2025 Ringkøbing-Skjern municipal election
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The 2025 Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipal election will be held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 29 members to sit in the regional council for the Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipal council, in the period of 2026 to 2029.[1]
Background
Following the 2021 election, Hans Østergaard from Venstre became mayor for his second term. [2] However, he announced in August 2024, that we he would not seek a third term. [3] Instead, Lone Andersen will be the mayoral candidate from Venstre. [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. Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality had 29 seats in 2025.
Elecotral Alliances
Electoral Alliance 1 [5]
| Party | Political position | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| A | Social Democrats | Centre-left | |
| V | Venstre | Centre-right | |
Opinion polls
| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | V | A | C | F | O | Ø | B | I | M | Æ | Å | Others | Lead | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 european parliament election | 9 Jun 2024 | 26.6 | 11.9 | 11.0 | 9.3 | 6.4 | 1.4 | 3.0 | 7.2 | 4.3 | 17.9 | 0.9 | ‒ | 8.8 | |||||||
| 2022 general election | 1 Nov 2022 | 25.0 | 20.8 | 6.3 | 4.6 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 7.1 | 6.4 | 16.7 | 0.9 | 7.8 | 4.1 | |||||||
| 2021 regional election | 16 Nov 2021 | 35.4 | 19.2 | 7.8 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1.2 | ‒ | ‒ | 0.2 | 23.7 | 11.7 | |||||||
| 2021 municipal election | 16 Nov 2021 | 34.0 (11) | 15.0 (4) | 9.9 (3) | 9.7 (3) | 3.8 (1) | 0.9 (0) | 0.9 (0) | 0.8 (0) | ‒ | ‒ | ‒ | 25.1 (7) | 8.9 | |||||||
References
- ^ "Kommunalvalg". valg.im.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-07.
- ^ "Det nye byråd har konstitueret sig | Nyheder". rksl (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-05-07.
- ^ "Borgmester i Ringkøbing-Skjern trækker stikket ved næste valg". altinget.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-07.
- ^ "Efter kampvalg: Venstre udpeger ny borgmesterkandidat i Ringkøbing-Skjern". altinget.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-07.
- ^ "Valgforbund mellem S og V får kandidat til at melde sig ud: 'Jeg ved godt, jeg blev advaret'". dbrs.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-08.