.dk | ||||||||
Opinion polls
| Polling firm |
Fieldwork date |
Sample size |
A | V | C | D | O | B | Ø | F | S | K | Å | I | Æ | Others | Lead | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Epinion | 4 Sep - 13 Oct 2025 | 481 | 26.7 | 26.1 | 7.1 | – | 7.2 | 1.3 | 3.7 | 8.4 | 2.0 | – | 1.5 | 5.9 | 9.4 | 0.7 | 0.6 | ||||
| 2024 european parliament election | 9 Jun 2024 | 17.5 | 21.2 | 8.8 | – | 9.4 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 11.2 | – | – | 1.4 | 7.1 | 10.9 | – | 3.7 | |||||
| 2022 general election | 1 Nov 2022 | 30.3 | 16.6 | 4.3 | 7.6 | 3.5 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 4.9 | – | 1.0 | 1.4 | 6.3 | 11.3 | – | 13.7 | |||||
| 2021 regional election | 16 Nov 2021 | 24.8 | 43.0 | 6.1 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 4.2 | – | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 | – | – | 18.2 | |||||
| 2021 municipal election | 16 Nov 2021 | 30.2 (10) |
26.9 (9) |
13.0 (5) |
5.7 (2) |
5.3 (1) |
4.8 (1) |
4.4 (1) |
3.5 (1) |
2.7 (1) |
1.6 (0) |
1.2 (0) |
0.4 (0) |
– | – | 3.3 | |||||
References
- ^ "Kommunalvalg". valg.im.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-27.
- ^ "Se video: Han bliver Haderslevs borgmester, og sådan er han blevet det". jv.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-11-21.
- ^ "Ny borgmester skal huske at tage skoene på: Mads Skau er faldet godt til på 4. sal | Nyheder". ugeavisen (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-27.
- ^ "Spidskandidater til kommunal- og regionsvalget". venstre.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-27.
- ^ "Stemmefordeling i Haderslev Kommune". valg.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 7 October 2025.