2025 Haderslev municipal election

2025 Haderslev municipal election
18 November 2025

All 31 seats to the Haderslev municipal council
16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout29,653 (66.6%)
1.7%
  First party Second party Third party
 
V
A
C
Party Venstre Social Democrats Conservatives
Last election 9 seats, 26.9% 10 seats, 30.2% 5 seats, 13.0%
Seats won 9 7 3
Seat change 0 3 2
Popular vote 7,403 6,586 2,912
Percentage 25.5% 22.6% 10.0%
Swing 1.4% 7.5% 3.0%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
O
F
Æ
Party Danish People's Party Green Left Denmark Democrats
Last election 1 seat, 5.3% 1 seat, 3.5% Did not stand
Seats won 3 2 2
Seat change 2 1 2
Popular vote 2,869 2,030 1,975
Percentage 9.9% 7.0% 6.8%
Swing 4.6% 3.5% New

  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
I
Ø
S
Party Liberal Alliance Red-Green Alliance Schleswig Party
Last election 0 seats, 0.4% 1 seat, 4.4% 1 seat, 2.7%
Seats won 2 1 1
Seat change 2 0 0
Popular vote 1,753 1,306 915
Percentage 6.0% 4.5% 3.1%
Swing 5.6% 0.1% 0.4%

Mayor before election

Mads Skau
Venstre

Mayor after election

Mads Skau
Venstre

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

  1. ^ "Kommunalvalg". valg.im.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-27.
  2. ^ "Se video: Han bliver Haderslevs borgmester, og sådan er han blevet det". jv.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-11-21.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "Spidskandidater til kommunal- og regionsvalget". venstre.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-27.
  5. ^ "Stemmefordeling i Haderslev Kommune". valg.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 7 October 2025.