2025 Middelfart municipal election

2025 Middelfart municipal election
18 November 2025

All 25 seats to the Middelfart municipal council
13 seats needed for a majority
Turnout23,934 (73.7%)
2.9%
  First party Second party Third party
 
A
V
F
Party Social Democrats Venstre Green Left
Last election 11 seats, 40.4% 7 seats, 24.9% 2 seats, 6.7%
Seats won 9 6 2
Seat change 2 1 0
Popular vote 7,474 5,564 1,883
Percentage 31.8% 23.7% 8.0%
Swing 8.6% 1.2% 1.3%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Æ
I
O
Party Denmark Democrats Liberal Alliance Danish People's Party
Last election Did not stand Did not stand 1 seat, 4.9%
Seats won 2 2 2
Seat change 2 2 1
Popular vote 1,737 1,625 1,431
Percentage 7.4% 6.9% 6.1%
Swing New New 1.2%

  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
Ø
Å
C
Party Red-Green Alliance The Alternative Conservatives
Last election 1 seat, 4.4% Did not stand 2 seats, 7.3%
Seats won 1 1 0
Seat change 0 1 2
Popular vote 795 585 705
Percentage 3.4% 2.5% 3.0%
Swing 1.0% New 4.3%

Mayor before election

Johannes Lundsfryd Jensen
Social Democrats

Mayor after election

Anders Møllegård
Venstre

The 2025 Middelfart Municipal election was held on November 18, 2025, in the Danish town of Middelfart, to elect the 25 members to sit in the regional council for the Middelfart Municipal council, in the period of 2026 to 2029.[1] Anders Møllegård from Venstre, would win the mayoral position. [2]

Background

Following the 2021 election, Johannes Lundsfryd Jensen from Social Democrats became mayor for his second term [3][4] He would run for a third term. [5]

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. Middelfart Municipality had 25 seats in 2025.

Electoral alliances

Source[6]

Electoral Alliance 1

Party Political alignment
A Social Democrats Centre-left
F Green Left Centre-left to Left-wing
M Moderates Centre to Centre-right

Electoral Alliance 2

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

Electoral Alliance 3

Party Political alignment
I Liberal Alliance Centre-right to Right-wing
V Venstre Centre-right

Electoral Alliance 4

Party Political alignment
Q Omsorgsgruppen Local politics
T Tværpolitisk Anstændighed Local politics
Y Solidarisk ansvar Local politics
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 F I M O Q T V Y Æ Ø Å
% % % % % % % % % % % % % %
Middelfart V 35.6 2.6 3.1 10.9 7.0 1.7 5.3 0.5 1.7 19.6 1.1 4.6 3.8 2.5
Middelfart Ø 35.0 3.3 2.3 9.6 7.8 0.8 6.6 0.5 1.5 19.7 1.2 5.6 2.8 3.1
Strib 33.1 4.2 5.4 7.8 8.0 1.1 4.2 0.2 1.1 24.4 0.6 3.7 2.6 3.5
Hyllehøj 29.9 2.3 2.4 7.8 10.0 0.6 6.7 0.5 1.5 22.7 1.1 7.8 3.2 3.4
Aulby 24.4 3.8 3.0 7.8 7.4 1.0 6.5 0.5 1.4 29.6 0.9 7.4 3.7 2.8
Nørre Aaby 29.0 1.4 2.5 7.6 5.5 0.4 5.9 0.2 5.9 25.3 0.6 8.5 4.9 2.2
Baaring 27.7 2.5 1.2 5.7 5.8 0.5 6.6 0.4 6.1 28.7 0.5 7.4 5.5 1.4
Ejby Skole Samlingssalen 31.9 1.4 2.6 5.4 5.2 0.5 8.2 0.4 2.2 27.5 0.1 9.5 3.6 1.4
Gelsted 27.9 1.0 5.5 4.1 5.1 0.3 6.7 0.4 1.9 22.9 0.7 18.7 3.1 1.7
Brenderup 30.1 2.3 1.2 6.6 4.2 0.8 5.7 0.3 4.2 30.9 0.3 9.9 2.3 1.0
Fjelsted/Harndrup 26.0 6.6 2.8 4.8 6.8 0.4 7.2 0.1 3.1 26.0 0.7 12.1 1.9 1.6

Results

Party Votes % +/- Seats +/-
Middelfart Municipality
A Social Democrats 7,474 31.77 -8.63 9 -2
V Venstre 5,564 23.65 -1.24 6 -1
F Green Left 1,883 8.00 +1.27 2 0
Æ Denmark Democrats 1,737 7.38 New 2 New
I Liberal Alliance 1,625 6.91 New 2 New
O Danish People's Party 1,431 6.08 +1.23 2 +1
Ø Red-Green Alliance 795 3.38 -1.04 1 0
C Conservatives 705 3.00 -4.28 0 -2
B Social Liberals 658 2.80 -0.24 0 0
Å The Alternative 585 2.49 New 1 New
T Tværpolitisk Anstændighed 573 2.44 -0.87 0 0
M Moderates 212 0.90 New 0 New
Y Solidarisk ansvar 192 0.82 New 0 New
Q Omsorgsgruppen 91 0.39 -0.23 0 0
Total 23,525 100 N/A 25 N/A
Invalid votes 75 0.23 -0.01
Blank votes 334 1.03 +0.11
Turnout 23,934 73.70 +2.85
Source: valg.dk

Opinion polls

Polling
firm
Fieldwork
date
Sample
size
A V C F O Ø T B Q I M Y Å Æ Others Lead
Epinion 4 Sep - 13 Oct 2025 488 36.3 17.4 5.5 7.6 7.0 3.7 1.8 7.0 1.5 2.7 8.7 0.7 18.9
2024 european parliament election 9 Jun 2024 19.4 16.8 7.8 15.5 6.8 3.6 5.9 6.9 6.6 1.9 8.9 2.6
2022 general election 1 Nov 2022 31.5 12.8 5.0 7.4 2.7 2.7 2.7 7.4 10.6 1.9 10.3 18.7
2021 regional election 16 Nov 2021 27.5 36.8 7.9 7.1 5.0 4.2 4.2 1.0 0.3 9.3
2021 municipal election 16 Nov 2021 40.4
(11)
24.9
(7)
7.3
(2)
6.7
(2)
4.9
(1)
4.4
(1)
3.3
(0)
3.0
(0)
0.6
(0)
15.5

References

  1. ^ "Kommunalvalg". valg.im.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-27.
  2. ^ "Her er borgmestrene på plads". dknyt.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-11-21.
  3. ^ "Bred konstituering på plads i Middelfart: Sådan fordeles formandsposterne | Nyheder". fyens (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-02-09.
  4. ^ "konstitueringsaftale | Nyheder". middelfart (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-02-09.
  5. ^ "Vi gør klar til kommunal- og regionsrådsvalg 2025!". soc-middelfart.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-27.
  6. ^ "Stemmefordeling i Middelfart Kommune". valg.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 7 October 2025.