2025 Slagelse municipal election

2025 Slagelse municipal election
18 November 2025

All 31 seats to the Slagelse municipal council
16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout42,578 (64.7%)
Increase 1.0%
  First party Second party Third party
 
V
A
O
Party Venstre Social Democrats Danish People's Party
Last election 11 seats, 33.6% 9 seats, 27.9% 1 seat, 5.4%
Seats won 9 9 3
Seat change Decrease 2 0 Increase 2
Popular vote 10,552 10,498 3,988
Percentage 25.4% 25.2% 9.6%
Swing Decrease 8.2% Decrease 2.7% Increase 4.2%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
F
C
Æ
Party Green Left Conservatives Denmark Democrats
Last election 2 seats, 6.3% 3 seats, 8.9% Did not stand
Seats won 2 2 2
Seat change 0 Decrease 1 Increase 2
Popular vote 3,394 2,883 2,645
Percentage 8.2% 6.9% 6.4%
Swing Increase 1.9% Decrease 1.9% New

  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
Ø
I
L
Party Red-Green Alliance Liberal Alliance Storebæltslisten
Last election 1 seat, 4.1% 0 seats, 1.0% Did not stand
Seats won 1 1 1
Seat change 0 Increase 1 Increase 1
Popular vote 2,019 1,868 1,794
Percentage 4.9% 4.5% 4.3%
Swing Increase 0.8% Increase 3.5% New

Mayor before election

Knud Vincents
Venstre

Mayor after election

TBD

The 2025 Slagelse Municipal election will be held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 31 members to sit in the regional council for the Slagelse Municipal council, in the period of 2026 to 2029.[1]

Background

Following the 2021 election, Knud Vincents from Venstre became mayor for his first term. [2] He would run for re-election. [3]

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. Slagelse Municipality had 31 seats in 2025.

Electoral alliances

Source[4]

Electoral Alliance 1

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

Electoral Alliance 2

Party Political alignment
B Social Liberals Centre to Centre-left
L Storebæltslisten Local politics
T Trelleborglisten Local politics

Electoral Alliance 3

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

Results by polling station

DivisionABCFILMORTVÆØ
%%%%%%%%%%%%%
Vemmelev - Vemmelevhallen19.10.912.25.64.03.90.911.50.22.126.311.02.2
Tårnborg - Taarnborg Forsamlingshus23.92.14.85.93.219.80.611.20.91.016.36.53.9
Korsør - Broskolen26.22.53.78.54.214.40.811.21.40.615.24.86.3
Korsør - Storebæltshallen27.72.65.27.64.317.30.79.60.60.616.53.93.5
Boeslunde - Boeslunde Hallen21.51.84.45.83.82.91.812.10.10.526.010.58.7
Skælskør - Skælskør Badmintoncenter24.52.63.57.82.70.73.711.00.30.231.87.33.7
Agersø - Agersøhallen70.60.02.50.01.70.00.03.40.80.813.45.01.7
Omø - Omø Forsamlingshus39.60.90.07.51.90.00.94.70.00.023.68.512.3
Rude - Kirkeskovskolen15.52.01.910.52.80.60.68.80.20.146.73.86.4
Dalmose - Dalmosehallen26.02.75.46.23.51.51.113.30.60.423.812.03.5
Slots Bjergby - Hashøjskolen22.74.15.96.54.90.70.69.60.40.632.89.12.1
Sørbymagle - Sørbymagle forsamlingshus28.42.75.87.57.91.11.110.30.30.522.88.53.2
Vestermose - Hallelev Forsamlingshus16.23.48.56.85.61.01.410.00.40.730.512.82.7
Stillinge - Stillingehallen23.11.96.78.53.11.10.69.30.30.432.010.22.8
Slagelse - Vesthallen26.22.69.69.24.50.50.76.60.20.729.86.03.4
Slagelse - Nordhallen26.63.09.07.95.40.80.79.10.20.524.94.77.1
Slagelse - Søndermarkshallen29.33.38.29.24.20.70.78.70.50.423.64.66.7
Slagelse - Slagelse Hallen24.23.09.210.16.40.70.88.20.30.425.94.66.2

Results

Party Votes % +/- Seats +/-
Slagelse Municipality
V Venstre 10,552 25.35 -8.21 9 -2
A Social Democrats 10,498 25.22 -2.68 9 0
O Danish People's Party 3,988 9.58 +4.18 3 +2
F Green Left 3,394 8.15 +1.87 2 0
C Conservatives 2,883 6.93 -1.93 2 -1
Æ Denmark Democrats 2,645 6.35 New 2 New
Ø Red-Green Alliance 2,019 4.85 +0.78 1 0
I Liberal Alliance 1,868 4.49 +3.47 1 +1
L Storebæltslisten 1,794 4.31 New 1 New
B Social Liberals 1,106 2.66 -2.14 1 -1
M Moderates 459 1.10 New 0 New
T Trelleborglisten 228 0.55 New 0 New
R De lokale rebeller 190 0.46 New 0 New
Total 41,624 100 N/A 31 N/A
Invalid votes 159 0.24 +0.05
Blank votes 795 1.21 +0.21
Turnout 42,578 64.70 +1.03
Source: valg.dk

Opinion polls

Polling
firm
Fieldwork
date
Sample
size
VACFOBØILMRTÆOthersLead
Epinion4 Sep - 13 Oct 202547124.727.73.99.711.81.14.05.7–1.9––8.01.63.0
2024 european parliament election9 Jun 202416.219.18.313.59.94.24.76.6–6.7––8.7–2.9
2022 general election1 Nov 202214.831.93.88.03.91.82.96.3–9.9––9.2–17.1
2021 regional election16 Nov 202127.234.68.45.45.73.34.71.7––––––7.4
2021 municipal election16 Nov 202133.6
(11)
27.9
(9)
8.9
(3)
6.3
(2)
5.4
(1)
4.8
(2)
4.1
(1)
1.0
(0)
––––––5.7

References

  1. ↑ "Kommunalvalg". valg.im.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 29 May 2025.
  2. ↑ "Den nye borgmester hedder Knud Vincents | Nyheder". slagelse (in Danish). 17 November 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
  3. ↑ "Spidskandidater til kommunal- og regionsvalget". venstre.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 29 May 2025.
  4. ↑ "Stemmefordeling i Slagelse Kommune". valg.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 7 October 2025.