2025 Thisted municipal election
18 November 2025
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All 27 seats to the Thisted municipal council 14 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2025 Thisted Municipal election was held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 27 members to sit in the regional council for the Thisted Municipal council, in the period of 2026 to 2029.[1] Despite Venstre losing 2 seats, a deal between Venstre, Conservatives, Liberal Alliance and Denmark Democrats, had been made prior to the election, securing Niels Jørgen Pedersen the mayoral position. [2]
Background
Following the 2021 election, Niels Jørgen Pedersen was elected as mayor for his party Venstre. [3] However in August 2024, he announced his decision to not stand for re-election.[4] However on February 25, 2025, he revealed that he was going to stand for re-election anyway. [5]
The Alternative party won a seat in the previous election, but chose not to stand any candidates for this election. [6]
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. Thisted Municipality had 27 seats in 2025.
Unlike in Danish General Elections, in elections to municipal councils, electoral alliances are allowed.
Electoral alliances
Source[7]
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 | |
Electoral Alliance 2
| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| C | Conservatives | Centre-right | |
| I | Liberal Alliance | Centre-right to Right-wing | |
| V | Venstre | Centre-right | |
| Æ | Denmark Democrats | Right-wing to Far-right | |
Electoral Alliance 3
| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| O | Danish People's Party | Right-wing to Far-right | |
| T | Thy Borgerlige | Local politics | |
Results by polling station
| Division | A | B | C | F | I | O | T | V | Æ | Ø |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
| Thisted (Munkehallen) | 30.2 | 1.7 | 12.3 | 6.0 | 16.3 | 3.2 | 0.8 | 17.4 | 6.0 | 6.2 |
| Snedsted | 21.0 | 1.2 | 15.3 | 4.3 | 9.7 | 7.5 | 3.7 | 16.2 | 13.4 | 7.6 |
| Hurup | 28.3 | 1.2 | 22.1 | 3.8 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 2.3 | 22.4 | 7.3 | 3.2 |
| Hanstholm | 21.1 | 0.4 | 15.0 | 3.8 | 24.6 | 4.5 | 0.6 | 16.2 | 11.6 | 2.2 |
| Sjørring | 21.9 | 1.9 | 15.4 | 6.3 | 13.9 | 4.7 | 3.0 | 15.5 | 9.5 | 7.8 |
| Vesløs | 19.5 | 1.3 | 21.3 | 9.0 | 10.1 | 7.3 | 2.6 | 11.1 | 11.7 | 6.0 |
| Vestervig | 27.5 | 1.2 | 27.0 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 2.0 | 15.7 | 8.0 | 3.2 |
| Bedsted Hallen | 17.0 | 1.2 | 8.4 | 5.3 | 4.5 | 8.1 | 6.5 | 28.2 | 14.0 | 6.8 |
| Nors | 17.4 | 0.7 | 8.0 | 3.1 | 31.7 | 5.8 | 1.0 | 14.5 | 13.9 | 3.8 |
| Frøstrup | 13.8 | 1.4 | 31.4 | 13.8 | 6.4 | 3.6 | 1.1 | 11.3 | 9.2 | 8.0 |
| Vorupør | 29.5 | 1.8 | 10.2 | 3.5 | 7.2 | 10.5 | 2.1 | 20.1 | 7.7 | 7.2 |
| Koldby | 21.5 | 1.3 | 20.5 | 4.3 | 6.4 | 6.1 | 3.9 | 18.8 | 11.2 | 6.0 |
| Østerild | 24.2 | 1.2 | 14.7 | 4.7 | 17.0 | 4.8 | 1.5 | 16.1 | 13.5 | 2.3 |
| Sennels | 17.9 | 0.8 | 7.2 | 4.4 | 33.7 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 23.9 | 4.9 | 5.1 |
| Klitmøller | 24.2 | 31.3 | 8.0 | 4.4 | 6.7 | 3.6 | 0.6 | 7.0 | 2.3 | 11.8 |
Results
| Party | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thisted Municipality | ||||||||
| A | Social Democrats | 6,035 | 24.86 | -9.94 | 7 | -2 | ||
| V | Venstre | 4,242 | 17.48 | -5.32 | 5 | -2 | ||
| C | Conservatives | 3,676 | 15.15 | -5.97 | 5 | -1 | ||
| I | Liberal Alliance | 3,337 | 13.75 | +11.99 | 4 | +4 | ||
| Æ | Denmark Democrats | 2,106 | 8.68 | New | 2 | New | ||
| Ø | Red-Green Alliance | 1,405 | 5.79 | +1.86 | 2 | +1 | ||
| F | Green Left | 1,296 | 5.34 | +2.13 | 1 | 0 | ||
| O | Danish People's Party | 1,155 | 4.76 | +1.08 | 1 | 0 | ||
| B | Social Liberals | 565 | 2.33 | +0.30 | 0 | 0 | ||
| T | Thy Borgerlige | 455 | 1.87 | New | 0 | New | ||
| Total | 24,272 | 100 | N/A | 27 | N/A | |||
| Invalid votes | 72 | 0.21 | +0.03 | |||||
| Blank votes | 288 | 0.84 | +0.19 | |||||
| Turnout | 24,632 | 72.17 | +2.62 | |||||
| Source: valg.dk | ||||||||
Opinion polls
| Polling firm |
Fieldwork date |
Sample size |
A | V | C | Ø | O | F | B | I | T | Æ | Others | Lead | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Epinion | 4 Sep - 13 Oct 2025 | 482 | 29.5 | 18.2 | 9.9 | 2.4 | 5.1 | 8.5 | 1.5 | 9.5 | – | 14.0 | 1.4 | 11.3 | |||||||
| 2024 european parliament election | 9 Jun 2024 | 17.3 | 20.0 | 6.4 | 4.0 | 6.3 | 11.7 | 3.5 | 5.9 | – | 18.7 | – | 1.3 | ||||||||
| 2022 general election | 1 Nov 2022 | 33.2 | 16.9 | 4.5 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 4.1 | 1.3 | 5.9 | – | 17.8 | – | 15.4 | ||||||||
| 2021 regional election | 16 Nov 2021 | 33.5 | 26.9 | 19.3 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 1.1 | – | – | – | 6.6 | ||||||||
| 2021 municipal election | 16 Nov 2021 | 34.8 (9) |
22.8 (7) |
21.1 (6) |
3.9 (1) |
3.7 (1) |
3.2 (1) |
2.0 (0) |
1.8 (0) |
– | – | – | 12.0 | ||||||||
References
- ^ "Kommunalvalg". valg.im.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-05.
- ^ "Niels Jørgen Pedersen fortsætter som borgmester i Thy". limfjordupdate.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-11-21.
- ^ "Niels Jørgen Pedersen bliver borgmester i Thisted Kommune | Nyheder". limfjordupdate (in Danish). 17 November 2021. Retrieved 2025-05-07.
- ^ "Thisted-borgmester genopstiller ikke". thisted.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-07.
- ^ "Venstre-borgmester har ombestemt sig: Genopstiller alligevel til kommunalvalget". altinget.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-07.
- ^ "Alternativet opgiver genvalg i Thisted". dknyt.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-09-11.
- ^ "Stemmefordeling i Thisted Kommune". valg.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 7 October 2025.