2025 Vordingborg municipal election

2025 Vordingborg municipal election
18 November 2025
All 27 seats to the Vordingborg municipal council
14 seats needed for a majority
Turnout26,375 (71.0%)
2.9%
  First party Second party Third party
 
A
V
I
Party Social Democrats Venstre Liberal Alliance
Last election 11 seats, 35.6% 7 seats, 22.7% Did not stand
Seats won 7 7 4
Seat change 4 0 4
Popular vote 5,992 5,577 3,375
Percentage 23.1% 21.5% 13.0%
Swing 12.4% 1.2% New
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
F
O
Ø
Party Green Left Danish People's Party Red-Green Alliance
Last election 2 seats, 7.8% 1 seat, 4.2% 2 seats, 7.3%
Seats won 3 2 2
Seat change 1 1 0
Popular vote 3,119 1,927 1,734
Percentage 12.0% 7.4% 6.7%
Swing 4.2% 3.2% 0.6%
  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
C
Æ
B
Party Conservatives Denmark Democrats Social Liberals
Last election 3 seats, 11.1% Did not stand 1 seat, 3.2%
Seats won 1 1 0
Seat change 2 1 1
Popular vote 1,339 1,079 683
Percentage 5.2% 4.2% 2.6%
Swing 6.0% New 0.6%
Mayor before election

Mikael Smed
Social Democrats

Mayor after election

Michael Seiding Larsen
Venstre

The 2025 Vordingborg Municipal election was held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 27 members to sit in the regional council for the Vordingborg Municipal council, in the period of 2026 to 2029.[1] Michael Seiding Larsen from Venstre, would win the mayoral position. [2]

Background

Following the 2021 election, Mikael Smed from Social Democrats became mayor for his second term. [3] He would run for a third term. [4] The election in 2021 elected 29 seats, however this was reduced to 27 seats from this election onwards. [5]

2021 Election Results and notional results with 27 Seats Contested

Parties Vote Seats
Votes % Actual Seats Notional Seats + / -
Social Democrats 8,921 35.6 11 11 0
Venstre 5,695 22.7 7 6 -1
Conservatives 2,790 11.1 3 3 0
Green Left 1,962 7.8 2 2 0
Red–Green Alliance 1,828 7.3 2 2 0
New Right 1,064 4.2 1 1 0
Danish People's Party 1,062 4.2 1 1 0
Fælleslisten 719 2.9 1 1 0
Social Liberals 806 3.2 1 0 -1
Total 25,087 100.0 29 27 -2
Source[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. Vordingborg Municipality had 27 seats in 2025.

Electoral alliances

Source[7]

Electoral Alliance 1

Party Political alignment
A Social Democrats Centre-left
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
M Moderates Centre to Centre-right
O Danish People's Party Right-wing to Far-right
V Venstre Centre-right
Æ Denmark Democrats Right-wing to Far-right

