2025 Svendborg municipal election
18 November 2025
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All 29 seats to the Svendborg municipal council 15 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2025 Svendborg Municipal election was held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 29 members to sit in the regional council for the Svendborg Municipal council, in the period of 2026 to 2029.[1] Bo Hansen from the Social Democrats, would secure re-election. [2]
Background
Following the 2021 election, Bo Hansen from Social Democrats 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. Svendborg Municipality had 29 seats in 2025.
Electoral alliances
Source[5]
Electoral Alliance 1
| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| B | Social Liberals | Centre to Centre-left | |
| F | Green Left | Centre-left to Left-wing | |
| Ø | Red-Green Alliance | Left-wing to Far-Left | |
| Å | The Alternative | Centre-left to Left-wing | |
Electoral Alliance 2
| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| C | Conservatives | Centre-right | |
| D | New Right | Far-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 | |
| Æ | Denmark Democrats | Right-wing to Far-right | |
Results by polling station
| Division | A | B | C | D | E | F | I | J | O | V | Æ | Ø | Å |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
| Midtbyhallen | 35.4 | 5.7 | 8.7 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 9.8 | 4.6 | 0.1 | 4.6 | 10.6 | 2.4 | 16.2 | 0.9 |
| Nordre | 39.5 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 10.4 | 4.2 | 0.1 | 7.0 | 10.2 | 2.6 | 15.2 | 0.8 |
| Østre | 36.6 | 4.8 | 6.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 11.6 | 3.9 | 0.1 | 5.8 | 11.1 | 3.2 | 15.4 | 0.6 |
| Bjerreby | 27.4 | 4.3 | 7.1 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 8.1 | 4.6 | 0.2 | 9.3 | 12.5 | 13.1 | 11.1 | 0.3 |
| Bregninge | 38.2 | 4.6 | 12.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 8.3 | 5.9 | 0.1 | 5.0 | 10.9 | 2.6 | 10.2 | 0.8 |
| Drejø | 33.3 | 17.9 | 12.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 10.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 7.7 | 12.8 | 0.0 |
| Egense | 33.5 | 5.9 | 10.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 10.0 | 5.2 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 13.0 | 2.9 | 13.0 | 1.0 |
| Landet | 31.3 | 4.3 | 7.6 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 6.8 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 9.5 | 15.1 | 11.7 | 8.1 | 0.3 |
| Skårup | 34.4 | 7.7 | 5.4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 6.9 | 5.4 | 0.1 | 8.1 | 15.0 | 4.6 | 10.9 | 0.5 |
| Thurø | 36.1 | 10.4 | 10.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 8.9 | 4.6 | 0.2 | 5.8 | 12.0 | 2.7 | 7.9 | 0.5 |
| Tved | 40.6 | 2.1 | 7.9 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 8.2 | 3.5 | 0.1 | 7.7 | 16.9 | 5.7 | 6.4 | 0.1 |
| Kirkeby | 23.5 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 5.7 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 7.4 | 38.9 | 4.8 | 7.7 | 1.0 |
| Ollerup | 19.5 | 6.6 | 5.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 17.0 | 4.0 | 0.2 | 4.5 | 15.0 | 2.8 | 22.6 | 2.2 |
| Stenstrup | 23.9 | 2.0 | 3.9 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 6.0 | 3.2 | 0.1 | 8.1 | 34.1 | 8.3 | 7.5 | 0.6 |
| V.Skerninge | 16.9 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 26.6 | 3.6 | 0.4 | 5.0 | 19.1 | 3.6 | 14.2 | 1.8 |
| Gudbjerg | 18.0 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 6.1 | 5.2 | 0.3 | 7.9 | 37.2 | 8.9 | 7.8 | 1.0 |
| Gudme | 20.4 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 0.2 | 6.6 | 36.7 | 8.8 | 6.8 | 1.1 |
| Hesselager | 22.7 | 2.0 | 4.2 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 9.2 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 11.0 | 24.7 | 9.5 | 8.4 | 0.9 |
| Oure | 25.8 | 5.2 | 3.7 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 8.8 | 7.4 | 0.2 | 9.0 | 21.0 | 4.9 | 12.4 | 0.7 |
Results
| Party | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Svendborg Municipality | ||||||||
| A | Social Democrats | 11,129 | 32.28 | -3.62 | 10 | -1 | ||
| V | Venstre | 5,366 | 15.56 | -4.22 | 5 | -2 | ||
| Ø | Red-Green Alliance | 4,407 | 12.78 | +2.17 | 4 | +1 | ||
| F | Green Left | 3,512 | 10.19 | +2.73 | 3 | +1 | ||
| C | Conservatives | 2,518 | 7.30 | -2.15 | 2 | -1 | ||
| O | Danish People's Party | 2,105 | 6.11 | +2.60 | 2 | +1 | ||
| B | Social Liberals | 1,787 | 5.18 | +0.01 | 1 | -1 | ||
| I | Liberal Alliance | 1,582 | 4.59 | +3.66 | 1 | +1 | ||
| Æ | Denmark Democrats | 1,419 | 4.12 | New | 1 | New | ||
| Å | The Alternative | 295 | 0.86 | -0.28 | 0 | 0 | ||
| D | New Right | 189 | 0.55 | -2.16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| E | Stabilt Demokrati | 127 | 0.37 | New | 0 | New | ||
| J | Den Lunefulde Liste | 42 | 0.12 | +0.03 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 34,478 | 100 | N/A | 29 | N/A | |||
| Invalid votes | 87 | 0.18 | -0.02 | |||||
| Blank votes | 573 | 1.20 | +0.28 | |||||
| Turnout | 35,138 | 73.30 | +2.35 | |||||
| Source: valg.dk | ||||||||
Opinion polls
| Polling firm |
Fieldwork date |
Sample size |
A | V | Ø | C | F | B | O | D | Å | I | J | E | Æ | Others | Lead | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Epinion | 4 Sep - 13 Oct 2025 | 613 | 40.8 | 10.0 | 11.2 | 6.7 | 10.3 | 3.1 | 3.7 | – | 2.6 | 6.2 | – | – | 4.8 | 0.5 | 29.6 | ||||
| 2024 european parliament election | 9 Jun 2024 | 18.6 | 13.0 | 9.2 | 6.3 | 20.7 | 5.6 | 6.1 | – | 2.5 | 5.4 | – | – | 6.6 | – | 2.1 | |||||
| 2022 general election | 1 Nov 2022 | 34.4 | 9.7 | 7.0 | 4.1 | 8.6 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 5.9 | – | – | 7.5 | – | 24.7 | |||||
| 2021 regional election | 16 Nov 2021 | 28.1 | 29.2 | 10.4 | 6.7 | 10.4 | 5.0 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 0.8 | 1.1 | – | – | – | – | 1.1 | |||||
| 2021 municipal election | 16 Nov 2021 | 35.9 (11) |
19.8 (7) |
10.6 (3) |
9.5 (3) |
7.5 (2) |
5.2 (2) |
3.5 (1) |
2.7 (0) |
1.1 (0) |
0.9 (0) |
0.1 (0) |
– | – | – | 16.1 | |||||
References
- ^ "Kommunalvalg". valg.im.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-27.
- ^ "Her er borgmestrene på plads". dknyt.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-11-21.
- ^ "Konstituering i Ældrerådet 2022-2025 | Nyheder". svendborg (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-02-10.
- ^ "Socialdemokratiet i Svendborg klar med kandidatfelt til kommunalvalget". faa.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-27.
- ^ "Stemmefordeling i Svendborg Kommune". valg.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 7 October 2025.