Results by polling station

Division A B C E F I L M O V Æ Ø
% % % % % % % % % % % %
Vordingborg (Gåsetårnskolen) 25.1 2.8 7.0 0.3 12.8 13.5 1.1 1.3 5.9 21.1 2.8 6.0
Nyråd 27.4 2.3 6.4 0.1 14.1 13.7 0.3 1.3 4.2 23.1 2.6 4.4
Kastrup Hallen 20.5 2.0 8.1 0.4 10.9 16.9 1.6 1.3 9.9 18.6 3.5 6.2
Bårse 13.1 2.5 6.1 0.3 7.5 16.5 1.0 0.7 8.4 29.6 8.9 5.4
Lundby 17.8 11.1 5.7 0.7 9.1 12.1 1.6 1.2 9.8 16.5 9.8 4.6
Ørslev Egnshus 20.1 1.7 6.3 0.6 7.6 15.3 1.4 1.2 12.7 24.9 5.1 3.1
Stege 24.9 1.5 3.5 0.2 11.0 4.6 2.5 6.1 6.3 28.3 2.9 8.2
Østmøn 18.1 2.8 2.9 0.7 14.2 4.0 3.4 3.1 9.3 27.5 4.3 9.8
Vestmøn 16.8 1.7 3.7 0.2 12.3 5.0 3.9 4.1 6.5 23.2 2.9 19.8
Bogø 14.5 0.9 3.3 0.0 33.3 10.1 2.4 0.9 9.0 16.7 3.2 5.7
Præstø 30.0 0.7 2.6 0.1 11.6 25.5 0.8 0.9 5.4 14.2 2.9 5.3
Allerslev 21.1 1.6 4.4 0.0 11.5 17.8 0.4 1.8 8.2 24.8 2.4 6.1
Jungshoved 27.0 1.6 2.0 0.0 16.7 19.1 0.7 0.7 6.3 10.1 6.1 9.7
Mern 22.3 1.7 4.4 0.6 9.3 11.5 1.5 1.5 9.8 24.2 7.8 5.3
Kalvehave 23.6 2.4 5.3 0.6 11.4 9.1 1.6 6.4 10.5 18.0 4.6 6.4
Stensved 24.1 1.6 5.8 0.3 8.2 14.0 1.5 2.1 7.8 23.8 5.2 5.6

Results

Party Votes % +/- Seats +/-
Vordingborg Municipality
A Social Democrats 5,992 23.13 -12.43 7 -4
V Venstre 5,577 21.53 -1.18 7 0
I Liberal Alliance 3,375 13.03 New 4 New
F Green Left 3,119 12.04 +4.22 3 +1
O Danish People's Party 1,927 7.44 +3.20 2 +1
Ø Red-Green Alliance 1,734 6.69 -0.59 2 0
C Conservatives 1,339 5.17 -5.95 1 -2
Æ Denmark Democrats 1,079 4.16 New 1 New
B Social Liberals 683 2.64 -0.58 0 -1
M Moderates 598 2.31 New 0 New
L Vordingborg Borgerliste 403 1.56 New 0 New
E Stabilt Demokrati 83 0.32 New 0 New
Total 25,909 100 N/A 27 N/A
Invalid votes 77 0.21 -0.07
Blank votes 389 1.05 -0.03
Turnout 26,375 70.97 +2.87
Source: valg.dk

Opinion polls

Polling
firm		 Fieldwork
date		 Sample
size		 A V C F Ø O B E I L M Æ Others Lead
Epinion 4 Sep - 13 Oct 2025 539 29.8 13.3 4.5 12.8 6.0 10.5 1.2 – 12.5 – 3.6 5.8 0.1 16.5
2024 european parliament election 9 Jun 2024 19.0 13.7 6.9 17.7 6.6 9.2 4.5 – 5.1 – 7.5 7.4 – 1.3
2022 general election 1 Nov 2022 33.5 9.5 3.7 10.2 4.3 4.3 2.0 – 5.5 – 11.6 7.4 – 21.9
2021 regional election 16 Nov 2021 39.5 20.4 10.7 6.8 7.2 4.9 2.9 – 0.7 – – – – 19.1
2021 municipal election 16 Nov 2021 35.6
(11)		 22.7
(7)		 11.1
(3)		 7.8
(2)		 7.3
(2)		 4.2
(1)		 3.2
(1)		 – – – – – – 12.9

References

  1. ^ "Kommunalvalg". valg.im.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-29.
  2. ^ "Her er borgmestrene på plads". dknyt.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-11-21.
  3. ^ "KOMMUNALBESTYRELSESMEDLEMMER | Nyheder". vordingborg (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-29.
  4. ^ "Borgmester: - Hvis jeg bliver fravalgt afleverer jeg ud fra vores vilkår en kommune i topform". sn.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-29.
  5. ^ "Kommunal- og Regionsrådsvalg". vordingborg.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-09-11.
  6. ^ "Valgene til kommunalbestyrelser og regionsråd den 16. november 2021" (PDF). dst.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-06-06.
  7. ^ "Stemmefordeling i Vordingborg Kommune". valg.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 7 October 2025.
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